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1983:The Jays Became Contenders


American League East

W L Pct. GB
Baltimore 98 64 .605 -
Detroit 92 70 .568 6.0
NY Yankees 91 71 .562 7.0
Toronto 89 73 .549 9.0
Milwaukee 87 75 .537 11.0
Boston 78 84 .481 20.0
Cleveland 70 92 .432 28.0

   The club's designated hitters - primarily Cliff Johnson and Jorge Orta - hit 34 HRs and 113 RBIs. The Jays' .277 average led the A.L. Lloyd Moseby became the first Jay to score more than 100 runs, hit .315 with 18 home runs, 81 RBIs and 27 stolen bases. Willie Upshaw became the first Jay to record 100 RBIs, hitting 27 homers. The pitching staff consisted of Stieb (17-12), Clancy (15-11), Leal (13-12), Jim Gott (9-14) and Doyle Alexander (7-6).
Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Pitcher Player of the Year
Lloyd Moseby &
Willie Upshaw		 Dave Stieb Lloyd Moseby
Pitcher of the Year Rookie of the Year Most Improved Player
Dave Stieb Jim Acker Lloyd Moseby

1983 Batting Statistics
Batter Pos. Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Jesse Barfield OF .253 128 388 58 98 27 68
George Bell OF .268 39 112 5 30 2 17
Barry Bonnell OF .318 121 377 49 120 10 54
Dave Collins OF .271 118 402 55 109 1 34
Tony Fernandez SS .265 15 34 5 9 0 2
Damaso Garcia 2B .307 131 525 84 161 3 38
Alfredo Griffin SS .250 162 528 62 132 4 47
Garth Iorg IF .275 122 375 40 103 2 39
Cliff Johnson DH-1B .265 142 407 59 108 22 76
Mickey Klutts 3B .256 22 43 3 11 3 5
Buck Martinez C .253 88 221 27 56 10 33
Lloyd Moseby OF .315 151 539 104 170 18 81
Rance Mulliniks IF .275 129 364 54 100 10 49
Jorge Orta DH-OF .237 103 245 30 58 10 38
Geno Petralli C .000 6 4 0 0 0 0
Hosken Powell OF .169 40 83 6 14 1 7
Willie Upshaw 1B .306 160 579 99 177 27 104
Mitch Webseter OF .182 11 11 2 2 0 0
Ernie Whitt C .256 123 344 53 88 17 56
Designated hitters
.250 162 604 86 151 34 113
Pinch-hitters
.290 162 200 26 58 5 42
Totals
.277 162 5581 795 1546 167 748

1983 Batting Statistics
Pitcher ERA W-L SV G IP H ER BB SO
Jim Acker 4.33 5-1 1 38 98 103 47 38 44
Doyle Alexander 3.93 7-6 0 17 117 126 51 26 46
Jim Clancy 3.91 15-11 0 34 223 238 97 61 99
Stan Clarke 3.27 1-1 0 10 11 10 4 5 7
Don Cooper 6.75 0-0 0 4 5 8 4 0 5
Dave Geisel 4.64 0-3 5 47 52 47 27 31 50
Jim Gott 4.74 9-14 0 34 177 195 93 68 121
Roy Lee Jackson 4.50 8-3 7 49 92 92 46 41 48
Luis Leal 4.31 13-12 0 35 217 216 104 65 116
Randy Moffitt 3.77 6-2 10 45 57 52 24 24 38
Mike Morgan 5.16 0-3 0 16 45 48 26 21 22
Joey McLaughlin 4.45 7-4 9 50 65 63 32 37 47
Dave Stieb 3.04 17-12 0 36 278 223 94 93 187
Matt Williams 14.63 1-1 0 4 8 13 13 7 5
Totals 4.12 89-73 32 162 1445 1434 662 517 835

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