1982 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1982 Pittsburgh Pirates
1982 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	84–78 (.519)
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholder)
Managers	Chuck Tanner
Television	KDKA-TV; Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders; ASN; Bob Prince, Steve Blass, Dave Giusti
Radio	KDKA; Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker

The 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 101st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 96th in the National League. This was their 13th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 84–78.

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	.568	—	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	.549	3	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Montreal Expos	86	76	.531	6	40‍–‍41	46‍–‍35
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	8	42‍–‍39	42‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs	73	89	.451	19	38‍–‍43	35‍–‍46
New York Mets	65	97	.401	27	33‍–‍48	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1982 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	14–4	10–8	7–11	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	11–7	8–10	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	6–6	9–3	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	9–9	4–8	6–6	6–12
Cincinnati	4–14	6–6	—	7–11	7–11	4–8	7–5	5–7	4–8	6–12	6–12	5–7
Houston	8–10	3–9	11–7	—	7–11	4–8	8–4	7–5	9–3	9–9	5–13	6–6
Los Angeles	11–7	7–5	11–7	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	4–8	5–7	9–9	9–9	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	8–4	8–4	4–8	—	11–7	8–10	7–11	7–5	4–8	10–8
New York	3–9	9–9	5–7	4–8	6–6	7–11	—	7–11	8–10	6–6	4–8	6–12
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	7–5	5–7	8–4	10–8	11–7	—	9–9	7–5	10–2	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	10–8	9–9	—	6–6	6–6	7–11
San Diego	7–11	8–4	12–6	9–9	9–9	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	10–8	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	12–6	13–5	9–9	8–4	8–4	2–10	6–6	8–10	—	5–7
St. Louis	5–7	12–6	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–10	12–6	11–7	11–7	8–4	7–5	—

Game log

1982 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 42–39; Away: 42–39)

April: 8–10 (Home: 2–5; Away: 6–5)

May: 10–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–9)

June: 17–9 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–3)

July: 18–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
72	July 1	@ Cubs	5–2	Romo (5–2)	Campbell	—	10,463	36–36
73	July 2	Expos	6–3	Candelaria (4–4)	Lea	Tekulve (9)		37–36
74	July 2	Expos	7–2	McWilliams (1–0)	Schatzeder	Scurry (5)	21,665	38–36
75	July 3	Expos	4–2	Sarmiento (3–1)	Palmer	Tekulve (10)	20,853	39–36
76	July 4	Expos	6–16	Rogers	Rhoden (5–7)	—		39–37
77	July 4	Expos	10–4	Robinson (9–3)	Gullickson	Tekulve (11)	23,031	40–37
78	July 5	Astros	4–6	Niekro	Baumgarten (0–2)	—	10,437	40–38
79	July 6	Astros	1–0	McWilliams (2–0)	Knepper	—	8,850	41–38
80	July 7	Reds	3–6	Hume	Tekulve (5–3)	Harris	20,024	41–39
81	July 8	Reds	9–8	Tekulve (6–3)	Price	—	9,950	42–39
82	July 9	@ Braves	4–6	Diaz	Rhoden (5–8)	Bedrosian	28,601	42–40
83	July 10	@ Braves	6–1	Robinson (10–3)	Niekro	—	39,444	43–40
84	July 11	@ Braves	3–1	McWilliams (3–0)	Dayley	Tekulve (12)	19,130	44–40
85	July 15	@ Astros	5–1	Candelaria (5–4)	Sutton	Scurry (6)	17,662	45–40
86	July 16	@ Astros	2–4	Ryan	McWilliams (3–1)	—	19,037	45–41
87	July 17	@ Astros	3–4 (10)	Niekro	Tekulve (6–4)	—	28,672	45–42
88	July 18	@ Astros	2–4	Knepper	Robinson (10–4)	—	19,218	45–43
89	July 19	@ Reds	5–4	Sarmiento (4–1)	Pastore	Tekulve (13)	16,395	46–43
90	July 20	@ Reds	3–1	Candelaria (6–4)	Berenyi	Tekulve (14)	17,395	47–43
91	July 21	@ Reds	3–2	McWilliams (4–1)	Hume	Tekulve (15)	16,543	48–43
92	July 23	Braves	6–0	Rhoden (6–8)	Camp	—	22,722	49–43
93	July 24	Braves	3–4	Niekro	Robinson (10–5)	Garber	26,790	49–44
94	July 25	Braves	8–0	Candelaria (7–4)	Mahler	—	22,565	50–44
95	July 27	Phillies	4–0	McWilliams (5–1)	Ruthven	Scurry (7)	23,609	51–44
96	July 28	Phillies	3–4	Christenson	Rhoden (6–9)	Reed	31,867	51–45
97	July 29	@ Mets	4–1	Robinson (11–5)	Falcone	—	16,892	52–45
98	July 30	@ Mets	5–1	Candelaria (8–4)	Swan	Sarmiento (1)	18,828	53–45
99	July 31	@ Mets	4–9	Puleo	Tekulve (6–5)	Allen	48,358	53–46

