1883 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1883 throughout the world.

Champions

 * National League: Boston Beaneaters
 * American Association: Philadelphia Athletics

Births

 * February 13 - Hal Chase
 * March 17 - Oscar Stanage
 * May 13 - Jimmy Archer
 * May 21 - Eddie Grant
 * July 5 - Jack Quinn
 * August 21 - Chief Wilson
 * September 5 - Lefty Leifield
 * October 16 - Will Harridge
 * October 22 - Bill Carrigan
 * November 16 - Rollie Zeider
 * December 17 - Rebel Oakes

Deaths

 * October 10 - Jim Devlin, 34, pitcher for the Louisville Grays in 1876-77 who led NL in games, innings, starts and strikeouts in its first season; expelled from sport in 1877 game-fixing scandal