1982 Major League Baseball season

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, 1982 – October 20, 1982
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
Finals MVP	Darrell Porter (STL)

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.

Awards and honors

• 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)

Statistical leaders

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

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.

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.