1982 Detroit Tigers season
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| Owner(s) | John Fetzer |
| Manager(s) | Sparky Anderson |
| Local television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) ON-TV (Norm Cash, Larry Adderley) |
| Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1982 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 83-79 (.512), 12 games behind the Brewers. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 685. The Tigers drew 1,636,058 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1982, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.
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[edit] Season standings
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| Rank | Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
| 1st | Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 67 | .586 | -- |
| 2nd | Baltimore Orioles | 94 | 68 | .580 | 1.0 |
| 3rd | Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6.0 |
| 4th | Detroit Tigers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12.0 |
| 5th | New York Yankees | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16.0 |
| 6th | Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 17.0 |
| 6th | Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 17.0 |
[edit] Roster
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1982 Detroit Tigers roster
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[edit] Player stats
[edit] Batting
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 |
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| Lance Parrish | 133 | 486 | 138 | .284 | 32 | 87 |
| Enos Cabell | 125 | 464 | 121 | .261 | 2 | 37 |
| Lou Whitaker | 152 | 560 | 160 | .286 | 15 | 65 |
| Tom Brookens | 140 | 398 | 92 | .231 | 9 | 58 |
| Alan Trammell | 157 | 489 | 126 | .258 | 9 | 57 |
| Larry Herndon | 157 | 614 | 179 | .292 | 23 | 88 |
| Chet Lemon | 125 | 436 | 116 | .266 | 19 | 52 |
| Glenn Wilson | 84 | 322 | 94 | .292 | 12 | 34 |
| Mike Ivie | 80 | 259 | 60 | .232 | 14 | 38 |
| Kirk Gibson | 69 | 266 | 74 | .278 | 8 | 35 |
| Rick Leach | 82 | 218 | 52 | .239 | 3 | 12 |
| Jerry Turner | 85 | 210 | 52 | .248 | 8 | 27 |
| John Wockenfuss | 70 | 193 | 58 | .301 | 8 | 32 |
| Richie Hebner | 68 | 179 | 49 | .274 | 8 | 18 |
| Howard Johnson | 54 | 155 | 49 | .316 | 4 | 14 |
| Lynn Jones | 58 | 139 | 31 | .223 | 0 | 14 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Jack Morris | 37 | 266.3 | 17 | 16 | 4.06 | 135 |
| Dan Petry | 35 | 246.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.22 | 132 |
| Milt Wilcox | 29 | 193.7 | 12 | 10 | 3.62 | 112 |
| Jerry Ujdur | 25 | 178.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.69 | 86 |
| Larry Pashnick | 28 | 94.3 | 4 | 4 | 4.01 | 19 |
[edit] Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO |
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| Dave Tobik | 51 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 3.56 | 63 |
| Elias Sosa | 38 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 4.43 | 24 |
| Kevin Saucier | 31 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 3.12 | 23 |
| Dave Rucker | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3.38 | 31 |
| Pat Underwood | 33 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4.73 | 43 |
| Aurelio Lopez | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5.27 | 26 |
[edit] Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
The following members of the 1982 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:
- Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time
- Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
- Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time
- Kirk Gibson: 36th best left fielder of all time
[edit] Award winners and league leaders
- #2 in MLB in triples (13)
- #5 in AL in outs (470)
- #8 in MLB in times grounded into double plays (20)
- MLB leader in times hit by pitch (15)
- #2 in AL in complete games (17)
- #2 in MLB in home runs allowed (37)
- #2 in MLB in earned runs allowed (120)
- #2 in AL in wild pitches (10)
- #2 in AL in batters faced (1107)
- #3 in AL in innings pitched (266-1/3)
- #4 in AL in shutouts (3)
- #4 in AL in losses (16)
- #5 in AL in wins (17)
- #5 in AL in games started (37)
- #8 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (96)
- AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
- AL All Star Team, catcher
- Tiger of the Year Award, by Detroit baseball writers
- #4 in AL in at bats per home run (15.2)
- #5 in AL in home runs (32)
- #10 in MLB in slugging percentage (.529)
- #4 in AL in ERA (3.22)
- #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (100)
- #5 in AL in wild pitches (9)
Jerry Ujdur
- #2 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.58)
- #3 in AL in hit batsmen (7)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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