1982 Chicago Cubs season

The 1982 Chicago Cubs season was the 111th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 107th in the National League and the 67th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 73-89, 19 games behind the eventual National League and 1982 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. For the first time in more than a half a century, the Cubs were not owned by a member of the Wrigley family. Instead, it was the first full season for the Cubs under the ownership of the Tribune Company, owners of the team's broadcast partner WGN TV and Radio, and for Cubs TV viewers the first season ever for them to see and hear Harry Caray on the broadcast panel.

1982 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tribune Company
General manager(s)Dallas Green
Manager(s)Lee Elia
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Harry Caray, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Local radioWGN
(Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

November 15, 1981: Steve Macko, a promising prospect passes away after a short bout with testicular cancer.

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9270 0.568 — 46–35 46–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8973 0.549 3 51–30 38–43
Montreal Expos 8676 0.531 6 40–41 46–35
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 8 42–39 42–39
Chicago Cubs 7389 0.451 19 38–43 35–46
New York Mets 6597 0.401 27 33–48 32–49

Record vs. opponents
1982 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–414–410–87–115–79–36–64–811–78–107–5
Chicago 4–8—6–69–35–76–129–99–99–94–86–66–12
Cincinnati 4–146–6—7–117–114–87–55–74–86–126–125–7
Houston 8–103–911–7—7–114–88–47–59–39–95–136–6
Los Angeles 11–77–511–711–7—8–46–64–85–79–99–97–5
Montreal 7–512–68–48–44–8—11–78–107–117–54–810–8
New York 3–99–95–74–86–67–11—7–118–106–64–86–12
Philadelphia 6-69–97–55–78–410–811–7—9–97–510–27–11
Pittsburgh 8–49–98–43–97–511–710–89–9—6–66–67–11
San Diego 7–118–412–69–99–95–76–65–76–6—10–84–8
San Francisco 10–86–612–613–59–98–48–42–106–68–10—5–7
St. Louis 5–712–67–56–65–78–1012–611–711–78–47–5—

Notable transactions
  • April 1, 1982: Bill Caudill was sent by the Cubs to the New York Yankees to partially complete an earlier deal (the Chicago Cubs sent players to be named later to the Yankees for Pat Tabler) made on August 19, 1981.[6]
  • April 9, 1982: Randy Stein was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.[7]
  • June 7, 1982: Gary Varsho was drafted by the Cubs in the 5th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 12, 1982.[8]
  • August 2, 1982: The Chicago Cubs sent Jay Howell to the New York Yankees to complete the August 19, 1981, trade noted above.[6]

Roster
1982 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
SSLarry Bowa142499123.246029

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
Keith Moreland138476124.2611568

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Doug Bird351919145.1471
Dickie Noles3117110134.4285

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Larson120405.6722
Randy Stein60003.486

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Jim Napier
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Brian Murphy
A Salinas Spurs California League Rich Morales
A Quad Cities Cubs Midwest League George Enright
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Tony Franklin
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Jim Fairey

Notes
  1. Dickie Noles page at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ryne Sandberg page at Baseball Reference
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tysonmi01.shtml
  5. Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
  6. Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  7. Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
  8. Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference

References
  • 1982 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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