1982 Major League Baseball season

1982 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 5 – October 20, 1982
Number of games	162
Number of teams	26
TV partner(s)	ABC, NBC, USA
Draft
Top draft pick	Shawon Dunston
Picked by	Chicago Cubs
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Robin Yount (MIL) NL: Dale Murphy (ATL)
Postseason
AL champions	Milwaukee Brewers
AL runners-up	California Angels
NL champions	St. Louis Cardinals
NL runners-up	Atlanta Braves
World Series
Champions	St. Louis Cardinals
Runners-up	Milwaukee Brewers
World Series MVP	Darrell Porter (STL)
MLB seasons
← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 Major League Baseball season concluded with the St. Louis Cardinals winning their ninth World Series championship, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series after seven games, after making up for their playoff miss of the year before.

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Awards and honors

Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA Award	National League	American League
Rookie of the Year	Steve Sax (LAD)	Cal Ripken Jr. (BAL)
Cy Young Award	Steve Carlton (PHI)	Pete Vuckovich (MIL)
Most Valuable Player	Dale Murphy (ATL)	Robin Yount (MIL)
Gold Glove Awards
Position	National League	American League
Pitcher	Phil Niekro (ATL)	Ron Guidry (NYY)
Catcher	Gary Carter (MTL)	Bob Boone (CAL)
First Baseman	Keith Hernandez (STL)	Eddie Murray (BAL)
Second Baseman	Manny Trillo (PHI)	Frank White (KC)
Third Baseman	Mike Schmidt (PHI)	Buddy Bell (TEX)
Shortstop	Ozzie Smith (STL)	Robin Yount (MIL)
Outfielders	Andre Dawson (MTL)	Dwight Evans (BOS)
	Garry Maddox (PHI)	Dwayne Murphy (OAK)
	Dale Murphy (ATL)	Dave Winfield (NYY)
Silver Slugger Awards
Pitcher/Designated Hitter	Don Robinson (PIT)	Hal McRae (KC)
Catcher	Gary Carter (MTL)	Lance Parrish (DET)
First Baseman	Al Oliver (MTL)	Cecil Cooper (MIL)
Second Baseman	Joe Morgan (SF)	Dámaso García (TOR)
Third Baseman	Mike Schmidt (PHI)	Doug DeCinces (CAL)
Shortstop	Dave Concepción (CIN)	Robin Yount (MIL)
Outfielders	Leon Durham (CHC)	Reggie Jackson (CAL)
	Pedro Guerrero (LAD)	Willie Wilson (KC)
	Dale Murphy (ATL)	Dave Winfield (NYY)

Other awards

Outstanding Designated Hitter Award: Hal McRae (KC)
Roberto Clemente Award (Humanitarian): Ken Singleton (BAL)
Rolaids Relief Man Award: Dan Quisenberry (KC, American); Bruce Sutter (STL, National).

Player of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	Eddie Murray	Dale Murphy
May	Hal McRae	Tim Wallach
June	George Brett	Al Oliver
July	Robin Yount	Mike Schmidt
August	Doug DeCinces	Bill Buckner
September	Dave Winfield	Claudell Washington

Pitcher of the Month

Month	American League	National League
April	Geoff Zahn	Steve Rogers
May	LaMarr Hoyt	Dick Ruthven
June	Jim Beattie	Steve Howe
July	Tippy Martinez	John Candelaria
August	Jim Palmer	Nolan Ryan
September	Rick Sutcliffe	Joaquín Andújar

Statistical leaders

Statistic	American League		National League
AVG	Willie Wilson KC	.332	Al Oliver MTL	.331
HR	Reggie Jackson CAL Gorman Thomas MIL	39	Dave Kingman NYM	37
RBIs	Hal McRae KC	133	Dale Murphy ATL Al Oliver MTL	109
Wins	LaMarr Hoyt CWS	19	Steve Carlton PHI	23
ERA	Rick Sutcliffe CLE	2.96	Steve Rogers MTL	2.40
SO	Floyd Bannister SEA	209	Steve Carlton PHI	286
SV	Dan Quisenberry KC	35	Bruce Sutter STL	36
SB	Rickey Henderson OAK	130	Tim Raines MTL	78

Standings

American League

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	0.586	—	48–34	47–33
Baltimore Orioles	94	68	0.580	1	53–28	41–40
Boston Red Sox	89	73	0.549	6	49–32	40–41
Detroit Tigers	83	79	0.512	12	47–34	36–45
New York Yankees	79	83	0.488	16	42–39	37–44
Cleveland Indians	78	84	0.481	17	41–40	37–44
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	0.481	17	44–37	34–47

v t e AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	93	69	0.574	—	52–29	41–40
Kansas City Royals	90	72	0.556	3	56–25	34–47
Chicago White Sox	87	75	0.537	6	49–31	38–44
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	17	42–39	34–47
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	25	36–45	32–49
Texas Rangers	64	98	0.395	29	38–43	26–55
Minnesota Twins	60	102	0.370	33	37–44	23–58

