1982 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1982 Milwaukee Brewers
1982 AL East Champions
1982 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1982 Information
Owner(s) Bud Selig
Manager(s) Buck Rodgers and Harvey Kuenn
Local television WVTV
(Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Local radio WISN (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley, Kevin Young)

The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers season resulted in the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball winning their first and only American League Championship.

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[edit] Regular season

  • September 24, 1982 – Robin Yount had 6 RBIs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.
  • Paul Molitor’s 136 runs not only led the American League, but they were the most scored in the league since 1949.
  • Robin Yount became the first shortstop in American League history to lead the league in slugging percentage. He would go on to lead the league in hits, doubles, and total bases as he was voted the American League Most Valuable Player.

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Milwaukee Brewers 95 67 .586 0
Baltimore Orioles 94 68 .580 1.0
Boston Red Sox 89 73 .549 6.0
Detroit Tigers 83 79 .512 12.0
New York Yankees 79 83 .512 12.0
Cleveland Indians 79 83 .488 16.0
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 17.0


[edit] Roster

Milwaukee Brewers roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[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
Paul Molitor 160 666 201 .302 19 71

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] ALCS

[edit] Game 1, October 5

Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
California 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 X 8 10 0
W: Tommy John (1-0)   L: Mike Caldwell (0-1)   S: None
HR: MIL – Gorman Thomas (1)  CAL – Fred Lynn (1)
Pitchers: MIL – Caldwell, Slaton (4), Ladd (7), Bernard (8)  CAL – John
Attendance: 64,406

[edit] Game 2, October 6

Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
California 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 x 4 6 0
W: Bruce Kison (1-0)   L: Pete Vuckovich (0-1)   S: None
HR: MIL – Paul Molitor (1)  CAL – Reggie Jackson (1)
Pitchers: MIL – Vuckovich  CAL – Kison
Attendance: 64,179

[edit] Game 3, October 8

Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 0
Milwaukee 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 0
W: Don Sutton (1-0)   L: Geoff Zahn (0-1)   S: Pete Ladd (1)
HR: CAL – Bob Boone (1)  MIL – Paul Molitor (2)
Pitchers: CAL – Zahn, Witt (4), Hassler (7)  MIL – Sutton, Ladd (8)
Attendance: 50,135

[edit] Game 4, October 9

Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 5 3
Milwaukee 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 9 9 2
W: Moose Haas (1-0)   L: Tommy John (0-1)   S: Jim Slaton (1)
HR: CAL – Don Baylor (1)  MIL – Mark Brouhard (1)
Pitchers: CAL – John, Goltz (4), Sanchez (8)  MIL – Haas, Slaton (8)
Attendance: 51,003

[edit] Game 5, October 10

Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 1
Milwaukee 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 x 4 6 4
W: Bob McClure (1-0)   L: Luis Sánchez (0-1)   S: Pete Ladd (1)
HR: CAL – None  MIL – Ben Oglivie (1)
Pitchers: CAL – Kison, Sanchez (6), Hassler (7)  MIL – Vuckovich, McClure (7), Ladd (9)
Attendance: 54,968

Game 5 proved to be the most dramatic of the series. The Angels got a quick 1-0 lead in the first on a double by Brian Downing and a single by Fred Lynn. But Milwaukee tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Paul Molitor doubled and eventually came home on a sacrifice fly by Ted Simmons. The Angles made it 2-1 in the third on an RBI single from Fred Lynn, and stretched the lead to 3-1 in the fourth on a run-scoring single from Bob Boone. Milwaukee cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth on Ben Oglivie’s homer. The score remained unchanged until the bottom of the seventh, when disaster struck the Angels. Milwaukee loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Cecil Cooper then cracked the series-winning hit, a two-run single that put the Brewers ahead 4-3. The Milwaukee bullpen kept the Angels off the board in the final two innings, and the Brewers took home the franchise’s first American League pennant.

[edit] 1982 World Series

Though the teams had never met, the cities had an existing commercial rivalry in the beer market, as St. Louis is the home of Anheuser Busch while Milwaukee is the home of Miller Brewing. This led to the Series being nicknamed the "Suds Series".

After setting a World Series record with his fifth hit, in the 9th inning of Game 1, Paul Molitor would set another record in the 7th inning of Game 5 by becoming the first player in Series history to have two four-hit games.

Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter was given the Series MVP award. Brewers pitcher Mike Caldwell, who won two games, would have been a strong candidate, as well as Molitor. Paul Molitor would eventually win the Series MVP Award 11 years later as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. As it was, the winning team won the MVP. The only player on the losing team to win the MVP was Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees.

