Game Stories – Page 148 – Society for American Baseball Research

May 24, 1983: Cardinals’ Dave LaPoint finally finishes what he starts

July 30, 2020

When Dave LaPoint of the St. Louis Cardinals walked to the pitcher’s…

June 12, 1983: After feeling ‘lower than dirt,’ Glenn Abbott returns to majors for first time in 20 months

September 11, 2024

Going into the 1982 season, Seattle Mariners starter Glenn Abbott…

July 4, 1983: Dave Righetti tosses a no-hitter on Fourth of July

April 8, 2015

One never knows how a given game will work out. On the Fourth…

July 6, 1983: In golden All-Star anniversary, Fred Lynn hits a grand slam and AL ends decade of NL dominance

October 26, 2020

July 6, 1933: the first All-Star Game at Comiskey Park and, in…

July 13, 1983: Bjorkman knocks in five in cup of coffee for Astros

September 20, 2018

The Houston Astros were moving up in the world. On the morning…

July 16, 1983: Moose Haas shuts down Twins in 5-0 Brewers win

September 27, 2022

The Milwaukee Brewers were 44-39 midway through July 1983, not…

July 24, 1983: The Pine Tar Game

February 15, 2018

Shane Rawley for the Yankees and Bud Black for the Royals were…

July 25, 1983: New York-Penn pitchers flirt with double no-hitter

November 18, 2020

Some fans go to a lifetime of baseball games and never see a…

July 30, 1983: Mark Davis earns first win for Giants with shutout of rival Dodgers

April 1, 2021

Mark Davis brazenly introduced himself to the San Francisco…

August 4, 1983: Dave Winfield’s errant throw accidentally kills seagull in Toronto

October 12, 2016

Fans flocked to Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium in record numbers1…

August 5, 1983: Brooks Robinson Celebration Night

July 17, 2014

Oriole fans were positively giddy during the first week of August…

August 24, 1983: Tippy Martinez picks off three Blue Jays in one inning

July 17, 2014

The 25,882 fans who ventured to Memorial Stadium in Baltimore…

September 2, 1983: Roger Kahn’s ragtag Utica Blue Sox nab New York-Penn flag by a half-game

October 6, 2021

Roger Kahn’s 1972 classic, The Boys of Summer, a nostalgic…

September 10, 1983: Lynn Pirates depart, Roger Clemens arrives in Eastern League championship

November 18, 2020

The final game of the 1983 Eastern League season completed one…

September 15, 1983: Terry Francona pulls Expos to within a half-game of first place in NL East

September 19, 2023

Terry Francona raised the art of self-deprecation to a new level.…

September 17, 1983: Johnny Bench celebrates Riverfront Stadium farewell with final home run, last catching appearance

March 21, 2021

A packed Riverfront Stadium celebrated future Hall of Fame catcher…

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September 17, 1983: White Sox clinch AL West with Harold Baines walk-off sacrifice fly

October 29, 2020

The Chicago White Sox were headed to the playoffs! Needing either…

September 23, 1983: Steve Carlton wins his 300th game

August 27, 2018

As the month of August 1983 came to a close, the battle for first…

September 26, 1983: Bob Forsch settles the score and throws his second no-hitter

October 17, 2018

On September 26, 1983, an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…

October 1, 1983: Carl Yastrzemski Day at Fenway Park

October 1, 2014

A sellout crowd packed Fenway Park and then waited 20 minutes…

October 7, 1983: White Sox routed in first playoff game on South Side in 24 years

November 8, 2020

Baseball fever found its way to Comiskey Park on October 7, 1983,…

October 8, 1983: Orioles clinch AL pennant in final postseason game at Comiskey Park