1982 Major League Baseball season

1982 MLB season
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)
MLB seasons
	← 1981 1983 →

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)
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)

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

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

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

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

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]

^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.