1982 New York Yankees season

1982 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976)
New York City, New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Gene Michael Bob Lemon Clyde King
Local television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White) SportsChannel NY (Mel Allen, Fran Healy, others from WPIX)
Local radio	WABC (AM) (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, John Gordon)
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The New York Yankees' 1982 season was the 80th season for the Yankees. The team finished in fifth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 79-83, finishing 16 games behind the AL Champion Milwaukee Brewers. As a result, the Yankees endured their first losing season since going 80-82 in 1973, the team's final season at the original Yankee Stadium before the 1976 renovations. The Yankees were managed by Gene Michael, Bob Lemon, and Clyde King. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

• October 13, 1981: Eric Soderholm was released by the New York Yankees.^[1]
• October 21, 1981: Willie McGee was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Sykes.^[2]
• November 4, 1981: Brian Ryder (minors) and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Ken Griffey, Sr.. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Reds on December 9.^[3]
• November 17, 1981: Aurelio Rodríguez was traded by the New York Yankees to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Lebo (minors) (December 9, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.^[4]
• February 22, 1982: Barry Evans was purchased by the Yankees from the San Diego Padres.^[5]
• March 30, 1982: Andy McGaffigan and Ted Wilborn were traded by the Yankees to the San Francisco Giants for Doyle Alexander.^[6]

Regular season

• April 27, 1982, Reggie Jackson returned to Yankee Stadium with the Angels. He broke out of a terrible season-starting slump to hit a home run off former teammate Ron Guidry. The at-bat began with Yankee fans, angry at Steinbrenner for letting Jackson get away, starting the "Reg-GIE!" chant, and ended it with the fans chanting "Steinbrenner sucks!" By the time of Jackson's election to the Hall of Fame, Steinbrenner had begun to say that letting him go was the biggest mistake he has made as Yankee owner.
• September 5, 1982: Roy Smalley hit home runs from both sides of plate for New York Yankees.
• Future NFL Hall of Famer John Elway played baseball for the New York Yankees' Oneonta single-A farm club in 1982. Elway posted a .318 average and knocked in a team-high 24 runs with no errors in 42 games.^[7]

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	.488	16.0
Cleveland Indians	79	83	.488	16.0
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	17.0

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1982: Bill Caudill was acquired by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs to complete an earlier deal (the Cubs sent players to be named later to the Yankees for Pat Tabler) made on August 19, 1981.^[8]

• April 1, 1982: Bill Caudill, Gene Nelson and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Shane Rawley. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Bobby Brown to the Mariners on April 6.^[8]
• April 5, 1982: Brad Gulden was traded by the Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Bobby Ramos.^[9]
• April 23, 1982: Bob Watson was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Scott Patterson (minors).^[10]
• May 5, 1982: Dave Revering, Tom Dodd, and Jeff Reynolds (minors) was traded by the Yankees to the Toronto Blue Jays for John Mayberry.^[11]
• August 8, 1982: Bucky Dent was traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Lee Mazzilli.^[12]
• August 31, 1982: Tommy John was traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Dennis Rasmussen to the Yankees on November 24.^[13]

Draft picks

• June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Bo Jackson was drafted by the Yankees in the 2nd round, but did not sign.^[14]
  • Dan Pasqua was drafted by the Yankees in the 3rd round.^[15]
  • B. J. Surhoff was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round, but did not sign.^[16]
  • Jim Deshaies was drafted by the Yankees in the 21st round.^[17]
  • Mike York was drafted by the Yankees in the 40th round.^[18]

Roster

1982 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 52 Doyle Alexander 35 Roger Erickson 43 George Frazier 54 Goose Gossage 49 Ron Guidry 53 Jay Howell 25 Tommy John 47 Curt Kaufman 34 Dave LaRoche 61 Jim Lewis 45 Rudy May 50 Lynn McGlothen 39,63 Mike Morgan 50 John Pacella 26,46 Shane Rawley 19 Dave Righetti 25 Stefan Wever		Catchers 10 Rick Cerone 58 Juan Espino 23 Barry Foote 57 Bobby Ramos 27 Butch Wynegar Infielders 36 Steve Balboni 20 Bucky Dent 38 Barry Evans 28 John Mayberry 24 Lee Mazzilli 18 Larry Milbourne  9 Graig Nettles 30 Willie Randolph 12 Dave Revering 18 Andre Robertson 20 Edwin Rodríguez 18 Rodney Scott 34.55 Roy Smalley 28 Bob Watson		Outfielders 29 Dave Collins  6 Ken Griffey 46 Don Mattingly 22 Jerry Mumphrey 18,56 Mike Patterson 31 Dave Winfield Other batters 17 Oscar Gamble 24,35 Butch Hobson  2 Bobby Murcer 14 Lou Piniella 38 Dave Stegman		Manager 42 Clyde King 21 Bob Lemon 11 Gene Michael Coaches 48 Joe Altobelli  8 Yogi Berra 33 Mike Ferraro 42 Clyde King 41 Jeff Torborg    Mickey Vernon