August: 17–16 (Home: 10–9; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	@ Mets	4–3 (10)	Tekulve (7–5)	Leach	Scurry (8)	21,871	54–46
101	August 2	@ Cardinals	4–2 (17)	Romo (6–2)	Kaat	—	19,653	55–46
102	August 3	@ Cardinals	2–4	Forsch	Robinson (11–6)	Sutter	20,253	55–47
103	August 4	@ Cardinals	5–2	Candelaria (9–4)	LaPoint	Scurry (9)	20,673	56–47
104	August 5	@ Cardinals	3–7 (5)	Mura	McWilliams (5–2)	—	17,145	56–48
105	August 6	Mets	7–3	Sarmiento (5–1)	Scott	—		57–48
106	August 6	Mets	3–7	Jones	Baumgarten (0–3)	Allen	21,210	57–49
107	August 7	Mets	2–5	Zachry	Rhoden (6–10)	—	19,938	57–50
108	August 8	Mets	4–1	Robinson (12–6)	Swan	Tekulve (16)	19,679	58–50
109	August 9	@ Phillies	3–4	Carlton	Tekulve (7–6)	—		58–51
110	August 9	@ Phillies	9–6	Romo (7–2)	Reed	Tekulve (17)	51,568	59–51
111	August 10	@ Phillies	5–9	Bystrom	Sarmiento (5–2)	—	36,825	59–52
112	August 11	@ Phillies	1–4	Monge	Rhoden (6–11)	Reed	27,202	59–53
113	August 12	Cardinals	2–3	Andujar	Baumgarten (0–4)	Sutter	16,430	59–54
114	August 13	Cardinals	7–4	Robinson (13–6)	Forsch	—	25,700	60–54
115	August 14	Cardinals	1–4	Stuper	Candelaria (9–5)	Sutter	15,828	60–55
116	August 15	Cardinals	5–12	Mura	McWilliams (5–3)	—		60–56
117	August 15	Cardinals	2–5	LaPoint	Sarmiento (5–3)	—	31,755	60–57
118	August 17	Giants	4–1	Rhoden (7–11)	Hammaker	—	11,345	61–57
119	August 18	Giants	9–16	Fowlkes	Robinson (13–7)	—	14,205	61–58
120	August 19	Giants	6–1	Candelaria (10–5)	Gale	—	8,015	62–58
121	August 20	Dodgers	0–1	Valenzuela	McWilliams (5–4)	—	15,245	62–59
122	August 21	Dodgers	2–1	Tekulve (8–6)	Howe	—	29,581	63–59
123	August 22	Dodgers	4–3 (14)	Robinson (14–7)	Beckwith	—	19,006	64–59
124	August 23	Padres	8–6	Candelaria (11–5)	Hawkins	Scurry (10)		65–59
125	August 23	Padres	3–5	Welsh	Baumgarten (0–5)	Chiffer	9,194	65–60
126	August 24	Padres	6–5 (11)	Tekulve (9–6)	Eichelberger	—	13,102	66–60
127	August 25	Padres	7–6	Tekulve (10–6)	Chiffer	—	9,485	67–60
128	August 27	@ Giants	3–2	Rhoden (8–11)	Laskey	Scurry (11)	9,820	68–60
129	August 28	@ Giants	2–4	Hammaker	Robinson (14–8)	Minton	15,759	68–61
130	August 29	@ Giants	4–3	Candelaria (12–5)	Martin	Scurry (12)	22,017	69–61
131	August 30	@ Padres	1–2 (13)	DeLeon	Tekulve (10–7)	—	20,718	69–62
132	August 31	@ Padres	7–1	Sarmiento (6–3)	Montefusco	—	7,826	70–62

