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href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_chess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in chess (page does not exist)">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_sport_climbing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in sport climbing (page does not exist)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_combat_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in combat sports (page does not exist)">Combat sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_sumo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 in sumo (page does not exist)">Sumo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1981%E2%80%9382" title="International cricket in 1981–82">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1982" title="International cricket in 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_cricket_in_1982%E2%80%9383" title="International cricket in 1982–83">1982–83</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1982_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1982 Milwaukee Brewers season">Milwaukee</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1982_California_Angels_season" title="1982 California Angels season">California</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">2 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Milwaukee </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"> </td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td style="border-color:inherit;border-width:0 2px 0 0;border-style:solid"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">NL </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b>St. Louis</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>4</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">East </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><b><a href="/wiki/1982_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1982 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis</a></b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px"><b>3</b> </td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td style="height:7px"></td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">West </td><td rowspan="2" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px"><a href="/wiki/1982_Atlanta_Braves_season" title="1982 Atlanta Braves season">Atlanta</a> </td><td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">World Series</a> MVP: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1982 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> MVP: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1982 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> MVP: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a>, July 13 at <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>: National League, 4–1; <a href="/wiki/Dave_Concepci%C3%B3n" title="Dave Concepción">Dave Concepción</a>, MVP</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_Amateur_World_Series" title="1982 Amateur World Series">Amateur World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Caribbean_Series" title="1982 Caribbean Series">Caribbean World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Leones_del_Caracas" title="Leones del Caracas">Leones del Caracas</a> (Venezuela)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">Miami (Florida)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981-82_Cuban_National_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1981-82 Cuban National Series">Cuban National Series</a>: Vegueros</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Japan_Series" title="1982 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a> over <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> (4–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Series" title="Korean Series">Korean Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/OB_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="OB Bears">OB Bears</a> over <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Big_League_World_Series" title="1982 Big League World Series">Big League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Junior_League_World_Series" title="1982 Junior League World Series">Junior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Little_League_World_Series" title="1982 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: Kirkland National, <a href="/wiki/Kirkland,_Washington" title="Kirkland, Washington">Kirkland, Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Senior_League_World_Series" title="1982 Senior League World Series">Senior League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara, California</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">Travis Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>, SS (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a>, OF (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Vuckovich" title="Pete Vuckovich">Pete Vuckovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, SS (AL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sax" title="Steve Sax">Steve Sax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, 2B (NL)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league)</b> <ul><li>Linda Pereria, <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Giants" title="San Jose Giants">San Jose Missions</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gold_Glove_Award" title="Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Award</a></b> <ul><li>(P) <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Phil_Niekro" title="Phil Niekro">Phil Niekro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (NL)</li> <li>(C) <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Gary_Carter" title="Gary Carter">Gary Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (NL)</li> <li>(1B) <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murray" title="Eddie Murray">Eddie Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez">Keith Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (NL)</li> <li>(2B) <a href="/wiki/Frank_White_(baseball)" title="Frank White (baseball)">Frank White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Manny_Trillo" title="Manny Trillo">Manny Trillo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(3B) <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bell" title="Buddy Bell">Buddy Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(SS) <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">Ozzie Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Evans_(Baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Evans (Baseball)">Dwight Evans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Andre_Dawson" title="Andre Dawson">Andre Dawson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Murphy" title="Dwayne Murphy">Dwayne Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</li> <li>(OF) <a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Dave Winfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (AL); <a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> (NL)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_statistical_leaders">MLB statistical leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: MLB statistical leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <td>  </td> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Type</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Stat</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Stat </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> KCR</td> <td>.332</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Oliver" title="Al Oliver">Al Oliver</a> MON</td> <td>.331 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> CAL<br /><a href="/wiki/Gorman_Thomas" title="Gorman Thomas">Gorman Thomas</a> MIL</td> <td>39</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Kingman" title="Dave Kingman">Dave Kingman</a> NYM</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a> KCR</td> <td>133</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a> ATL</td> <td>109 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Win_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Win (baseball)">Wins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/LaMarr_Hoyt" title="LaMarr Hoyt">LaMarr Hoyt</a> CHW</td> <td>22</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> PHI</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">ERA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Sutcliffe" title="Rick Sutcliffe">Rick Sutcliffe</a> CLE</td> <td>2.96</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Rogers_(baseball)" title="Steve Rogers (baseball)">Steve Rogers</a> MON</td> <td>2.40 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_league_baseball_final_standings">Major league baseball final standings</h2><span 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<table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>  GB </th></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">East Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a></td> <td>95</td> <td>  67</td> <td>.586</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a></td> <td>94</td> <td>  68</td> <td>.580</td> <td>  1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>  73</td> <td>.549</td> <td>  6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>  79</td> <td>.512</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></td> <td>79</td> <td>  83</td> <td>.488</td> <td>16.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>  84</td> <td>.481</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>  84</td> <td>.481</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">West Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a></td> <td>93</td> <td>  69</td> <td>.574</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a></td> <td>90</td> <td>  72</td> <td>.556</td> <td>  3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></td> <td>87</td> <td>  75</td> <td>.537</td> <td>  6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>76</td> <td>  86</td> <td>.469</td> <td>17.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td>68</td> <td>  94</td> <td>.420</td> <td>25,0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a></td> <td>64</td> <td>  98</td> <td>.395</td> <td>29.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a></td> <td>60</td> <td>102</td> <td>.370</td> <td>33.0 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 2em;"> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="font-size: larger;"> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Rank</th> <th>Club</th> <th>Wins</th> <th>Losses</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>  GB </th></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">East Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a></td> <td>92</td> <td>  70</td> <td>.568</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>  73</td> <td>.549</td> <td>  3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a></td> <td>86</td> <td>  76</td> <td>.531</td> <td>  6.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>  78</td> <td>.519</td> <td>  8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td>73</td> <td>  89</td> <td>.451</td> <td>19.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>  97</td> <td>.401</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr align="center" style="background:lightblue;"> <th colspan="6">West Division </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>  73</td> <td>.549</td> <td>   – </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>  74</td> <td>.543</td> <td>  1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></td> <td>87</td> <td>  75</td> <td>.537</td> <td>  2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td>81</td> <td>  81</td> <td>.500</td> <td>  8.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a></td> <td>77</td> <td>  85</td> <td>.475</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a></td> <td>61</td> <td>101</td> <td>.377</td> <td>28.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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The heart attack leaves Conigliaro in an unresponsive state of which he'd remain until his death in 1990.