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Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Cerone, RickRick Cerone	89	300	29	68	.227	5	28	0
1B	Mayberry, JohnJohn Mayberry	69	215	20	45	.209	8	27	0
2B	Randolph, WillieWillie Randolph	144	553	85	155	.280	3	36	16
3B	Nettles, GraigGraig Nettles	122	405	47	94	.232	18	55	1
SS	Smalley, RoyRoy Smalley	142	486	55	125	.257	20	67	0
LF	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield	140	539	84	151	.280	37	106	5
CF	Mumphrey, JerryJerry Mumphrey	123	477	76	143	.300	9	68	11
RF	Griffey, KenKen Griffey	127	484	70	134	.277	12	54	10
DH	Gamble, OscarOscar Gamble	108	316	49	86	.272	18	57	6

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Collins, DaveDave Collins	111	348	41	88	.253	3	25	13
Piniella, LouLou Piniella	102	261	33	80	.307	6	37	0
Wynegar, ButchButch Wynegar	63	191	27	56	.293	3	20	0
Dent, BuckyBucky Dent	59	160	11	27	.169	0	9	0
Murcer, BobbyBobby Murcer	65	141	12	32	.227	7	30	2
Mazzilli, LeeLee Mazzilli	37	128	20	34	.266	6	17	2
Robertson, AndreAndre Robertson	44	118	16	26	.220	2	9	0
Balboni, SteveSteve Balboni	33	107	8	20	.187	2	4	0
Hobson, ButchButch Hobson	30	58	2	10	.172	0	3	0
Foote, BarryBarry Foote	17	48	4	7	.146	0	2	0
Revering, DaveDave Revering	14	40	2	6	.150	0	2	0
Evans, BarryBarry Evans	17	31	2	8	.258	0	2	0
Milbourne, LarryLarry Milbourne	14	27	2	4	.148	0	0	0
Scott, RodneyRodney Scott	10	26	5	5	.192	0	0	2
Watson, BobBob Watson	7	17	3	4	.235	0	3	0
Patterson, MikeMike Patterson	11	16	3	3	.188	1	1	1
Mattingly, DonDon Mattingly	7	12	0	2	.167	0	1	0
Ramos, BobbyBobby Ramos	4	11	1	1	.091	1	2	0
Rodriguez, EdwinEdwin Rodriguez	3	9	2	3	.333	0	1	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Guidry, RonRon Guidry	34	222	14	8	3.81	162
John, TommyTommy John	30	186.2	10	10	3.66	54
Erickson, RogerRoger Erickson	16	70.2	4	5	4.46	37

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rawley, ShaneShane Rawley	47	164	11	10	4.06	111
Alexander, DoyleDoyle Alexander	16	66.2	1	7	6.08	26

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frazier, GeorgeGeorge Frazier	63	4	4	1	3.47	69
Gossage, GooseGoose Gossage	56	4	5	30	2.23	102
Lewis, JimJim Lewis	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

• Ron Guidry, Goose Gossage and Dave Winfield represented the Yankees at the 1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
• Gold Gloves were awarded to pitcher, Guidry and outfielder, Winfield.
• Dave Winfield, Silver Slugger Award.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Frank Verdi
AA	Nashville Sounds	Southern League	Johnny Oates
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Stump Merrill
A	Greensboro Hornets	South Atlantic League	Doug Holmquist
Short-Season A	Oneonta Yankees	New York-Penn League	Ken Berry
Rookie	Paintsville Yankees	Appalachian League	Mike Notaro
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Carlos Tosca

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Nashville, Fort Lauderdale, Greensboro, GCL Yankees^[21]

Notes

References

• 1982 New York Yankees
• 1982 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

1982 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto AL West California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas NL East Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis NL West Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco 1982 Major League Baseball Draft 1982 All-Star Game 1982 World Series

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