National League

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	0.568	—	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	0.549	3	51–30	38–43
Montreal Expos	86	76	0.531	6	40–41	46–35
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	0.519	8	42–39	42–39
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	19	38–43	35–46
New York Mets	65	97	0.401	27	33–48	32–49

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	89	73	0.549	—	42–39	47–34
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	0.543	1	43–38	45–36
San Francisco Giants	87	75	0.537	2	45–36	42–39
San Diego Padres	81	81	0.500	8	43–38	38–43
Houston Astros	77	85	0.475	12	43–38	34–47
Cincinnati Reds	61	101	0.377	28	33–48	28–53

Postseason

Bracket

League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS)			World Series

East	Milwaukee	3

West	California	2
			AL	Milwaukee	3

			NL	St. Louis	4
East	St. Louis	3

West	Atlanta	0

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Los Angeles Dodgers^[1]	88	39.7%	3,608,881	51.6%	44,554
California Angels^[2]	93	82.4%	2,807,360	94.7%	34,659
Philadelphia Phillies^[3]	89	50.8%	2,376,394	45.0%	29,338
Montreal Expos^[4]	86	43.3%	2,318,292	51.1%	28,621
Kansas City Royals^[5]	90	80.0%	2,284,464	78.6%	28,203
St. Louis Cardinals^[6]	92	55.9%	2,111,906	109.0%	26,073
New York Yankees^[7]	79	33.9%	2,041,219	26.4%	25,200
Milwaukee Brewers^[8]	95	53.2%	1,978,896	126.3%	24,133
Boston Red Sox^[9]	89	50.8%	1,950,124	83.9%	24,076
Atlanta Braves^[10]	89	78.0%	1,801,985	236.6%	22,247
Oakland Athletics^[11]	68	6.3%	1,735,489	33.1%	21,426
Detroit Tigers^[12]	83	38.3%	1,636,058	42.4%	20,198
Baltimore Orioles^[13]	94	59.3%	1,613,031	57.5%	19,671
San Diego Padres^[14]	81	97.6%	1,607,516	209.6%	19,846
Chicago White Sox^[15]	87	61.1%	1,567,787	65.6%	19,597
Houston Astros^[16]	77	26.2%	1,558,555	18.0%	19,241
Cincinnati Reds^[17]	61	-7.6%	1,326,528	21.3%	16,377
New York Mets^[18]	65	58.5%	1,323,036	87.9%	16,334
Toronto Blue Jays^[19]	78	110.8%	1,275,978	69.0%	15,753
Chicago Cubs^[20]	73	92.1%	1,249,278	120.9%	15,423
San Francisco Giants^[21]	87	55.4%	1,200,948	89.9%	14,827
Texas Rangers^[22]	64	12.3%	1,154,432	35.8%	14,252
Seattle Mariners^[23]	76	72.7%	1,070,404	68.2%	13,215
Cleveland Indians^[24]	78	50.0%	1,044,021	57.9%	12,889
Pittsburgh Pirates^[25]	84	82.6%	1,024,106	89.0%	12,643
Minnesota Twins^[26]	60	46.3%	921,186	96.4%	11,373

Television coverage

Network	Day of week	Announcers
ABC	Monday nights Sunday afternoons	Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Don Drysdale, Al Michaels, Bob Uecker, Jim Palmer, Tommy Lasorda
NBC	Saturday afternoons	Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek, Dick Enberg, Bob Costas, Sal Bando
USA	Thursday nights	Eddie Doucette, Nelson Briles, Monte Moore, Wes Parker

Events

On May 6, 1982, Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners became the fifteenth pitcher to win three hundred games when Seattle defeated the NY Yankees 7–3 at the Kingdome.
On May 30, Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays the first of what would become a record-breaking 2,632 consecutive games by starting at third base against the Toronto Blue Jays.
On October 3, the San Francisco Giants eliminated the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers from playoff contention in favor of the Atlanta Braves. This was one of the few times a defending champion was eliminated on the final day of the regular season.
For the first time since 1959, no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.^[27]^[a]

Notes

^a Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1959, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005.

References

^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Angels Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Washington Nationals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Kansas City Royals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Milwaukee Brewers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Diego Padres Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "New York Mets Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Toronto Blue Jays Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Texas Rangers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Seattle Mariners Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ No-Hitters in chronological Order by Retro Sheet

External links

1982 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Major League Baseball seasons

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v t e 1982 Major League Baseball postseason
World Series
American League Championship Series National League Championship Series
American League teams	California Angels Milwaukee Brewers
National League teams	Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals

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