</li> <li>January 13 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a> become the 12th and 13th players elected to the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a> in their first year of eligibility. Aaron fell nine votes shy of becoming the first unanimous selection, and his 97.8 election percentage is second only to <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>'s 98.2 percent in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_1936" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1936">1936 election</a>.</li> <li>January 22 – <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> signs with the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>, thus ending his five-year stay with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></li> <li>January 27 – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> complete a trade with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> that sees <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_DeJes%C3%BAs" title="Iván DeJesús">Iván DeJesús</a> go to the Phillies for <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bowa" title="Larry Bowa">Larry Bowa</a>, and Minor League prospect <a href="/wiki/Ryne_Sandberg" title="Ryne Sandberg">Ryne Sandberg</a> also goes to the Cubs.</li> <li>February 8 – The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> trade away <a href="/wiki/Davey_Lopes" title="Davey Lopes">Davey Lopes</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>. This trade breaks up the starting infield of Lopes (second base), <a href="/wiki/Ron_Cey" title="Ron Cey">Ron Cey</a> (third base), <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_(shortstop)" title="Bill Russell (shortstop)">Bill Russell</a> (shortstop), and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a> (first base), which had been together since 1974; the longest intact infield in Major League Baseball history.</li> <li>February 11 – In a trade of shortstops, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> acquire <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">Ozzie Smith</a> from the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> for <a href="/wiki/Garry_Templeton" title="Garry Templeton">Garry Templeton</a>.</li> <li>March 10 – Former <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> shortstop <a href="/wiki/Travis_Jackson" title="Travis Jackson">Travis Jackson</a> and former baseball commissioner <a href="/wiki/Happy_Chandler" title="Happy Chandler">Happy Chandler</a> are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee. Jackson hit .291 in 15 seasons between the 1920s and 1930s, while Chandler was the second commissioner and oversaw – and encouraged – the dismantling of the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">color barrier</a> in <a href="/wiki/1947_in_sports" title="1947 in sports">1947</a>.</li> <li>March 27 – The first game is played in the history of the <a href="/wiki/KBO_League" title="KBO League">KBO League</a>, the major professional baseball league of South Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>April 1 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> trade <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mazzilli" title="Lee Mazzilli">Lee Mazzilli</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a> for <a href="/wiki/Ron_Darling" title="Ron Darling">Ron Darling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walt_Terrell" title="Walt Terrell">Walt Terrell</a>.</li> <li>April 6: <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome" title="Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome">Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome</a> debuts for major league baseball, as the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> outslug the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> 11–7. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Engle" title="Dave Engle">Dave Engle</a> of the Twins christens the Dome with its first home run; third baseman <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gaetti" title="Gary Gaetti">Gary Gaetti</a>, who earlier was thrown out trying to stretch a triple into an inside-the-park home run, adds two homers (over the fence) for the 52,279 in attendance. <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Humphrey_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Muriel Humphrey Brown">Muriel Humphrey</a>, the widow of the 38th Vice President of the United States, threw out the first pitch.</li> <li>A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1–2 feet of snow on the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">northeastern United States</a>, closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.</li></ul></li> <li>April 13 – It's opening day at <a href="/wiki/Shea_Stadium" title="Shea Stadium">Shea Stadium</a> as the Mets behind <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Randy Jones (baseball)">Randy Jones</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> and the Phillies 5-2 before a crowd of 40,845, the highest opening day crowd at Shea since 1970. <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kingman" title="Dave Kingman">Dave Kingman</a> went 2 for 3 including his 2nd home run of the season.</li> <li>April 20 – Before a crowd of 37,268—the largest crowd to see a game at <a href="/wiki/Atlanta%E2%80%93Fulton_County_Stadium" title="Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium">Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium</a> this season—the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 4–2 to go 12–0, the best start ever by any Major League team. <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bedrosian" title="Steve Bedrosian">Steve Bedrosian</a> was the winning pitcher. The streak would reach 13 the next day as the Braves beat the Reds 4–3.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May–June"><span id="May.E2.80.93June"></span>May–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: May–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> becomes the 15th pitcher with 300 career wins.</li> <li>May 9: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>' <a href="/wiki/Rusty_Staub" title="Rusty Staub">Rusty Staub</a> hits a game winning <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> off <a href="/wiki/Greg_Minton" title="Greg Minton">Greg Minton</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>. The home run ends Minton's streak of 254<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings without allowing a long ball. This still stands as the longest streak in the live-ball era, if not ever.</li> <li>Angry at the release of <a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">second baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Scott_(baseball)" title="Rodney Scott (baseball)">Rodney Scott</a>, left-hander <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lee_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)">Bill "Spaceman" Lee</a> spends the first six innings of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>' 5–4 loss to the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> shooting pool and drinking beer at a local tavern. He returns to <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium" title="Olympic Stadium">Olympic Stadium</a> in the seventh and, after the game, leaves his uniform in manager <a href="/wiki/Jim_Fanning" title="Jim Fanning">Jim Fanning</a>'s office. Shortly thereafter, Lee is released.</li></ul></li> <li>May 13 - <a href="/wiki/Allen_Ripley" title="Allen Ripley">Allen Ripley</a> and Lee Smith combined to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> 5-0 on the road in Houston. The win helps the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> become the first franchise to win 8,000 games.</li> <li>May 25 – In the third inning against the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Ferguson Jenkins</a>, playing for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, becomes the seventh pitcher to record 3,000 strikeouts. His victim is <a href="/wiki/Garry_Templeton" title="Garry Templeton">Garry Templeton</a> of the Padres.</li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a> starts at third base for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a>. It is the first game of his record-breaking 2,632 consecutive games played streak. Coincidentally, tomorrow, May 31, will be the fifty-seventh anniversary of the start of <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>'s streak, which Ripken will break.</li> <li>June 1 – <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a>'s two-run fifth-inning homer paced the Oakland Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Henderson also stole his 51st stolen base in 51 games.</li> <li>June 2 – The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a>, 23–24 on the season and 7 games out of first place, fire <a href="/wiki/Buck_Rodgers" title="Buck Rodgers">Buck Rodgers</a> as their manager. <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kuenn" title="Harvey Kuenn">Harvey Kuenn</a> replaces him and will guide the Brewers to victory in 20 of their next 27 games, the Brewers taking over first place on July 11. The team soon to be known as "Harvey's Wallbangers" will go on to win the American League East title and their only American League pennant.</li> <li>June 6 – While crossing a street in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington, Texas</a> after umpiring a game between the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> and</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, umpire <a href="/wiki/Lou_DiMuro" title="Lou DiMuro">Lou DiMuro</a> is struck by a car; he dies early the next day. Major League Baseball later retires his uniform number 16. </p> <ul><li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a>'s two-run double keyed a four-run fourth inning and <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> slammed a solo homer, as the California Angels snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 11-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.</li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> becomes only the fifth player in history to play in 3,000 Major League baseball games.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–August"><span id="July.E2.80.93August"></span>July–August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: July–August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 13 – At Montreal's <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)" title="Olympic Stadium (Montreal)">Olympic Stadium</a>, in the first <a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a> held outside the United States, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> shortstop <a href="/wiki/Dave_Concepci%C3%B3n" title="Dave Concepción">Dave Concepción</a> hits a two-run home run in the second inning to spark the National League to a 4–1 win over the American League. It's the NL's 11th straight victory and 19th in the last 20 contests. Concepción wins the MVP honors.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a> of the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> makes his Major League debut. His double and single will be the first two hits of the over 3,000 he will accumulate in his <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a> career.</li> <li>July 29 – The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> were in first place in the National League West, 9 games ahead of the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> when owner <a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a> decides to remove the elevated <a href="/wiki/Tipi" title="Tipi">tipi</a> of mascot <a href="/wiki/Chief_Noc-A-Homa" title="Chief Noc-A-Homa">Chief Noc-A-Homa</a> from the stands to allow more seats to be sold for the Braves' run at the division title. The Braves, however, lose 19 of their next 21 games, falling into third place before the tipi is restored.