1982 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals' 1982 season was the team's 101st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 91st season in the National League. Making up for the previous season's near-miss, the Cardinals went 92—70 during the season and won their first-ever National League East Division title by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies. They achieved their first postseason appearance since 1968 and defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim the NL pennant. From there, they went on to win the World Series in seven games over the American League champion Milwaukee Brewers. It was the Cardinals' first World Championship since 1967, and their last until they opened the current Busch Stadium in 2006.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1982 St. Louis Cardinals
1982 NL East Champions
1982 NL Champions
1982 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Whitey Herzog, Joe McDonald
Manager(s)Whitey Herzog
Local televisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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Offseason

Regular season

First baseman Keith Hernandez and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year.

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—

Opening Day lineup

[7]

Notable games
  • May 30, 1982: The Cardinals rally twice in their last at-bat in a thrilling 6—5 victory over the San Diego Padres at Busch Memorial Stadium. St. Louis trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the ninth when Keith Hernandez led off with a single to left field. Hernandez took second on a single by George Hendrick and scored on Lonnie Smith's RBI double. After a Mike Ramsey ground out, Julio González reached on Padre third baseman Luis Salazar's error, allowing Hendrick to score and cutting the deficit to 3—2, and two batters later, Smith scored on Tom Herr's sacrifice fly to tie the game. After San Diego tacked on an additional two runs off Bruce Sutter in the top of the tenth inning, the Cardinals rallied again in the bottom half. Padres reliever Gary Lucas retired Orlando Sánchez and Hernandez to start the inning, but allowed a two-out single to Hendrick. Lonnie Smith then doubled Hendrick home to bring St. Louis back within 5—4, and Ramsey's subsequent RBI single tied the game. After Julio Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, Dane Iorg lined a single into center field, scoring Ramsey with the winning run.[8]

Notable transactions

Roster
1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster
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
CDarrell Porter12037386.2311248
1BKeith Hernandez160579173.299794
2BTom Herr135493131.266036
3BKen Oberkfell137470136.289234
SSOzzie Smith140488121.248243
LFLonnie Smith156592182.307869
CFWillie McGee123422125.296456
RFGeorge Hendrick136515145.28219104

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mike Ramsey11225659.230121
Dane Iorg10223870.294034
David Green7616647.283223
Gene Tenace6612432.258718
Julio González428721.24117
Tito Landrum797220.278214
Steve Braun586217.27404
Glenn Brummer356415.23408
Orlando Sánchez26377.18903
Kelly Paris12293.10301
Gene Roof11154.26702

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joaquín Andújar38265.215102.47137
Bob Forsch362331593.4869
Steve Mura35184.112114.0584
John Stuper23136.2973.3653

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave LaPoint42152.2933.4281
John Martin2466454.2321
Andy Rincon1140234.7311
Eric Rasmussen818.1124.4215

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bruce Sutter7098362.9061
Doug Bair635382.5568
Jim Kaat635324.0835
Jeff Lahti335403.8122
Jeff Keener191101.6125
Mark Littell160105.237

Postseason

NLCS
Main article: 1982 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 7, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 000 000 000 030
St. Louis 001 005 01X 7131
W: Bob Forsch (1-0)  L: Pascual Pérez (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: ATL – None   STL – None

Game 2

October 9, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 002 010 000 360
St. Louis 100 001 011 491
W: Bruce Sutter (1-0)  L: Gene Garber (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: ATL – None   STL – None

Game 3

October 10, Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 040 010 001 6120
Atlanta 000 000 200 261
W: Joaquín Andújar (1-0)  L: Rick Camp (0-1)   SV: Bruce Sutter (1)
HRs: ATL – None   STL – Willie McGee (1)

World Series
Main article: 1982 World Series

In Game 3, rookie outfielder Willie McGee hit two home runs, tying a World Series record for rookies.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Milwaukee Brewers (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Brewers – 10, Cardinals – 0October 12Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:30
2Brewers – 4, Cardinals – 5October 13Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:54
3Cardinals – 6, Brewers – 2October 15Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)56,5562:53
4Cardinals – 5, Brewers – 7October 16Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)56,5603:04
5Cardinals – 4, Brewers – 6October 17Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)56,5623:02
6Brewers – 1, Cardinals – 13October 19Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:21
7Brewers – 3, Cardinals – 6October 20Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:50

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Joe Frazier
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Gaylen Pitts and Nick Leyva
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Nick Leyva and Gaylen Pitts
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Dave Bialas
A Gastonia Cardinals South Atlantic League Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Joe Rigoli
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Rich Hacker

References
  1. Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
  2. Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  3. "Lonnie Smith to Card, Diaz to Phils in 3-team deal". St. Petersburg Times. November 20, 1981. p. 6C. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  4. Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference
  5. Ozzie Smith at Baseball Reference
  6. Joaquín Andújar at Baseball Reference
  7. Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 14, Houston Astros 3
  8. May 30, 1982 San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score
  9. Terry Pendleton at Baseball Reference
  10. Vince Coleman at Baseball Reference
  11. Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  12. Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
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