Both participants are currently in the NL Central, due to the transfer of the Brewers from the American League to the National League in 1998. This raises the possibility of the Brewers eventually playing a World Series in two different leagues. That has happened twice before, taking the 19th Century contests into account: The Brooklyn Dodgers of 1889 and 1890, and the Cardinals, who won the 1886 Series when they were in the Association.

[edit] Game 1

October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee Brewers 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 10 17 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
W: Mike Caldwell (1-0)   L: Bob Forsch (0-1)
HR: MIL Ted Simmons (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 13, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee Brewers 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 5 8 0
W: Bruce Sutter (1-0)   L: Bob McClure (0-1)
HR: MIL Ted Simmons (2)

[edit] Game 3

October 15, 1982 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 6 6 1
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 3
W: Joaquín Andújar (1-0)   S: Bruce Sutter (1)   L: Pete Vuckovich (0-1)
HR: STL Willie McGee 2, (2)    MIL Cecil Cooper (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 16, 1982 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 1
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 X 7 10 2
W: Jim Slaton (1-0)   S: Bob McClure (1)   L: Doug Blair (0-1)

[edit] Game 5

October 17, 1982 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 15 2
Milwaukee Brewers 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 6 11 1
W: Mike Caldwell (2-0)   S: Bob McClure (2)   L: Bob Forsch (0-2)
HR: MIL Robin Yount (1)

[edit] Game 6

October 19, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4
St. Louis Cardinals 0 2 0 3 2 6 0 0 X 13 12 1
W: John Stuper (1-0)   L: Don Sutton (0-1)
HR: STL Darrell Porter (1)    Keith Hernandez (1)

[edit] Game 7

October 20, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee Brewers 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 7 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 X 6 15 1
W: Joaquín Andújar (2-0)   S: Bruce Sutter (2)  L: Bob McClure (0-2)
HR: MIL Ben Oglivie (1)

Joaquín Andújar and Pete Vuckovich opposed each other once again. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when the Cardinals scored first on a Lonnie Smith RBI single. Ben Oglivie tied it for the Brew Crew in the fifth with a solo homer, and they took a 3-1 lead in the sixth when Jim Gantner scored on an error and Cecil Cooper hit a sacrifice fly.

But, in the bottom of the sixth, Vuckovich began to run into trouble. With one out, Ozzie Smith singled and Lonnie Smith doubled him to third. Brewers manager Harvey Kuenn then pulled Vuckovich in favor of Bob McClure, who intentionally walked pinch-hitter Gene Tenace to load the bases. Keith Hernandez then tied the game with a two-run single. George Hendrick then gave the Cardinals the lead with an RBI single.

The Cardinals punctuated the scoring with two runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Series MVP Darrell Porter and Steve Braun. Andujar pitched seven strong innings and Bruce Sutter pitched the eighth and ninth for his second save.

[edit] Composite box

1982 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Milwaukee Brewers (A.L.)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St Louis Cardinals 1 5 3 4 5 12 3 3 3 39 67 7
Milwaukee Brewers 3 1 3 1 5 4 7 4 5 33 64 11
Total Attendance: 384,570   Average Attendance: 54,939
Winning Player’s Share: – $43,280,   Losing Player’s Share – $31,935 * Includes Playoffs and World Series

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Harvey Kuenn, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
  • Paul Molitor – American League Leader At-Bats (666)
  • Paul Molitor – American League Leader Runs (136)
  • Robin Yount – American League Most Valuable Player
  • Robin Yount – American League Leader Hits (210)
  • Robin Yount – American League Leader Doubles (46)
  • Robin Yount – American League Leader Slugging Percentage (.578)
  • Robin Yount – American League Leader Total Bases (367)

All-Star Game

[edit] References

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1982 MLB season by team
AL East
Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto
AL West
NL East
NL West
1982 All-Star Game • 1982 World Series
Preceded by
New York Yankees
1981		 AL East Championship Season
1982		 Succeeded by
Baltimore Orioles
1983
Preceded by
New York Yankees
1981		 American League Championship
1982		 Succeeded by
Baltimore Orioles
1983
v • d • e
Milwaukee Brewers
Formerly the Seattle Pilots • Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Important Figures
Retired Numbers
4 • 19 • 34 • 42 • 44
Key Personnel
Owner: Mark Attanasio • General Manager: Doug Melvin • Manager: Ned Yost
Minors
League Pennants
American League: 1982 • National League: none
Division Titles
AL East: 1981 (second half) • 1982 • NL Central: none • Wild Card: none