1982 New York Yankees season

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.

1982 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Bill Bergesch
Manager(s)Gene Michael, Bob Lemon, Clyde King
Local televisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
SportsChannel NY
(Mel Allen, Fran Healy, others from WPIX)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, John Gordon)
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Mel Allen, the long time Yankees play-by-play commentator, returned that season this time as a cable PBP man for the Yankees broadcasts on SportsChannel NY with Fran Healy, with former partner Phil Rizzuto alternating with him. He had been a familiar face to many for several years now since his return to television in 1975 as the voice-over narrator and presenter for the hit program This Week in Baseball.

Offseason

Regular season
  • April 6, 1982, Opening Day vs. the Texas Rangers was snowed out, as a blizzard brought more than a foot of snow to New York; additional games were also postponed due to snow.[7] The team would finally start their season on April 11, with a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox.[8]
  • 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 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.[9]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9567 0.586 — 48–34 47–33
Baltimore Orioles 9468 0.580 1 53–28 41–40
Boston Red Sox 8973 0.549 6 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 8379 0.512 12 47–34 36–45
New York Yankees 7983 0.488 16 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7884 0.481 17 41–40 37–44
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 17 44–37 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1982 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

[21]

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CRick Cerone893002968.2275280
1BJohn Mayberry692152045.2098270
2BWillie Randolph14455385155.28033616
3BGraig Nettles1224054794.23218551
SSRoy Smalley14248655125.25720670
LFDave Winfield14053984151.280371065
CFJerry Mumphrey12347776143.30096811
RFKen Griffey12748470134.277125410
DHOscar Gamble1083164986.27218576

[22]

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
Dave Collins1113484188.25332513
Lou Piniella1022613380.3076370
Butch Wynegar631912756.2933200
Bucky Dent591601127.169090
Bobby Murcer651411232.2277302
Lee Mazzilli371282034.2666172
Andre Robertson441181626.220290
Steve Balboni33107820.187240
Butch Hobson3058210.172030
Barry Foote174847.146020
Dave Revering144026.150020
Barry Evans173128.258020
Larry Milbourne142724.148000
Rodney Scott102655.192002
Bob Watson71734.235030
Mike Patterson111633.188111
Don Mattingly71202.167010
Bobby Ramos41111.091120
Edwin Rodriguez3923.333010

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
Ron Guidry342221483.81162
Tommy John30186.210103.6654
Roger Erickson1670.2454.4637

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
Shane Rawley4716411104.06111
Doyle Alexander1666.2176.0826

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
George Frazier634413.4769
Goose Gossage5645302.23102
Jim Lewis100054.000

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
A-Short Season 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[23]

Notes
  1. "Eric Soderholm Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  2. Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference
  4. "Aurelio Rodriguez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  5. Barry Evans page at Baseball Reference
  6. Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference
  7. Chass, Murray (April 8, 2003). "ON BASEBALL; Snow in the Bronx Has Set Yanks Adrift". The New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  8. "The 1982 New York Yankees Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  9. "John Elway Facts". Broncosstats.tripod.com. June 28, 1960. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  10. Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
  11. Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  12. Bob Watson page at Baseball Reference
  13. John Mayberry page at Baseball Reference
  14. Lee Mazzilli page at Baseball Reference
  15. Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
  16. Bo Jackson page at Baseball Reference
  17. Dan Pasqua page at Baseball Reference
  18. B. J. Surhoff page at Baseball Reference
  19. Jim Deshaies page at Baseball Reference
  20. Mike York page at Baseball Reference
  21. 1982 New York Yankees Roster by Baseball Almanac
  22. "1982 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  23. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References
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