</li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Joel_Youngblood" title="Joel Youngblood">Joel Youngblood</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> goes 1-for-2 off <a href="/wiki/Ferguson_Jenkins" title="Ferguson Jenkins">Ferguson Jenkins</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> in a day game at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. He is informed that he has been traded to the <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al_Expos" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal Expos">Montréal Expos</a>, and leaves immediately for <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> to meet the team there. He arrives in time to play, and enters the game in the sixth inning, getting a hit off <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a>. He is the first player in Major League history to hit safely for two different teams on the same day.</li> <li>August 7 – In the fourth inning of a game at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, 4-year old Jonathan Keane is hit in the head with a foul line drive hit into the stands by <a href="/wiki/Dave_Stapleton_(infielder)" title="Dave Stapleton (infielder)">Dave Stapleton</a>. The hit causes Keane's skull to bleed profusely, and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a> quickly enters the stands and carries Keane inside the dugout to the Red Sox trainer's room, where team doctors take over. Rice plays the remainder of the game with a blood-stained uniform. Keane, meanwhile, recovers at a nearby children's hospital and Rice and the team doctors are credited with saving his life. After visiting Keane in the hospital, Rice stops by the hospital's business office and instructs that the family's bill be sent to him to pay.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Rollie_Fingers" title="Rollie Fingers">Rollie Fingers</a> earns the 300th save of his career, becoming the first pitcher in history to achieve that mark. He saves a 3–2 win for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> vs the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>.</li> <li>August 10 – For the first time this season, the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> are out of first place in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_West" title="National League West">National League West</a>. They lose to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> 3–2 at <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a> as the Giants' <a href="/wiki/Milt_May" title="Milt May">Milt May</a> hits the game-winning home run off <a href="/wiki/Al_Hrabosky" title="Al Hrabosky">Al Hrabosky</a> in the seventh inning; the loss is Atlanta's eighth consecutive and 12th in their last 13 games. Meanwhile, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, who had trailed the Braves by 10 games less than two weeks earlier, defeat the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a> 11-3 as <a href="/wiki/Rick_Monday" title="Rick Monday">Rick Monday</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a> both homer. The victory is the eighth consecutive and 12th in the last 13 games for the Dodgers, who had swept two four-game series from the Braves during this comeback—one at <a href="/wiki/Atlanta%E2%80%93Fulton_County_Stadium" title="Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium">Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium</a> at the beginning and another at Dodger Stadium (the first three coming in extra innings) just prior to the Cincinnati series. The Braves had been in first place since winning their first 12 games of the season.</li> <li>August 23 – Even though he has made no secret that he occasionally employs the <a href="/wiki/Spitball" title="Spitball">spitball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> is ejected from a game versus the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> for throwing the illegal pitch—the only such ejection in his career.</li> <li>August 27 – <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a> steals four bases, breaking the record he had shared with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Lou Brock</a> at 118 stolen bases for the season. He will steal eight more to end the season with a record of 130.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September–October"><span id="September.E2.80.93October"></span>September–October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: September–October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Smalley_(AL_baseball_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Roy Smalley (AL baseball player)">Roy Smalley</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> hits a pair of three-run home runs, one from each side of the plate, as New York beats the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> 18–7.</li> <li>September 6 – Veteran first baseman <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a>, whose jersey #8 is retired, is saluted by 38,000 fans on his day at Pittsburgh's <a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Stadium" title="Three Rivers Stadium">Three Rivers Stadium</a>. The 41-year-old slugger delivers a pinch single in the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pirates</a>' 6–1 win over the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">Mets</a>.</li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Terry_Felton" title="Terry Felton">Terry Felton</a> takes the loss today, his thirteenth of the year against no wins. He'll not pitch for a decision again. Coupled with his <a href="/wiki/1980_in_baseball" title="1980 in baseball">1980</a> record of 0–3, Felton's 0-16 major league career sets a futility record for the most losses without a big league win.</li> <li>October 1 – Through seven innings, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>' <a href="/wiki/Terry_Leach" title="Terry Leach">Terry Leach</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>' <a href="/wiki/John_Denny" title="John Denny">John Denny</a> have each only given up one hit. Denny is lifted in the ninth for a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a>, however, Leach remains in the game through the tenth inning without giving up a second hit. A <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_fly" title="Sacrifice fly">sacrifice fly</a> by <a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brooks" title="Hubie Brooks">Hubie Brooks</a> in the tenth inning off <a href="/wiki/Larry_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Larry Anderson (baseball)">Larry Anderson</a> is the deciding factor in the Mets' 1–0 victory at <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium">Veterans Stadium</a>.</li> <li>October 3: <ul><li>At <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Stadium_(Baltimore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)">Memorial Stadium</a>, The American League East title was decided before an <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> television audience. <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a> hit two home runs and <a href="/wiki/Don_Sutton" title="Don Sutton">Don Sutton</a> outdueled <a href="/wiki/Jim_Palmer" title="Jim Palmer">Jim Palmer</a> as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Baltimore Orioles 11–2 to capture the AL East title. It was also to have been <a href="/wiki/Earl_Weaver" title="Earl Weaver">Earl Weaver</a>'s last game as an Orioles manager, but he would come out of retirement to manage the O's again from 1985 to 1986.</li> <li>At San Francisco's <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>, a 3-run home run by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> helped the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 and knocked the Dodgers out of the postseason and the Atlanta Braves became NL West Champions.</li></ul></li> <li>October 6 – The <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> play four innings of Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1982_NLCS" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NLCS">1982 NLCS</a> when rain halts play in the bottom of the fifth with the Cardinals batting, three outs away from being an official game, and the Braves ahead, 1–0. The rain does not subside and the game is called. The Cardinals would go on to sweep the Braves and reach the <a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982 World Series</a>.</li> <li>October 10 – After being down 2–0 to the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> complete a three-game comeback, defeating the Angels 4–3 to capture their only <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> Championship. <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a> of the losing Angels is named the Most Valuable Player of the Series after going 11-for-18 with 5 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a> and 4 runs scored. On the same date, the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> 6–2, to capture their first <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> championship in <a href="/wiki/1968_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1968 St. Louis Cardinals season">14 years</a>. <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a> was the MVP of the NLCS with his five-for-nine effort, including three doubles.</li> <li>October 12: <ul><li>The first game of the <a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982 World Series</a> features <a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Paul Molitor</a> setting a new World Series record with five hits (in five at bats), as he leads the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> to a 10–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>' <a href="/wiki/Tim_Raines" title="Tim Raines">Tim Raines</a> enters treatment for drug abuse. Raines claims to have spent a fifth of his salary on cocaine when he stole a National League-leading 78 bases during the regular season, and says he started sliding head first to avoid breaking the vial of <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> he kept in his back pocket.</li></ul></li> <li>October 17 – In Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982 World Series</a>, a 6-4 Brewers victory, <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a> powers the Brewers with four hits, including a home run and a double. Along with his four-hit effort in Game 1, Yount becomes the first player ever to have two four-hit games in a single World Series.</li> <li>October 20: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> win the <a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982 World Series</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> in seven games. Catcher <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Porter" title="Darrell Porter">Darrell Porter</a> is selected the Series MVP, making him the first player to be chosen as the MVP in both the <a href="/wiki/League_Championship_Series" title="League Championship Series">LCS</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> in the same season. This was the Cardinals' first World Series championship since <a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a>.</li> <li>After 3 seasons of reviving baseball in <a href="/wiki/Oakland" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland">Oakland</a>, Oakland A's team president <a href="/wiki/Roy_Eisenhardt" title="Roy Eisenhardt">Roy Eisenhardt</a> fired manager <a href="/wiki/Billy_Martin" title="Billy Martin">Billy Martin</a>. In those 3 seasons, Martin compiled a 215–218 record and was named Associated Press American League manager of the year in <a href="/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>October 26 - <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> won his 4th Cy Young Award, in that season he won 23 games, the ONLY pitcher to win 20 games in the 1982 MLB season.