1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.

1982 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)Pat Gillick
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionCTV Television Network
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Local radioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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Dave Stieb established himself as one of the top pitchers in the American League, as he led the AL with 19 complete games and 5 shutouts.

Offseason

Regular season

One of the key events of the season was that the Toronto Blue Jays sold its first beer. Exhibition Stadium was the only stadium in the major leagues that did not sell beer. The Ontario Legislature reached a decision on July 7, 1982. Dr. Robert Elgie, the minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations announced that beer would be sold on a trial basis at Exhibition Stadium (along with Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium and Ottawa's Lansdowne Park).[5] On July 30, 1982, Paul Godfrey sold the first ceremonial beer at Exhibition Stadium to William Turner, a fan from London, Ontario.[5]

Opening Day lineup

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 9–47–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–78–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–86–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–66–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–66–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–67–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–77–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–72–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–27–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–76–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–69–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–94–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1982 Game Log

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos. Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
CErnie Whitt10528428741421142.2613
1BWillie Upshaw160580771552572175.2678
2BDamaso Garcia14759789185323542.31054
3BGarth Iorg12941745119205136.2853
SSAlfredo Griffin16253957130208148.24110
LFBarry Bonnell14043759128263649.29314
CFLloyd Moseby14748751115209952.23611
RFJesse Barfield13939454971321858.2461
DHWayne Nordhagen72185125060120.2700

Other batters

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Rance Mulliniks1123113276250435.2443
Hosken Powell1122654373134326.2754
Buck Martinez9626026631701037.2421
Al Woods852012047111324.2341
Tony Johnson7098172321314.2353
Dave Revering55135152960518.2150
Leon Roberts401056244015.2291
Glenn Adams306621740111.2580
Otto Velez28524101015.1921
John Mayberry1733790023.2730
Geno Petralli16443162001.3640
Dave Baker920351002.2500
Pedro Hernandez89100000.0000
Dick Davis37020002.2860

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Dave Stieb17143.2538380288.111610475141
Jim Clancy16143.7140400266.212211077139
Luis Leal12153.9338380249.211310979111
Joey McLaughlin863.21440870.027253049
Dale Murray873.1656011111.048393260
Roy Lee Jackson883.06482697.037333171
Jim Gott5104.4330230136.076676682
Ken Schrom105.8760015.11110158
Jerry Garvin117.25324058.148472635
Dave Geisel113.98162031.215141722
Mark Bomback156.03168059.244402522
Steve Senteney004.91110022.01612620
Mark Eichhorn035.4577038.028231416
Totals78843.95162162251443.0701633493776

Award winners

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jim Beauchamp
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Larry Hardy
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League John McLaren
A Florence Blue Jays South Atlantic League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Héctor Torres
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Duane Larson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medicine Hat[12]

Notes

  1. "Aurelio Rodriguez Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  2. Danny Ainge at Baseball Reference
  3. Dave Geisel at Baseball Reference
  4. Rance Mulliniks at Baseball Reference
  5. Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.184, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-023978-2
  6. Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball Reference
  7. John Mayberry at Baseball Reference
  8. Jimmy Key at Baseball Reference
  9. Mike Henneman at Baseball Reference
  10. Dick Davis at Baseball Reference
  11. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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