1982 Major League Baseball season

The 1982 Major League Baseball season. Making up for their playoff miss of the year before, the St. Louis Cardinals won their ninth World Series championship, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers, four games to three.

This article is about the 1982 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1982 in baseball.

1982 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 5 – October 20, 1982
Draft
Top draft pick	Shawon Dunston
Picked by	Chicago Cubs
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Robin Yount (MIL) NL: Dale Murphy (ATL)
League 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
Finals MVP	Darrell Porter (STL)

Awards and honors

• Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Hank Aaron
  • Happy Chandler
  • Travis Jackson
  • Frank Robinson

Further information: 1982 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

• Most Valuable Player
  • Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers, SS (AL)
  • Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves, OF (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Pete Vuckovich, Milwaukee Brewers (AL)
  • Steve Carlton, Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL)
  • Steve Sax, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2B (NL)
• Gold Glove Award
  • Eddie Murray (1B) (AL)
  • Frank White (2B) (AL)
  • Buddy Bell (3B) (AL)
  • Robin Yount (SS) (AL)
  • Dwight Evans (OF) (AL)
  • Dave Winfield (OF) (AL)
  • Dwayne Murphy (OF) (AL)
  • Bob Boone (C) (AL)
  • Ron Guidry (P) (AL)

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
RBI	Hal McRae KC	133	Dale Murphy ATL Al Oliver MTL	109
Wins	LaMarr Hoyt CHW	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

Major league baseball final standings

American League 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 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 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 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

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over Milwaukee Brewers (4–3); Darrell Porter, MVP

	League Championship Series ABC					World Series NBC
	East	Milwaukee	3
	West	California	2
						AL	Milwaukee	3
						NL	St. Louis	4
	East	St. Louis	3
	West	Atlanta	0

• American League Championship Series MVP: Fred Lynn
• National League Championship Series MVP: Darrell Porter

All-Star game

• All-Star Game, July 13 at Olympic Stadium: National League, 4–1; Dave Concepción, MVP

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.[1]^[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.

External links

• 1982 Major League Baseball season at ESPN
• 1982 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

References

1. No-Hitters in chronological Order by Retro Sheet