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November–December"><span id="November.E2.80.93December"></span>November–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 9 - <a href="/wiki/Robin_Yount" title="Robin Yount">Robin Yount</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> was named American League MVP. During the Brewers' American League Championship season, he batted .318 with 21 home runs and 103 RBIS and even 19 steals.</li> <li>November 17 – Center fielder <a href="/wiki/Dale_Murphy" title="Dale Murphy">Dale Murphy</a> wins the National League MVP Award, becoming the first <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a> player to be so honored since <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> in 1957. Murphy hit .281 with 36 home runs, 109 RBI, 113 runs, and 23 stolen bases.</li> <li>November 22 – Second baseman <a href="/wiki/Steve_Sax" title="Steve Sax">Steve Sax</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> is named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the fourth consecutive player from the Dodgers to win the award. Sax hit .282 and stole 49 bases as the replacement for <a href="/wiki/Davey_Lopes" title="Davey Lopes">Davey Lopes</a> in the Dodgers infield.</li> <li>November 24 – <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a>, who hit .264 with 28 home runs and 93 RBI as a shortstop and third baseman for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, is named American League Rookie of the Year. Ripken Jr. gets 24 of 28 first place votes, with the others going to <a href="/wiki/Kent_Hrbek" title="Kent Hrbek">Kent Hrbek</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a>.</li> <li>December 16 – The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> send <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_McClendon" title="Lloyd McClendon">Lloyd McClendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Puleo" title="Charlie Puleo">Charlie Puleo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor leaguer</a> Jason Felice to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> to reacquire <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>.</li> <li>December 21 – The dismantling of the long-time <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> infield continues as its most popular member, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Garvey" title="Steve Garvey">Steve Garvey</a>, signs as a free agent with the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bourgeois" title="Jason Bourgeois">Jason Bourgeois</a></li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Norichika_Aoki" class="mw-redirect" title="Norichika Aoki">Norichika Aoki</a></li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Dushan_Ruzic" title="Dushan Ruzic">Dushan Ruzic</a></li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bass" title="Brian Bass">Brian Bass</a></li> <li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Scott_Thorman" title="Scott Thorman">Scott Thorman</a></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Brayan_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Brayan Peña">Brayan Peña</a></li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(Venezuelan_pitcher)" title="Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)">Francisco Rodríguez</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Pe%C3%B1a_(pitcher)" title="Tony Peña (pitcher)">Tony Peña</a></li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ray" title="Chris Ray">Chris Ray</a></li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Dontrelle Willis</a></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Dorta" title="Melvin Dorta">Melvin Dorta</a></li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Armando_Galarraga" title="Armando Galarraga">Armando Galarraga</a></li> <li>January 19 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Evans_(baseball)" title="Terry Evans (baseball)">Terry Evans</a></li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Wily_Mo_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Wily Mo Peña">Wily Mo Peña</a></li> <li>January 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Cant%C3%BA" title="Jorge Cantú">Jorge Cantú</a></li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Yuniesky_Betancourt" title="Yuniesky Betancourt">Yuniesky Betancourt</a></li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Thompson" title="Brad Thompson">Brad Thompson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 1 – <a href="/wiki/Jean_Machi" title="Jean Machi">Jean Machi</a></li> <li>February 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Vermilyea" title="Jamie Vermilyea">Jamie Vermilyea</a></li> <li>February 16 – <a href="/wiki/Manny_Delcarmen" title="Manny Delcarmen">Manny Delcarmen</a></li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bruney" title="Brian Bruney">Brian Bruney</a></li> <li>February 19 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stewart_(baseball)" title="Chris Stewart (baseball)">Chris Stewart</a></li> <li>February 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Hirsh" title="Jason Hirsh">Jason Hirsh</a></li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Bellor%C3%ADn" title="Edwin Bellorín">Edwin Bellorín</a></li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Kelly Johnson (baseball)">Kelly Johnson</a></li> <li>February 22 – <a href="/wiki/Adalberto_M%C3%A9ndez" title="Adalberto Méndez">Adalberto Méndez</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Blackburn" title="Nick Blackburn">Nick Blackburn</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/J._D._Durbin" title="J. D. Durbin">J. D. Durbin</a></li> <li>February 24 – <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Molina" title="Gustavo Molina">Gustavo Molina</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 6 – <a href="/wiki/Cristhian_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Cristhian Martínez">Cristhian Martínez</a></li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/Craig_Stansberry" title="Craig Stansberry">Craig Stansberry</a></li> <li>March 11 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Anderson_(outfielder)" title="Brian Anderson (outfielder)">Brian Anderson</a></li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Zach_Miner" title="Zach Miner">Zach Miner</a></li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Steven_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Steven Jackson (baseball)">Steven Jackson</a></li> <li>March 16 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Brian Wilson (baseball)">Brian Wilson</a></li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/A._J._Murray_(baseball)" title="A. J. Murray (baseball)">A. J. Murray</a></li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Cordero" title="Chad Cordero">Chad Cordero</a></li> <li>March 18 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Guevara_(baseball)" title="Carlos Guevara (baseball)">Carlos Guevara</a></li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Landon_Powell" title="Landon Powell">Landon Powell</a></li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(baseball)" title="Aaron Hill (baseball)">Aaron Hill</a></li> <li>March 22 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Morse" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Morse">Mike Morse</a></li> <li>March 24 – <a href="/wiki/Corey_Hart_(baseball)" title="Corey Hart (baseball)">Corey Hart</a></li> <li>March 24 – <a href="/wiki/Dustin_McGowan" title="Dustin McGowan">Dustin McGowan</a></li> <li>March 24 – <a href="/wiki/Heath_Phillips" title="Heath Phillips">Heath Phillips</a></li> <li>March 24 – <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Tejeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Robinson Tejeda">Robinson Tejeda</a></li> <li>March 26 – <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Ryan_(baseball)" title="Brendan Ryan (baseball)">Brendan Ryan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7,_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7%2C_2009.jpg/180px-Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7%2C_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7%2C_2009.jpg/270px-Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7%2C_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7%2C_2009.jpg/360px-Josh_Whitesell_on_August_7%2C_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="620" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Josh_Whitesell" title="Josh Whitesell">Josh Whitesell</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Kason_Gabbard" title="Kason Gabbard">Kason Gabbard</a></li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Chad_Reineke" title="Chad Reineke">Chad Reineke</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dickerson_(baseball)" title="Chris Dickerson (baseball)">Chris Dickerson</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Andre_Ethier" title="Andre Ethier">Andre Ethier</a></li> <li>April 10 – <a href="/wiki/Colt_Morton" title="Colt Morton">Colt Morton</a></li> <li>April 12 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Ruggiano" title="Justin Ruggiano">Justin Ruggiano</a></li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Whitesell" title="Josh Whitesell">Josh Whitesell</a></li> <li>April 15 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Aubrey" title="Michael Aubrey">Michael Aubrey</a></li> <li>April 22 - <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Graham_(baseball)" title="Andrew Graham (baseball)">Andrew Graham</a></li> <li>April 22 – <a href="/wiki/David_Purcey" title="David Purcey">David Purcey</a></li> <li>April 25 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Barton" title="Brian Barton">Brian Barton</a></li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Machado" title="Alejandro Machado">Alejandro Machado</a></li> <li>April 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Miller_(pitcher)" title="Jim Miller (pitcher)">Jim Miller</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_McCrory" title="Bob McCrory">Bob McCrory</a></li> <li>May 3 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Stavinoha" title="Nick Stavinoha">Nick Stavinoha</a></li> <li>May 4 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Tolbert" title="Matt Tolbert">Matt Tolbert</a></li> <li>May 7 – <a href="/wiki/Conor_Jackson" title="Conor Jackson">Conor Jackson</a></li> <li>May 7 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Jim%C3%A9nez_(first_baseman)" title="Luis Jiménez (first baseman)">Luis Jiménez</a></li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Adrián González">Adrián González</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>May 12 – <a href="/wiki/Jamie_D%27Antona" title="Jamie D'Antona">Jamie D'Antona</a></li> <li>May 14 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Melillo" title="Kevin Melillo">Kevin Melillo</a></li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/Rafael_P%C3%A9rez_(baseball)" title="Rafael Pérez (baseball)">Rafael Pérez</a></li> <li>May 16 – <a href="/wiki/Eugenio_V%C3%A9lez" title="Eugenio Vélez">Eugenio Vélez</a></li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Nick_Masset" title="Nick Masset">Nick Masset</a></li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Lucas_(baseball)" title="Ed Lucas (baseball)">Ed Lucas</a></li> <li>May 24 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Frandsen" title="Kevin Frandsen">Kevin Frandsen</a></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kubel" title="Jason Kubel">Jason Kubel</a></li> <li>May 25 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Snyder_(baseball)" title="Brad Snyder (baseball)">Brad Snyder</a></li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Koshansky" title="Joe Koshansky">Joe Koshansky</a></li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Mart%C3%ADnez_(pitcher,_born_1982)" title="Carlos Martínez (pitcher, born 1982)">Carlos Martínez</a></li> <li>May 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jhonny_Peralta" title="Jhonny Peralta">Jhonny Peralta</a></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Macri" title="Matt Macri">Matt Macri</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 2 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Stauffer" title="Tim Stauffer">Tim Stauffer</a></li> <li>June 7 – <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Vasquez" title="Virgil Vasquez">Virgil Vasquez</a></li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Coats" title="Buck Coats">Buck Coats</a></li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Keppel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobby Keppel">Bobby Keppel</a></li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Newman_(baseball)" title="Josh Newman (baseball)">Josh Newman</a></li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hollimon" title="Mike Hollimon">Mike Hollimon</a></li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Brown" title="Dusty Brown">Dusty Brown</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Dae-ho_Lee" title="Dae-ho Lee">Dae-ho Lee</a></li> <li>June 21 – <a href="/wiki/Arnie_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Arnie Muñoz">Arnie Muñoz</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ian_Kinsler" title="Ian Kinsler">Ian Kinsler</a></li> <li>June 22 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Motte" title="Jason Motte">Jason Motte</a></li> <li>June 23 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Daley" title="Matt Daley">Matt Daley</a></li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Maholm" title="Paul Maholm">Paul Maholm</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Hughes_(baseball)" title="Dusty Hughes (baseball)">Dusty Hughes</a></li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Maier" title="Mitch Maier">Mitch Maier</a></li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Delwyn_Young" title="Delwyn Young">Delwyn Young</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Huber" title="Justin Huber">Justin Huber</a></li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Logan_Kensing" title="Logan Kensing">Logan Kensing</a></li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Renyel_Pinto" title="Renyel Pinto">Renyel Pinto</a></li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gorzelanny" title="Tom Gorzelanny">Tom Gorzelanny</a></li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Shin-Soo_Choo" title="Shin-Soo Choo">Shin-Soo Choo</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 13 – <a href="/wiki/Yadier_Molina" title="Yadier Molina">Yadier Molina</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Enrique_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(baseball)" title="Enrique González (baseball)">Enrique González</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Nieve" title="Fernando Nieve">Fernando Nieve</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Seung-hwan_Oh" title="Seung-hwan Oh">Seung-hwan Oh</a></li> <li>July 15 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Wagner" title="Ryan Wagner">Ryan Wagner</a></li> <li>July 16 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Windsor" title="Jason Windsor">Jason Windsor</a></li> <li>July 17 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Rogers_(baseball)" title="Brian Rogers (baseball)">Brian Rogers</a></li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Banks" title="Josh Banks">Josh Banks</a></li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Coke" title="Phil Coke">Phil Coke</a></li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jake_Fox" title="Jake Fox">Jake Fox</a></li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Miller_(baseball)" title="Jason Miller (baseball)">Jason Miller</a></li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Rob_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Rob Johnson (baseball)">Rob Johnson</a></li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mather" title="Joe Mather">Joe Mather</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Grady_Sizemore" title="Grady Sizemore">Grady Sizemore</a></li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Roenicke" title="Josh Roenicke">Josh Roenicke</a></li> <li>August 4 – <a href="/wiki/Seiichi_Uchikawa" title="Seiichi Uchikawa">Seiichi Uchikawa</a></li> <li>August 6 – <a href="/wiki/Justin_Germano" title="Justin Germano">Justin Germano</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Brown_(baseball)" title="Matthew Brown (baseball)">Matthew Brown</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Donny_Lucy" title="Donny Lucy">Donny Lucy</a></li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Ross_Ohlendorf" title="Ross Ohlendorf">Ross Ohlendorf</a></li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Josh Anderson (baseball)">Josh Anderson</a></li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Frazier" title="Jeff Frazier">Jeff Frazier</a></li> <li>August 16 – <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Sandoval" title="Freddy Sandoval">Freddy Sandoval</a></li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Metcalf" title="Travis Metcalf">Travis Metcalf</a></li> <li>August 18 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Rupe" title="Josh Rupe">Josh Rupe</a></li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/J._J._Hardy" title="J. J. Hardy">J. J. Hardy</a></li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Shayne_Watson" title="Shayne Watson">Shayne Watson</a></li> <li>August 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Nix" title="Jayson Nix">Jayson Nix</a></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Quentin" title="Carlos Quentin">Carlos Quentin</a></li> <li>August 28 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Wells" title="Randy Wells">Randy Wells</a></li> <li>August 30 – <a href="/wiki/Sean_Marshall_(baseball)" title="Sean Marshall (baseball)">Sean Marshall</a></li> <li>August 31 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Kroeger" title="Josh Kroeger">Josh Kroeger</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Hammel_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Hammel (baseball)">Jason Hammel</a></li> <li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Rommie_Lewis" title="Rommie Lewis">Rommie Lewis</a></li> <li>September 2 – <a href="/wiki/Wes_Littleton" title="Wes Littleton">Wes Littleton</a></li> <li>September 3 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Livingston" title="Bobby Livingston">Bobby Livingston</a></li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/Geno_Espineli" title="Geno Espineli">Geno Espineli</a></li> <li>September 12 – <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Pignatiello" title="Carmen Pignatiello">Carmen Pignatiello</a></li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Rickie_Weeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Rickie Weeks">Rickie Weeks</a></li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Carter_(left-handed_hitter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Carter (left-handed hitter)">Chris Carter</a></li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Michael Martínez (baseball)">Michael Martínez</a></li> <li>September 16 – <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez_(Venezuelan_pitcher)" title="Ramón Ramírez (Venezuelan pitcher)">Ramón Ramírez</a></li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/Sean_Burnett" title="Sean Burnett">Sean Burnett</a></li> <li>September 17 – <a href="/wiki/Danny_Putnam" title="Danny Putnam">Danny Putnam</a></li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bisenius" title="Joe Bisenius">Joe Bisenius</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Burke_(baseball)" title="Greg Burke (baseball)">Greg Burke</a></li> <li>September 24 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Karstens" title="Jeff Karstens">Jeff Karstens</a></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Argenis_Reyes" title="Argenis Reyes">Argenis Reyes</a></li> <li>September 26 – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_McCutchen" title="Daniel McCutchen">Daniel McCutchen</a></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Gim%C3%A9nez_(baseball)" title="Héctor Giménez (baseball)">Héctor Giménez</a></li> <li>September 28 – <a href="/wiki/Micah_Owings" title="Micah Owings">Micah Owings</a></li> <li>September 30 – <a href="/wiki/Seth_Smith" title="Seth Smith">Seth Smith</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 3 – <a href="/wiki/Brett_Carroll" title="Brett Carroll">Brett Carroll</a></li> <li>October 3 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Young_(outfielder)" title="Matt Young (outfielder)">Matt Young</a></li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn_Jr." title="Tony Gwynn Jr.">Tony Gwynn Jr.</a></li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Sadowski" title="Ryan Sadowski">Ryan Sadowski</a></li> <li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Jered_Weaver" title="Jered Weaver">Jered Weaver</a></li> <li>October 5 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hinckley" title="Mike Hinckley">Mike Hinckley</a></li> <li>October 9 – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Jaramillo" title="Jason Jaramillo">Jason Jaramillo</a></li> <li>October 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Larish" title="Jeff Larish">Jeff Larish</a></li> <li>October 12 – <a href="/wiki/Casey_McGehee" title="Casey McGehee">Casey McGehee</a></li> <li>October 12 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Janish" title="Paul Janish">Paul Janish</a></li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Gil" title="Jerry Gil">Jerry Gil</a></li> <li>October 14 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_M%C3%A1rmol" title="Carlos Mármol">Carlos Mármol</a></li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Abe_Alvarez" title="Abe Alvarez">Abe Alvarez</a></li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Ross_Wolf" title="Ross Wolf">Ross Wolf</a></li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/J._A._Happ" title="J. A. Happ">J. A. Happ</a></li> <li>October 21 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Henderson_(baseball)" title="Jim Henderson (baseball)">Jim Henderson</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bixler" title="Brian Bixler">Brian Bixler</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Can%C3%B3" title="Robinson Canó">Robinson Canó</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Darren_O%27Day" title="Darren O'Day">Darren O'Day</a></li> <li>October 22 – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Torres_(pitcher)" title="Carlos Torres (pitcher)">Carlos Torres</a></li> <li>October 24 – <a href="/wiki/Macay_McBride" title="Macay McBride">Macay McBride</a></li> <li>October 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Bonderman" title="Jeremy Bonderman">Jeremy Bonderman</a></li> <li>October 28 – <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lerew" title="Anthony Lerew">Anthony Lerew</a></li> <li>October 29 – <a href="/wiki/Will_Venable" title="Will Venable">Will Venable</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Anderson_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Anderson Hernández">Anderson Hernández</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Albaladejo" title="Jonathan Albaladejo">Jonathan Albaladejo</a></li> <li>October 30 – <a href="/wiki/Manny_Parra" title="Manny Parra">Manny Parra</a></li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Hinshaw" title="Alex Hinshaw">Alex Hinshaw</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Yunel_Escobar" title="Yunel Escobar">Yunel Escobar</a></li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Travis_Blackley" title="Travis Blackley">Travis Blackley</a></li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Evan_MacLane" title="Evan MacLane">Evan MacLane</a></li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Resop" title="Chris Resop">Chris Resop</a></li> <li>November 5 – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_LaHair" title="Bryan LaHair">Bryan LaHair</a></li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Brian_Horwitz" title="Brian Horwitz">Brian Horwitz</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Pagnozzi" title="Matt Pagnozzi">Matt Pagnozzi</a></li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Castro_(pitcher)" title="Ángel Castro (pitcher)">Angel