September: 13–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
133	September 1	@ Padres	1–4	Eichelberger	Rhoden (8–12)	—	6,814	70–63
134	September 3	@ Dodgers	3–2	Robinson (15–8)	Welch	Scurry (13)	49,573	71–63
135	September 4	@ Dodgers	1–0	Tunnell (1–0)	Valenzuela	Tekulve (18)	49,541	72–63
136	September 5	@ Dodgers	1–2 (10)	Niedenfuer	Tekulve (10–8)	—	46,819	72–64
137	September 6	Mets	6–1	Rhoden (9–12)	Falcone	—	38,052	73–64
138	September 7	Mets	9–5	Sarmiento (7–3)	Scott	—	6,837	74–64
139	September 8	Mets	1–9	Ownbey	Robinson (15–9)	—	7,092	74–65
140	September 10	Phillies	5–7	Ruthven	Candelaria (12–6)	Monge	15,596	74–66
141	September 11	Phillies	10–9	Tekulve (11–8)	Reed	—	19,842	75–66
142	September 12	Phillies	4–2	Rhoden (10–12)	Christenson	Tekulve (19)	19,089	76–66
143	September 13	Cubs	3–7	Ripley	Robinson (15–10)	Hernandez	2,859	76–67
144	September 14	Cubs	15–5	Niemann (1–1)	Noles	McWilliams (1)	4,822	77–67
145	September 15	Cubs	2–7	Jenkins	Candelaria (12–7)	—	8,678	77–68
146	September 17	@ Phillies	4–2	Rhoden (11–12)	Carlton	Tekulve (20)	37,262	78–68
147	September 18	@ Phillies	4–5	Monge	Robinson (15–11)	Reed	31,468	78–69
148	September 19	@ Phillies	8–1	Sarmiento (8–3)	Krukow	—	37,352	79–69
149	September 20	@ Cubs	1–3	Noles	McWilliams (5–5)	Tidrow	3,607	79–70
150	September 21	@ Cubs	0–1	Jenkins	Scurry (4–5)	Campbell	5,237	79–71
151	September 22	@ Cardinals	1–2	LaPoint	Rhoden (11–13)	Sutter	23,587	79–72
152	September 23	@ Cardinals	5–3 (11)	Romo (8–2)	Martin	Niemann (1)	17,399	80–72
153	September 24	@ Expos	4–6	Lerch	Robinson (15–12)	Fryman	27,678	80–73
154	September 25	@ Expos	4–9	Sanderson	Sarmiento (8–4)	—	30,419	80–74
155	September 26	@ Expos	3–0	McWilliams (6–5)	Lea	—	33,473	81–74
156	September 27	@ Mets	1–4	Holman	Rhoden (11–14)	—	4,412	81–75
157	September 28	@ Mets	2–3 (10)	Orosco	Romo (8–3)	—	3,921	81–76
158	September 29	Cardinals	7–3	Romo (9–3)	Stuper	—	4,930	82–76
159	September 30	Cardinals	7–2	Sarmiento (9–4)	Mura	Scurry (14)	4,237	83–76

October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1982 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

31 Harvey Haddix (pitching)
32 Joe Lonnett (third base)
42 Alex Monchak (first base)
48 Bob Skinner (hitting)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Omar Moreno	CF
Mike Easler	LF
Dave Parker	RF
Jason Thompson	1B
Bill Madlock	3B
Tony Peña	C
Johnny Ray	2B
Dale Berra	SS
Rick Rhoden	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
R. Niemann	20	2	2	1.000	0	0
R. Belliard	9	2	1	0.500	0	0
W. Nordhagen	1	4	2	0.500	0	2
E. Vargas	8	8	3	0.375	0	3
B. Madlock	154	568	181	0.319	19	95
L. Lacy	121	359	112	0.312	5	31
R. Hebner	25	70	21	0.300	2	12
E. Romo	46	10	3	0.300	0	0
T. Peña	138	497	147	0.296	11	63
J. Thompson	156	550	156	0.284	31	101
D. Robinson	43	85	24	0.282	2	16
J. Ray	162	647	182	0.281	7	63
W. Montañez	36	32	9	0.281	0	1
S. Nicosia	39	100	28	0.280	1	7
J. Morrison	44	86	24	0.279	4	15
B. Harper	20	29	8	0.276	2	4
M. Easler	142	475	131	0.276	15	58
D. Parker	73	244	66	0.270	6	29
R. Rhoden	36	83	22	0.265	3	12
D. Berra	156	529	139	0.263	10	61
O. Moreno	158	645	158	0.245	3	44
J. Milner	33	25	6	0.240	2	8
B. Robinson	31	71	17	0.239	4	12
R. Scurry	76	21	5	0.238	0	1
J. Smith	42	42	10	0.238	0	4
W. Stargell	74	73	17	0.233	3	17
J. Candelaria	33	54	12	0.222	0	9
T. Griffin	6	9	2	0.222	0	2
D. Frobel	16	34	7	0.206	2	3
J. Ortiz	7	15	3	0.200	0	0
R. Walton	13	15	3	0.200	0	0
M. Sarmiento	35	47	9	0.191	0	4
L. McWilliams	20	32	6	0.188	0	0
D. Davis	39	77	14	0.182	2	10
E. Solomon	12	15	2	0.133	0	1
P. Moskau	13	11	1	0.091	0	0
R. Baumgarten	12	12	1	0.083	0	0
K. Tekulve	85	14	1	0.071	0	0
C. Guante	10	5	0	0.000	0	0
N. Norman	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
K. Reitz	7	10	0	0.000	0	0
L. Tunnell	5	4	0	0.000	0	0
G. Jackson	1	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[3]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
R. Scurry	76	1032⁄3	4	5	1.74	94
K. Tekulve	85	1282⁄3	12	8	2.87	66
J. Candelaria	31	1742⁄3	12	7	2.94	133
L. McWilliams	19	1212⁄3	6	5	3.11	94
C. Guante	10	27	0	0	3.33	26
M. Sarmiento	35	1642⁄3	9	4	3.39	81
L. Tunnell	5	181⁄3	1	1	3.93	4
R. Rhoden	35	2301⁄3	11	14	4.14	128
D. Robinson	38	227	15	13	4.28	165
E. Romo	45	862⁄3	9	3	4.36	58
P. Moskau	13	35	1	3	4.37	15
R. Niemann	20	351⁄3	1	1	5.09	26
R. Baumgarten	12	44	0	5	6.55	17
E. Solomon	11	462⁄3	2	6	6.75	18
T. Griffin	6	221⁄3	1	3	8.87	8
G. Jackson	1	2⁄3	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Tony Peña, C, Reserve
Jason Thompson, 1B, Reserve^[4]

