Who won baseball's 1983 World Series, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 1?

The Baltimore Orioles won the 1983 World Series, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one. The championship concluded on October 16, 1983, when Baltimore won Game 5 at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

The Orioles were managed by Joe Altobelli and had won the American League pennant before facing the Phillies, the National League champions. Baltimore lost the opening game of the World Series but then won four straight, including the decisive finale by a 5–0 score.

Baltimore’s pitching staff was central to the victory. Scott McGregor threw a complete-game shutout in Game 5, while catcher Rick Dempsey was named World Series Most Valuable Player. The title was the Orioles’ third World Series championship, following their victories in 1966 and 1970.

The result is sometimes remembered incorrectly as a sweep because Baltimore won four consecutive games, but Philadelphia did win Game 1.