Castro</a></li> <li>November 14 – <a href="/wiki/Fu-Te_Ni" title="Fu-Te Ni">Fu-Te Ni</a></li> <li>November 15 – <a href="/wiki/Jerad_Head" title="Jerad Head">Jerad Head</a></li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wood_(baseball)" title="Tim Wood (baseball)">Tim Wood</a></li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Ty_Taubenheim" title="Ty Taubenheim">Ty Taubenheim</a></li> <li>November 18 – <a href="/wiki/Brent_Leach" title="Brent Leach">Brent Leach</a></li> <li>November 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Jonathan Sánchez">Jonathan Sánchez</a></li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Giarratano" title="Tony Giarratano">Tony Giarratano</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 2 – <a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Toregas" title="Wyatt Toregas">Wyatt Toregas</a></li> <li>December 3 – <a href="/wiki/Manny_Corpas" title="Manny Corpas">Manny Corpas</a></li> <li>December 4 – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Fox_(baseball)" title="Matt Fox (baseball)">Matt Fox</a></li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Aceves" title="Alfredo Aceves">Alfredo Aceves</a></li> <li>December 12 – <a href="/wiki/Ervin_Santana" title="Ervin Santana">Ervin Santana</a></li> <li>December 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nolasco" title="Ricky Nolasco">Ricky Nolasco</a></li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Fields_(infielder)" title="Josh Fields (infielder)">Josh Fields</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Britton_(baseball)" title="Chris Britton (baseball)">Chris Britton</a></li> <li>December 16 – <a href="/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Ochoa_(baseball)" title="Iván Ochoa (baseball)">Iván Ochoa</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Josh_Barfield" title="Josh Barfield">Josh Barfield</a></li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Mateo" title="Juan Mateo">Juan Mateo</a></li> <li>December 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Baisley" title="Jeff Baisley">Jeff Baisley</a></li> <li>December 20 – <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 21 – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Humber" title="Philip Humber">Philip Humber</a></li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Nelson_(baseball)" title="Brad Nelson (baseball)">Brad Nelson</a></li> <li>December 25 – <a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Gotay" title="Rubén Gotay">Rubén Gotay</a></li> <li>December 27 – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bourn" title="Michael Bourn">Michael Bourn</a></li> <li>December 27 – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Gimenez" title="Chris Gimenez">Chris Gimenez</a></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Davis_(baseball)" title="Brad Davis (baseball)">Brad Davis</a></li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hart_(baseball)" title="Kevin Hart (baseball)">Kevin Hart</a></li> <li>December 30 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hoey" title="Jim Hoey">James Hoey</a></li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Belisario" title="Ronald Belisario">Ronald Belisario</a></li> <li>December 31 – <a href="/wiki/Julio_DePaula" title="Julio DePaula">Julio DePaula</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 6 – <a href="/wiki/Wally_Post" title="Wally Post">Wally Post</a>, 52, right fielder who played in 1,204 games, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, between 1949 and 1964, and known for his home run power.</li> <li>January 7 – <a href="/wiki/Chet_Falk" title="Chet Falk">Chet Falk</a>, 76, left-handed pitcher who appeared in 40 games for the 1925–1927 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>January 12 – <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Henderson_(baseball)" title="Curtis Henderson (baseball)">Curtis Henderson</a>, 70, shortstop/third baseman for six Negro leagues teams between 1936 and 1946, including the New York Black Yankees and the Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords; All-Star selection in 1940.</li> <li>January 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Hubbard_(baseball)" title="Jesse Hubbard (baseball)">Jesse Hubbard</a>, 86, outfielder/pitcher whose career in the Negro Leagues and Black baseball extended from 1919 to 1935.</li> <li>January 15 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Smith_(sportswriter)" title="Red Smith (sportswriter)">Red Smith</a>, 76, Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter whose career lasted from 1927 until his death; described by <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> as "the most important force in American sportswriting".</li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Addie" title="Bob Addie">Bob Addie</a>, 71, sportswriter for Washington, D.C., newspapers for nearly 40 years who covered both Senators franchises.</li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Barrett_(baseball)" title="Bob Barrett (baseball)">Bob Barrett</a>, 82, infielder who played in 239 games for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins and Boston Red Sox over five seasons spanning 1923 to 1929.</li> <li>January 18 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Tobin" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Tobin">Johnny Tobin</a>, 61, third baseman who played in 84 games for the 1945 Red Sox and a mainstay of Pacific Coast League between 1948 and 1957; brother of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Tobin" title="Jim Tobin">Jim Tobin</a>.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Lefevre" title="Al Lefevre">Al Lefevre</a>, 83, infielder who played in 21 games for the 1920 New York Giants.</li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hopper_(baseball)" title="Jim Hopper (baseball)">Jim Hopper</a>, 62, pitcher who appeared in two games for 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Shields" title="Ben Shields">Ben Shields</a>, 78, left-handed pitcher who appeared in 13 games between 1924 and 1931 for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>January 27 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Haeffner" title="Bill Haeffner">Bill Haeffner</a>, 87, catcher who appeared in 59 games over three seasons between 1915 and 1928, mainly for the 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Marion_Cunningham_(baseball)" title="Marion Cunningham (baseball)">Marion Cunningham</a>, 86, first baseman who played in 131 games for the 1924–1925 Memphis Red Sox of the Negro National League.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Hub_Pruett" title="Hub Pruett">Hub Pruett</a>, 81, nicknamed "Shucks", left-handed pitcher who went only 29–48 (4.63 ERA) in 211 appearances for four clubs over seven years between 1922 and 1932, but as a rookie with the St. Louis Browns gained a lasting reputation for effectiveness against Babe Ruth.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Schreiber" title="Paul Schreiber">Paul Schreiber</a>, 79, pitcher who appeared in dozen games for 1922–1923 Brooklyn Robins and 1945 New York Yankees; had a long post-playing career as a batting practice pitcher and coach for the Yankees and Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>January 31 – <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Milkes" title="Marvin Milkes">Marvin Milkes</a>, 58, baseball executive and general manager of 1969 Seattle Pilots and 1970 Milwaukee Brewers; immortalized in <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bouton" title="Jim Bouton">Jim Bouton</a>'s <i>Ball Four</i>.</li> <li>January – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ford" title="Jimmy Ford">Jimmy Ford</a>, 69, outfielder who played for eight clubs, including the Memphis Red Sox, Harrisburg Stars and New York Black Yankees, in the Negro leagues between 1937 and 1945; selected an All-Star in 1941.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 8 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Turchin" title="Eddie Turchin">Eddie Turchin</a>, 64, infielder who played 11 games for the <a href="/wiki/1943_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1943 Cleveland Indians season">1943 Cleveland Indians</a>.</li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Dale_Alderson" title="Dale Alderson">Dale Alderson</a>, 63, pitcher who made 16 total appearances for 1943–1944 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>February 17 – <a href="/wiki/Nestor_Chylak" title="Nestor Chylak">Nestor Chylak</a>, 59, American League umpire from 1954 to 1978 who worked in five World Series and six All-Star games; elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Shearer" title="Ray Shearer">Ray Shearer</a>, 52, outfielder and minor-league veteran who received a brief trial with 1957 Milwaukee Braves, appearing in two games and garnering three plate appearances.</li> <li>February 28 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Sherid" title="Roy Sherid">Roy Sherid</a>, 75, pitcher who went 23–24 (4.71 ERA) with six saves in 87 games for the 1929–1931 New York Yankees.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_DeWitt" title="Bill DeWitt">Bill DeWitt</a>, 79, executive who spent more than 60 years in major leagues, beginning by selling soda pop as a teen; general manager (1936–1951), minority owner (1936−1948) and principal owner (1949–1951) of St. Louis Browns; general manager (1961–1966) and owner (1962–1966) of Cincinnati Reds; president of Detroit Tigers (1959–1960); board chairman of Chicago White Sox (1976–1981); <a href="/wiki/William_DeWitt_Jr." title="William DeWitt Jr.">father</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_DeWitt_III" title="Bill DeWitt III">grandfather</a> of owners or senior baseball executives.</li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hussey" title="Tom Hussey">Tom Hussey</a>, 71, sportscaster who described games of the Boston Red Sox (1939–1953) and Boston Bees/Braves (1939–1950).</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Andrus" title="Bill Andrus">Bill Andrus</a>, 74, third baseman and pinch hitter who appeared in six MLB games in trials for the 1931 Washington Senators and 1937 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Mulligan" title="Eddie Mulligan">Eddie Mulligan</a>, 87, banjo-hitting third baseman/shortstop in 350 games for the 1915–1916 Chicago Cubs, 1921–1922 Chicago White Sox, and 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates; fixture as a player in the Pacific Coast League between 1919 and 1938, then served as president of the California League from 1956 to 1975.</li> <li>March 17 – <a href="/wiki/Lunie_Danage" title="Lunie Danage">Lunie Danage</a>, 86, second baseman and third baseman who appeared in 57 games for the 1920 St. Louis Giants of the Negro National League.</li> <li>March 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ollie_Sax" title="Ollie Sax">Ollie Sax</a>, 77, who appeared in 16 games as a third baseman and pinch runner for the 1929 St. Louis Browns of the American League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Eli_Chism" title="Eli Chism">Eli Chism</a>, 65, outfielder for the 1946 Cleveland Buckeyes and 1947 Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American League.</li> <li>April 4 – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Queen_(pitcher)" title="Mel Queen (pitcher)">Mel Queen</a>, 64, pitcher who worked in 146 games over eight seasons spanning 1942 to 1952 for the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates; father of the <a href="/wiki/Mel_Queen_(pitcher/outfielder)" title="Mel Queen (pitcher/outfielder)">MLB pitcher/outfielder and manager</a>.</li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Boone" title="Alonzo Boone">Alonzo Boone</a>, 74, pitcher who spent much of his Negro leagues tenure (1929 to 1947) with Cleveland-based teams; managed 1948 Buckeyes to a 39–37 record.</li> <li>April 9 – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Barrios" title="Francisco Barrios">Francisco Barrios</a>, 28, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox from 1974 to 1981; suffered a fatal heart attack on eve of 1982 season.