1982 St. Louis Cardinals season

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
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Whitey Herzog, Joe McDonald
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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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 year'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 defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim their first NL pennant since 1968. 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.

Offseason

October 21, 1981: Bob Sykes was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Willie McGee.^[1]
October 23, 1981: Jeff Little was traded by the Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Kinnunen.^[2]
November 20, 1981: Silvio Martínez and Lary Sorensen were traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians as part of a three-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies traded Lonnie Smith to the Cardinals. The Indians traded Bo Díaz to the Phillies.^[3] The Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Indians. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Scott Munninghoff to the Indians on December 9.^[4]
December 10, 1981: Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Ozzie Smith, Steve Mura and a player to be named later. The deal was completed on February 19, 1982, with the Padres sending Al Olmsted to the Cardinals and the Cardinals sending Luis DeLeón to the Padres.^[5]
December 29, 1981: Joaquín Andújar was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[6]

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	92	70	0.568	—	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	0.549	3	51–30	38–43
Montreal Expos	86	76	0.531	6	40–41	46–35
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	0.519	8	42–39	42–39
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	19	38–43	35–46
New York Mets	65	97	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	—	8–4	14–4	10–8	7–11	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	11–7	8–10	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	6–6	9–3	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	9–9	4–8	6–6	6–12
Cincinnati	4–14	6–6	—	7–11	7–11	4–8	7–5	5–7	4–8	6–12	6–12	5–7
Houston	8–10	3–9	11–7	—	7–11	4–8	8–4	7–5	9–3	9–9	5–13	6–6
Los Angeles	11–7	7–5	11–7	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	4–8	5–7	9–9	9–9	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	8–4	8–4	4–8	—	11–7	8–10	7–11	7–5	4–8	10–8
New York	3–9	9–9	5–7	4–8	6–6	7–11	—	7–11	8–10	6–6	4–8	6–12
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	7–5	5–7	8–4	10–8	11–7	—	9–9	7–5	10–2	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	10–8	9–9	—	6–6	6–6	7–11
San Diego	7–11	8–4	12–6	9–9	9–9	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	10–8	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	12–6	13–5	9–9	8–4	8–4	2–10	6–6	8–10	—	5–7
St. Louis	5–7	12–6	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–10	12–6	11–7	11–7	8–4	7–5	—

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

June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
- Terry Pendleton was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round. Player signed June 12, 1982.^[9]
- Vince Coleman was drafted by the Cardinals in the 10th round. Player signed June 9, 1982.^[10]
June 25, 1982: Joe Boever was signed by the Cardinals as an amateur free agent.^[11]
August 11, 1982: Eric Rasmussen was purchased by the Cardinals from the Leones de Yucatán.^[12]

Roster

1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Roster

Pitchers

47 Joaquín Andújar

40 Doug Bair

31 Bob Forsch

36 Jim Kaat

44 Jeff Keener

32 Jeff Lahti

39 Dave LaPoint

34 Mark Littell

33 John Martin

38 Steve Mura

34 Eric Rasmussen

46 Andy Rincon

48 John Stuper

42 Bruce Sutter

Catchers

11 Glenn Brummer

15 Darrell Porter

23 Orlando Sánchez

18 Gene Tenace

Infielders

14 Julio González

37 Keith Hernandez

28 Tom Herr

10 Ken Oberkfell

35,12 Kelly Paris

5 Mike Ramsey

1 Ozzie Smith

Outfielders

26 Steve Braun

22 David Green

25 George Hendrick

19 Dane Iorg

21 Tito Landrum

51 Willie McGee

29 Gene Roof

27 Lonnie Smith

Manager

24 Whitey Herzog

Coaches

4 Chuck Hiller

9 Hub Kittle

8 Hal Lanier

3 Dave Ricketts

2 Red Schoendienst

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
C	Porter, DarrellDarrell Porter	120	373	86	.231	12	48
1B	Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	160	579	173	.299	7	94
2B	Herr, TomTom Herr	135	493	131	.266	0	36
3B	Oberkfell, KenKen Oberkfell	137	470	136	.289	2	34
SS	Smith, OzzieOzzie Smith	140	488	121	.248	2	43
LF	Smith, LonnieLonnie Smith	156	592	182	.307	8	69
CF	McGee, WillieWillie McGee	123	422	125	.296	4	56
RF	Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick	136	515	145	.282	19	104

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
González, JulioJulio González	42	87	21	.241	1	7
Braun, SteveSteve Braun	58	62	17	.274	0	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Andújar, JoaquínJoaquín Andújar	38	265.2	15	10	2.47	137
Forsch, BobBob Forsch	36	233	15	9	3.48	69
Mura, SteveSteve Mura	35	184.1	12	11	4.05	84

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rasmussen, EricEric Rasmussen	8	18.1	1	2	4.42	15

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Sutter, BruceBruce Sutter	70	9	8	36	2.90	61
Bair, DougDoug Bair	63	5	3	8	2.55	68
Kaat, JimJim Kaat	63	5	3	2	4.08	35

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	X	7	13	1
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	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	9	1
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	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	12	0
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1
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
1	Brewers – 10, Cardinals – 0	October 12	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:30
2	Brewers – 4, Cardinals – 5	October 13	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:54
3	Cardinals – 6, Brewers – 2	October 15	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,556	2:53
4	Cardinals – 5, Brewers – 7	October 16	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,560	3:04
5	Cardinals – 4, Brewers – 6	October 17	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,562	3:02
6	Brewers – 1, Cardinals – 13	October 19	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:21
7	Brewers – 3, Cardinals – 6	October 20	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:50

Awards and honors

Darrell Porter, NLCS and World Series Most Valuable Player
Bruce Sutter, Babe Ruth Award

Farm system

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

External links

1982 St. Louis Cardinals
1982 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

World Series champions

National League champions

National League East champions

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 MLB draft 1982 All-Star Game 1982 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Champions

1 Ozzie Smith 5 Mike Ramsey 10 Ken Oberkfell 11 Glenn Brummer 14 Julio González 15 Darrell Porter (NLCS and World Series MVP) 18 Gene Tenace 19 Dane Iorg 22 David Green 25 George Hendrick 26 Steve Braun 27 Lonnie Smith 28 Tom Herr 31 Bob Forsch 32 Jeff Lahti 33 John Martin 36 Jim Kaat 37 Keith Hernandez 38 Steve Mura 39 Dave LaPoint 40 Doug Bair 42 Bruce Sutter 47 Joaquín Andújar 48 John Stuper 51 Willie McGee

Manager 24 Whitey Herzog Coaches 2 Red Schoendienst 3 Dave Ricketts 4 Chuck Hiller 8 Hal Lanier 9 Hub Kittle

Regular season National League Championship Series

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Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
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A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
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Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

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