Transactions

October 5, 1981 – Released Luis Tiant.
October 23, 1981 – Purchased Manny Sarmiento from the Boston Red Sox.
October 26, 1981 – Released Kurt Bevacqua.
November 6, 1981 – Signed Rubén Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.
December 11, 1981 – Signed Dorn Taylor as an amateur free agent.
December 11, 1981 – Traded Tim Foli to the California Angels. Received Brian Harper.
December 11, 1981 – Traded Doe Boyland to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tom Griffin.
December 17, 1981 – Sold Craig Cacek to the California Angels.
January 12, 1982 – Drafted Benny Distefano in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary).
February 2, 1982 – The Chicago White Sox chose Joel Skinner as a free agent compensation pick.
March 10, 1982 – Sold Mark Lee to the Detroit Tigers.
March 21, 1982 – Traded Ernie Camacho and Vance Law to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ross Baumgarten and Butch Edge.
March 29, 1982 – Sold Matt Alexander to Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).
April 1, 1982 – Traded Victor Cruz to the Texas Rangers. Received Nelson Norman.
April 2, 1982 – Released Gary Alexander.
April 3, 1982 – Selected Paul Moskau off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
April 4, 1982 – Released Ramon Pena.
April 8, 1982 – Released Stew Cliburn.
April 9, 1982 – Purchased Reggie Walton from the Seattle Mariners.
May 15, 1982 – Released Tom Griffin.
May 16, 1982 – Signed Ken Reitz as a free agent.
June 5, 1982 – Released Ken Reitz.
June 7, 1982 – Drafted Sam Khalifa in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
June 7, 1982 – Drafted Bip Roberts in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 11, 1982.
June 7, 1982 – Drafted Joe Magrane in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 7, 1982 – Drafted Scott Bailes in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed July 1, 1982.
June 7, 1982 – Drafted Ray Hayward in the 12th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 7, 1982 – Drafted Shawn Holman in the 14th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1982.
June 10, 1982 – Signed Dave Johnson as an amateur free agent.
June 14, 1982 – Traded Eddie Solomon to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Morrison.
June 15, 1982 – Traded Bill Robinson to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Wayne Nordhagen.
June 22, 1982 – Traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dick Davis. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Wayne Nordhagen (June 25, 1982) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
June 30, 1982 – Traded a player to be named later and Pascual Perez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Larry McWilliams. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Carlos Rios (minors) (September 8, 1982) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
July 1, 1982 – Released Willie Montañez.
July 29, 1982 – Signed John Milner as a free agent.
August 16, 1982 – Purchased Richie Hebner from the Detroit Tigers.
September 8, 1982 – Signed Grant Jackson as a free agent.
October 4, 1982 – Released Grant Jackson.
October 4, 1982 – Released Paul Moskau.
October 20, 1982 – Bob Long granted Free Agency.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Tom Trebelhorn
AA	Buffalo Bisons	Eastern League	Tommy Sandt
A	Alexandria Dukes	Carolina League	Johnny Lipon
A	Greenwood Pirates	South Atlantic League	Joe Frisina
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Alexandria

Notes

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ 1982 All-Star Game

References

1982 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1982 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[3] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[4] 1982 All-Star Game

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