</li> <li>April 13 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Knode" title="Ray Knode">Ray Knode</a>, 81, first baseman/pinch runner in 109 games for Cleveland Indians from 1923 to 1926.</li> <li>April 14 – <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Dial" title="Kermit Dial">Kermit Dial</a>, 74, infielder for the Chicago American Giants, Columbus Blue Birds and Detroit Stars of the Negro leagues between 1932 and 1937.</li> <li>April 24 – <a href="/wiki/Buster_Ross" title="Buster Ross">Buster Ross</a>, 79, left-handed pitcher who appeared in 64 games, mostly as a reliever, for 1924–1926 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>April 27 – <a href="/wiki/Truck_Hannah" title="Truck Hannah">Truck Hannah</a>, 92, catcher in 244 career games for 1918–1920 New York Yankees; played in minors for 28 seasons, 22 of them in the Pacific Coast League—18 of those spent with the Los Angeles Angels; charter member of the PCL Hall of Fame.</li> <li>April 30 – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Dickerman" title="Leo Dickerman">Leo Dickerman</a>, 85, pitcher who hurled in 89 career games for the Brooklyn Robins (1923–1924) and St. Louis Cardinals (1924–1925).</li> <li>April – <a href="/wiki/Frank_McCoy_(baseball)" title="Frank McCoy (baseball)">Frank McCoy</a>, 70, left-handed-hitting catcher whose Negro leagues career spanned 1929 to 1943 and included service with three Newark, New Jersey–based teams.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 2 – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Callahan" title="Leo Callahan">Leo Callahan</a>, 91, outfielder who got into 114 National League games with 1913 Brooklyn Superbas and 1919 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Beauty_McGowan" title="Beauty McGowan">Beauty McGowan</a>, 80, outfielder whose five MLB seasons were spaced over a 16-year span; appeared in 375 total games for 1922–1923 Philadelphia Athletics, 1928–1929 St. Louis Browns and 1937 Boston Bees.</li> <li>May 9 – <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(AL_first_baseman)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Smith (AL first baseman)">John Smith</a>, 75, first baseman for the 1931 Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Malarcher" title="Dave Malarcher">Dave Malarcher</a>, 87, infielder and manager in the Negro leagues who led the Chicago American Giants to World Series titles in 1926–1927 and the Indianapolis ABC's to a 1933 pennant.</li> <li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Dixie_Walker" title="Dixie Walker">Dixie Walker</a>, 71, five-time All-Star outfielder who batted .306 lifetime during an 18-season career with five MLB clubs and gained his greatest popularity <i>("The People's Cherce")</i> with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–1947); NL batting champion in 1944; <a href="/wiki/Harry_Walker" title="Harry Walker">brother</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dixie_Walker_(pitcher)" title="Dixie Walker (pitcher)">son</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Walker_(baseball)" title="Ernie Walker (baseball)">nephew</a> of major leaguers.</li> <li>May 20 – <a href="/wiki/Greene_Farmer" title="Greene Farmer">Greene Farmer</a>, 62, outfielder who appeared for Negro leagues clubs between 1942 and 1947.</li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Erv_Palica" title="Erv Palica">Erv Palica</a>, 54, pitcher who worked in 246 career games for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1951 and 1953–1954) and Baltimore Orioles (1955–1956).</li> <li>May 30 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gooch" title="Charlie Gooch">Charlie Gooch</a>, 79, who appeared in 39 games as a pinch hitter, first and third baseman for the 1929 Washington Senators.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Kaufmann" title="Tony Kaufmann">Tony Kaufmann</a>, 81, pitcher/outfielder for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies for a dozen seasons between 1921 and 1935; later a coach for 1947–1950 Cardinals, scout, and minor-league manager.</li> <li>June 7 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_DiMuro" title="Lou DiMuro">Lou DiMuro</a>, 51, AL umpire since 1963 who worked two World Series, three ALCS and four All-Star Games.</li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Irv_Jeffries" title="Irv Jeffries">Irv Jeffries</a>, 76, infielder in 175 career games with 1930–1931 Chicago White Sox and 1934 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Satchel_Paige" title="Satchel Paige">Satchel Paige</a>, 75, Hall of Fame pitcher in the Negro leagues, mainly with the Kansas City Monarchs, who was black baseball's biggest star for much of his career; won 28 major league games after debuting at age 42; in 1971 became the second Negro leaguer elected to Hall of Fame, behind Jackie Robinson who was elected in 1962; at age 59, threw three scoreless innings for the Kansas City Athletics against the Boston Red Sox on September 25, 1965.</li> <li>June 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Hallett" title="Jack Hallett">Jack Hallett</a>, 67, pitcher for Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants who appeared in 73 games over six seasons between 1940 and 1948.</li> <li>June 12 – <a href="/wiki/Webster_McDonald" title="Webster McDonald">Webster McDonald</a>, 82, pitcher in Negro leagues and Black baseball whose career lasted from 1922 to 1940; two-time Negro World Series champ as member of 1926–1927 Chicago American Giants; stalwart hurler for 1930s Philadelphia Stars, where he also was the player-manager from 1934 to 1936; led Negro National League pitchers in victories in 1935.</li> <li>June 13 – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bobb" title="Randy Bobb">Randy Bobb</a>, 34, catcher who appeared in ten games for the 1968–1969 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Evans" title="Red Evans">Red Evans</a>, 75, right-hander who posted a 1–11 won–lost record (6.21 ERA) in 25 career games for the 1936 Chicago White Sox and 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers, for whom he was the Opening Day starting pitcher in <a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Leo Durocher</a>'s first game as an MLB manager.</li> <li>June 27 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Morgan_(baseball)" title="Eddie Morgan (baseball)">Eddie Morgan</a>, 77, outfielder/first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, who hit a pinch-hit home run in his first major league at-bat.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Footsie_Blair" title="Footsie Blair">Footsie Blair</a>, 81, infielder and pinch hitter in 246 games for 1929–1931 Chicago Cubs.</li> <li>July 1 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Scarborough" title="Ray Scarborough">Ray Scarborough</a>, 64, pitcher who went 80–85 (4.13) in 318 games over ten MLB seasons (1942–1943 and 1946–1953) for five American League teams, most notably the Washington Senators; later, a longtime scout and special assistant for general manager <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dalton" title="Harry Dalton">Harry Dalton</a>.</li> <li>July 3 – <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Harris" title="Spencer Harris">Spencer Harris</a>, 81, outfielder who played in 146 big-league games for Chicago White Sox (1925–1926), Washington Senators (1929) and Philadelphia Athletics (1930), but logged 26 seasons in the minors between 1921 and 1948, and was credited with 3,617 hits.</li> <li>July 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Johnson_(outfielder)" title="Bob Johnson (outfielder)">"Indian Bob" Johnson</a>, 76, eight-time All-Star left fielder with the Philadelphia Athletics (1933–1942), Washington Senators (1943) and Boston Red Sox (1944–1945), who had eight 100-RBI seasons and scored 100 runs six times.</li> <li>July 7 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dugan" title="Joe Dugan">"Jumping Joe" Dugan</a>, 85, third baseman who appeared in 1,447 games for five MLB clubs between 1917 and 1931, notably the 1922–1928 New York Yankees, where he was a key member of three World Series champions, including the <a href="/wiki/1927_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1927 New York Yankees season">1927 "Murderers' Row" edition</a>.</li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Chet_Nichols_Sr." title="Chet Nichols Sr.">Chet Nichols</a>, 85, pitcher who posted a 1–8 (7.19) record in 44 games for three NL clubs over six seasons between 1926 and 1932; father of pitcher <a href="/wiki/Chet_Nichols_Jr." title="Chet Nichols Jr.">Chet Jr.</a></li> <li>July 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jensen" title="Jackie Jensen">Jackie Jensen</a>, 55, All-Star right fielder who starred for the Boston Red Sox; won the AL's 1958 MVP award and led the league in RBI three times, but retired at 34 due to an intense fear of flying; first athlete to play in both the World Series and football's Rose Bowl.</li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Anderson_(baseball)" title="Andy Anderson (baseball)">Andy Anderson</a>, 59, infielder who batted .184 in 223 at bats over 122 games for the 1948–1949 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>July 18 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_Layden" title="Pete Layden">Pete Layden</a>, 62, NFL quarterback who also played in Major League Baseball in 41 games as a centerfielder for the 1948 Browns.</li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Grover_Froese" title="Grover Froese">Grover Froese</a>, 66, American League umpire in 1952 and 1953.</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Waner" title="Lloyd Waner">Lloyd Waner</a>, 76, nicknamed "Little Poison", Hall of Fame center fielder who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield next to his brother <a href="/wiki/Paul_Waner" title="Paul Waner">Paul</a>; a career .316 hitter who led the NL in hits, runs and triples once each, his 1967 Hall election made them the first brothers to be inducted.</li> <li>July 23 – <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Roberto Peña">Roberto Peña</a>, 45, Dominican shortstop/second baseman who played in 587 games for five teams over six seasons spanning 1965–1971; scored winning run in the 1969 San Diego Padres' first-ever National League victory.</li> <li>July 24 – <a href="/wiki/Lin_Storti" title="Lin Storti">Lin Storti</a>, 75, switch-hitting third baseman and second baseman for 1930–1933 St. Louis Browns, appearing in 216 career games.</li> <li>July 27 – <a href="/wiki/Sug_Jones" title="Sug Jones">Sug Jones</a>, 74, who batted .364 in an 11-game career with the 1932 Little Rock Grays of the Negro Southern League as a first baseman, center fielder and catcher.</li> <li>July 28 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Wallace" title="Lefty Wallace">Lefty Wallace</a>, 60, pitcher who appeared in 51 games for the Boston Braves (1942 and 1945–1946).</li> <li>July 29 – <a href="/wiki/Lute_Boone" title="Lute Boone">Lute Boone</a>, 92, infielder who appeared in 315 career games for the 1913–1916 New York Yankees and 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Gould" title="Al Gould">Al Gould</a>, 89, pitcher for two seasons with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> (1916–1917).</li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Hank Johnson (baseball)">Hank Johnson</a>, 76, pitcher for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds, who had several victorious seasons as a Yankee in the 1930s.</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Ebba_St._Claire" title="Ebba St. Claire">Ebba St. Claire</a>, 61, catcher for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves and New York Giants from 1951 to 1954; father of <a href="/wiki/Randy_St._Claire" title="Randy St. Claire">Randy St. Claire</a>.</li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Merchant" title="Henry Merchant">Henry Merchant</a>, 64, outfielder/pitcher/first baseman for the Chicago American Giants and Cincinnati–Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League, 1940 to 1948.