1982 Cleveland Indians season

1982 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
1982 information
Owner(s)	F.J. "Steve" O'Neill
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Dave Garcia
Local television	WUAB
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

• January 15, 1982: Rick Waits was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• February 13, 1982: Mike Stanton was released by the Indians.
• February 16, 1982: Sid Monge was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bake McBride.
• March 26, 1982: Dave Rosello was released by the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	0
Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	1.0
Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	6.0
Detroit Tigers	83	79	.512	12.0
New York Yankees	79	83	.488	16.0
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	16.0
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	17.0

Notable transactions

• September 12, 1982: John Denny was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Reed, Wil Culmer, and Roy Smith.

Roster

1982 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 51 Bud Anderson 39 Len Barker 28 Bert Blyleven 31 John Bohnet 45 Tom Brennan 40 John Denny 48 Ed Glynn 44 Neal Heaton 41 Dennis Lewallyn 31 Jerry Reed 38 Lary Sorensen 37 Dan Spillner 43 Rick Sutcliffe 36 Rick Waits 32 Ed Whitson 25 Sandy Wihtol		Catchers 23 Chris Bando  9 Ron Hassey 15 Bill Nahorodny Infielders 10 Jerry Dybzinski 22 Mike Fischlin 21 Mike Hargrove 11 Toby Harrah 17 Larry Milbourne 30 Karl Pagel 16 Jack Perconte		Outfielders  7 Alan Bannister 52 Carmen Castillo 34 Joe Charboneau 56,24 Rod Craig 27 Miguel Diloné  8 Von Hayes 20 Rick Manning 26 Bake McBride 54 Kevin Rhomberg Other batters 29 Andre Thornton		Manager  1 Dave Garcia Coaches  4 Johnny Goryl 14 Tom McCraw  6 Mel Queen  2 Dennis Sommers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hassey, RonRon Hassey	113	323	81	.251	5	34
1B	Hargrove, MikeMike Hargrove	160	591	160	.271	4	65
2B	Perconte, JackJack Perconte	93	219	52	.237	0	15
3B	Harrah, TobyToby Harrah	162	602	183	.304	25	78
SS	Fischlin, MikeMike Fischlin	112	276	74	.268	0	21
LF	Diloné, MiguelMiguel Diloné	104	379	89	.235	3	25
CF	Manning, RickRick Manning	152	562	152	.270	8	44
RF	Hayes, VonVon Hayes	150	527	132	.250	14	82
DH	Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton	161	589	161	.273	32	116

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
McBride, BakeBake McBride	27	85	31	.365	0	13

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Barker, LenLen Barker	33	244.2	15	11	3.90	187
Sorensen, LaryLary Sorensen	32	189.1	10	15	5.61	62
Denny, JohnJohn Denny	21	138.1	6	11	5.01	94
Waits, RickRick Waits	25	115	2	13	5.40	44

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Anderson, BudBud Anderson	25	80.2	3	4	3.35	44

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Andre Thornton, Hutch Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Doc Edwards
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Al Gallagher
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Gomer Hodge
Short-Season A	Batavia Trojans	New York-Penn League	Dave Oliver

References

• 1982 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com