| 1982 Baltimore Orioles |
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| Owner(s) | Edward Bennett Williams | |
| Manager(s) | Earl Weaver | |
| Local television | WMAR-TV | |
| Local radio | WFBR (Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Brooks Robinson, Tom Marr) |
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The 1982 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses.
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Earl Weaver Manager Retired 1982 |
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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| 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 | .488 | 16.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16.0 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 17.0 |
The '82 season was a classic, even though it eventually was as frustrating as those that had preceded it. Eddie Murray had 32 homers and 110 RBIs. Jim Palmer, in his last hurrah, went 15–5. Cal Ripken, Jr. started off slowly, gathered himself, and ended up as the AL Rookie of the Year, hitting .264 with 28 homers and 93 RBIs. After all the debate about where he should play, he started the year at third base, switched to shortstop in July, and never look back. After sitting out the second game of a doubleheader on May 29, he played in every game for the rest of the season. His consecutive-games streak was underway.
After starting slowly and falling eight games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in mid-August of '82, the Orioles rallied furiously. They won seven games in a row, lost one, won ten in a row, swept five straight from the New York Yankees, won two of three in Milwaukee to pull within two games of the Brewers with a week left. In the end, they needed to sweep a season-ending four-game series with the Brewers at Memorial Stadium to complete a comeback. They won the first three before roaring crowds, pulling even, and sent Palmer out to pitch the finale against the Brewers' Don Sutton. Fans brought brooms to the stadium, anticipating the final scene of one of the Orioles' greatest comebacks. Instead, the Brewers pounded Palmer and won the American League East title 10–2.
After the final out of the loss to the Brewers, an emotional spectacle unfolded at Memorial Stadium. The disappointed sellout crowd rose and started to cheer, and kept cheering for 45 minutes. The Orioles' players left the clubhouse and came back out onto the field to wave, and then Weaver did, too, setting off the biggest roar. The cheers were mostly for him.
Weaver announced in March that the 1982 season would be his last managing the Orioles. he was retiring after that and moving to Florida to play golf. An era was ending. The news had been in the headlines and the back of everyone's mind all season, yet it was almost forgotten as the Orioles chased the Brewers down the stretch. Now, suddenly, the moment was at hand. Weaver was pulling off his uniform for the last time. And the fans weren't going to let him go without a salute.
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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 |
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| C | Rick Dempsey | 125 | 344 | 88 | .256 | 5 | 36 |
| 1B | Eddie Murray | 151 | 550 | 174 | .316 | 32 | 110 |
| 2B | Rich Dauer | 158 | 558 | 156 | .280 | 8 | 57 |
| 3B | Glenn Gulliver | 50 | 145 | 29 | .200 | 1 | 5 |
| SS | Cal Ripken | 160 | 598 | 158 | .264 | 28 | 93 |
| LF | John Lowenstein | 122 | 322 | 103 | .320 | 24 | 66 |
| CF | Al Bumbry | 150 | 562 | 147 | .262 | 5 | 40 |
| RF | Dan Ford | 123 | 421 | 99 | .235 | 10 | 43 |
| DH | Ken Singleton | 156 | 561 | 141 | .251 | 14 | 77 |
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Gary Roenicke | 137 | 393 | 106 | .270 | 21 | 74 |
| Lenn Sakata | 136 | 343 | 89 | .259 | 6 | 31 |
| Joe Nolan | 77 | 219 | 51 | .233 | 6 | 35 |
| Jim Dwyer | 71 | 148 | 45 | .304 | 6 | 15 |
| Terry Crowley | 65 | 93 | 22 | .237 | 3 | 17 |
| Benny Ayala | 64 | 128 | 39 | .305 | 6 | 24 |
| Bobby Bonner | 41 | 77 | 13 | .169 | 0 | 5 |
| Floyd Rayford | 34 | 53 | 7 | .132 | 3 | 5 |
| John Shelby | 26 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Young | 6 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Morales | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Hernandez | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Dennis Martínez | 40 | 252 | 16 | 12 | 4.21 | 111 |
| Mike Flanagan | 36 | 236 | 15 | 11 | 3.97 | 103 |
| Jim Palmer | 36 | 227 | 15 | 5 | 3.13 | 103 |
| Scott McGregor | 37 | 226.1 | 14 | 12 | 4.61 | 84 |
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Sammy Stewart | 38 | 139 | 10 | 9 | 4.14 | 69 |
| Storm Davis | 29 | 100.2 | 8 | 4 | 3.49 | 67 |
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Tippy Martinez | 76 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3.41 | 78 |
| Tim Stoddard | 50 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4.02 | 42 |
| Ross Grimsley | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 | 18 |
| Don Stanhouse | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 8 |
| Mike Boddicker | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.51 | 20 |
| John Flinn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | 13 |
| Don Welchel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield
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