</li> <li>August 25 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Steineder" title="Ray Steineder">Ray Steineder</a>, 87, relief pitcher who appeared in 29 total games for the 1923–1924 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1924 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Niebergall" title="Charlie Niebergall">Charlie Niebergall</a>, 83, catcher in 54 games over three seasons (1921, 1923–1924) for the St. Louis Cardinals; later, a scout.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>September 4 – <a href="/wiki/Buster_Bray" title="Buster Bray">Buster Bray</a>, 69, outfielder who played four games for 1941 Boston Braves.</li> <li>September 5 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hurd_(baseball)" title="Tom Hurd (baseball)">Tom Hurd</a>, 58, pitched from 1954 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox.</li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Boyer" title="Ken Boyer">Ken Boyer</a>, 51, seven-time All-Star third baseman with the St. Louis Cardinals who won the NL's 1964 MVP award and five Gold Gloves; batted .300 five times and had eight 90-RBI seasons; member of 1964 World Series champions whose grand-slam homer in Game 4 provided all the runs in a 4–3 Redbird triumph; managed Cardinals from April 29, 1978, to June 8, 1980; brother of <a href="/wiki/Clete_Boyer" title="Clete Boyer">Clete</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cloyd_Boyer" title="Cloyd Boyer">Cloyd Boyer</a>.</li> <li>September 18 – <a href="/wiki/Clyde_McCullough" title="Clyde McCullough">Clyde McCullough</a>, 65, catcher who played 1,098 games for Chicago Cubs (1940–1943, 1945–1948 and 1953–1956) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1949–1952); minor league manager and instructor; coach for three MLB teams, serving as bullpen coach of San Diego Padres at the time of his death.</li> <li>September 23 – <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Mills" title="Lefty Mills">Lefty Mills</a>, 72, southpaw hurler who spent his entire 96-game MLB career with St. Louis Browns (1934 and 1937–1940).</li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/Monty_Stratton" title="Monty Stratton">Monty Stratton</a>, 70, All-Star pitcher for the Chicago White Sox who attempted to make a baseball comeback after a hunting accident cost him a leg, inspiring an Oscar-winning 1949 movie that featured actor <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a> as Stratton.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>October 4 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Barron" title="Red Barron">Red Barron</a>, 82, appeared as a left fielder and pinch runner in ten games for the 1929 Boston Braves.</li> <li>October 13 – <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Perry" title="Alonzo Perry">Alonzo Perry</a>, 60, pitcher/outfielder for the 1946 Homestead Grays (Negro National League) and 1947–1948 Birmingham Black Barons (Negro American League).</li> <li>October 17 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_McDonald" title="Hank McDonald">Hank McDonald</a>, 71, pitcher who appeared in 48 games as a member of the 1931 and 1933 Philadelphia Athletics and 1933 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Vines" title="Bob Vines">Bob Vines</a>, 85, relief pitcher in nine games for 1924 St. Louis Cardinals and 1925 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/George_Bradley_(outfielder)" title="George Bradley (outfielder)">George Bradley</a>, 68, center fielder and pinch hitter in four games for 1946 St. Louis Browns.</li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Bud_Podbielan" title="Bud Podbielan">Bud Podbielan</a>, 58, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians between 1949 and 1959.</li> <li>October 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Donnell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill O'Donnell (sportscaster)">Bill O'Donnell</a>, 56, sportscaster; member of the Baltimore Orioles' broadcast team from 1966 until ill health forced him to retire in early 1982; also served as #2 play-by-play man for NBC-TV's MLB Game of the Week.</li> <li>October 29 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sheehan" title="Tom Sheehan">Tom Sheehan</a>, 88, pitcher for four MLB clubs between 1915 and 1926 who went 1–16 for horrific 1916 Philadelphia Athletics squad; later a coach, scout and minor league skipper who became oldest rookie manager in big-league annals when, at age 66, he was named pilot of the San Francisco Giants on June 18, 1960.</li> <li>October 29 – <a href="/wiki/Pinky_Woods" title="Pinky Woods">Pinky Woods</a>, 62, pitcher who hurled in 85 games for the wartime Boston Red Sox between 1943 and 1945.</li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Sheriff_Blake" title="Sheriff Blake">Sheriff Blake</a>, 83, pitcher who appeared in 304 total games over ten seasons spanning 1920 to 1937 for five clubs, principally the Chicago Cubs; led NL in shutouts (4) in 1928.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Zuber" title="Bill Zuber">Bill Zuber</a>, 69, pitcher who worked in 224 games for the Cleveland Indians (1936, 1938–1940), Washington Senators (1941–1942), New York Yankees (1943–1946) and Boston Red Sox (1946); member of 1943 World Series champions.</li> <li>November 3 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Fisher_(baseball)" title="Ray Fisher (baseball)">Ray Fisher</a>, 95, pitcher for the Yankees and Reds who started Game 3 of the 1919 World Series; coached at Michigan for 38 years, winning the 1953 College World Series.</li> <li>November 6 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Baker_(baseball)" title="Al Baker (baseball)">Al Baker</a>, 76, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1930s.</li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bivin" title="Jim Bivin">Jim Bivin</a>, 72, pitcher for the 1935 Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Cass_Michaels" title="Cass Michaels">Cass Michaels</a>, 56, All-Star second baseman for the White Sox, Senators, Browns and Athletics whose career ended prematurely when he was hit by a pitch in the head in 1954.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Davis_(baseball,_born_1917)" title="Johnny Davis (baseball, born 1917)">Johnny Davis</a>, 65, two-time All-Star outfielder for the 1940–1948 Newark Eagles of the Negro National League.</li> <li>November 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Short" title="Bob Short">Bob Short</a>, 65, baseball and basketball club owner; bought expansion Washington Senators on December 3, 1968, moved them to Arlington, Texas, as the Texas Rangers after the 1971 season, then sold franchise to Brad Corbett on May 29, 1974; earlier, he owned the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers and moved them to Los Angeles in 1960, selling them to Jack Kent Cooke in 1965.</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Marrow" title="Buck Marrow">Buck Marrow</a>, 73, pitcher for 1932 Detroit Tigers and 1937–1938 Brooklyn Dodgers; worked in 39 career MLB games.</li> <li>November 21 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_McCormick" title="Frank McCormick">Frank McCormick</a>, 71, standout first baseman for Cincinnati Reds (1934; 1937–1945), Philadelphia Phillies (1946–1947) and Boston Braves (1947–1948); led National League in hits for three straight seasons (1938–1940, inclusive), doubles (1940) and runs batted in (1939); eight-time NL All-Star and 1940 Most Valuable Player; batted .299 lifetime with 1,711 hits; member of Cincinnati's 1940 World Series champions; later a Reds' broadcaster and coach.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hofheinz" title="Roy Hofheinz">Roy Hofheinz</a>, 70, former Houston mayor and county judge who was a founding co-owner of the Colt .45s/Astros franchise in 1959 and became majority owner six years later; driving force behind construction of the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>, the first major-league domed stadium (opened in 1965); maintained controlling interest in the Astros until selling them in 1979.</li> <li>November 26 – <a href="/wiki/Hub_Walker" title="Hub Walker">Hub Walker</a>, 76, outfielder in 297 games in five MLB seasons spread over 15 calendar years (1931, 1935–1937, 1945) for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds; member of Tigers' 1945 World Series champions; brother of <a href="/wiki/Gee_Walker" title="Gee Walker">Gee Walker</a>.</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Cicotte" title="Al Cicotte">Al Cicotte</a>, 52, well-traveled right-hander who pitched in 102 games over five seasons for the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Colt .45s between 1957 and 1962.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_in_baseball&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>December 4 – <a href="/wiki/Duke_Sedgwick" title="Duke Sedgwick">Duke 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title="1987 in baseball">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_baseball" title="1989 in baseball">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_baseball" title="1990 in baseball">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_baseball" title="1991 in baseball">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_baseball" title="1992 in baseball">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_baseball" title="1993 in baseball">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_baseball" title="1994 in baseball">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_baseball" title="1996 in baseball">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_baseball" title="1997 in baseball">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_baseball" title="1998 in baseball">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_baseball" title="2000 in baseball">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_baseball" title="2001 in baseball">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_baseball" title="2002 in baseball">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_baseball" title="2003 in baseball">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_baseball" title="2005 in baseball">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_baseball" title="2006 in baseball">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_baseball" title="2007 in baseball">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_baseball" title="2008 in baseball">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_baseball" title="2009 in baseball">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_baseball" title="2010 in baseball">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_baseball" title="2011 in baseball">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_baseball" title="2013 in baseball">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_baseball" title="2014 in baseball">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_baseball" title="2015 in baseball">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_baseball" title="2016 in baseball">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_baseball" title="2017 in baseball">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_baseball" title="2018 in baseball">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_baseball" title="2019 in baseball">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_baseball" title="2020 in baseball">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_baseball" title="2021 in baseball">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_baseball" title="2022 in baseball">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_baseball" title="2023 in baseball">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_baseball" title="2024 in baseball">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt><span class="nobold">See also</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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