Pitchers Joaquin Andujar and Bruce Sutter combined to beat Milwaukee 6-3 in Game 7 as the St. Louis Cardinals won the 1982 World Series. Cardinals C Darrell Porter was named MVP of both the NLCS and the World Series for his postseason batting, reaching base 19 times in 10 games. The Brewers defeated Baltimore on the last day of the season to take the AL East before topping California in five games to win the AL pennant. Milwaukee was led by Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Cecil Cooper, who each topped 200 hits for the season. Yount (.331, 29 HR, 114 RBI, 129 R) had his best season in a Hall of Fame career and earned the AL MVP award. Philadelphia lefty Steve Carlton (23-11, 3.10 ERA, 286 K) won his fourth and final Cy Young award.

Henry Aaron, Frank Robinson, and Travis Jackson were named to Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Aaron fell just 9 votes shy of becoming the first unanimous selection in history…Gaylord Perry won his 300th game on May 6 while pitching for Seattle…Rollie Fingers became the first player to reach 300 saves on August 8…Orioles SS Cal Ripken, Jr. (.264, 28 HR, 93 RBI) and Dodger 2B Steve Sax (.282, 88 R, 49 SB) were named Rookies of the Year…Oakland CF Rickey Henderson stole 130 bases, setting a modern single-season record.

Awards and More

World Series – St. Louis Cardinals NL over Milwaukee Brewers AL 4 games to 3

World Series MVP – Darrell Porter
Babe Ruth Award – Bruce Sutter

ALCS Milwuakee Brewers (AL) over California Angels 3 games to 2 ALCS MVP – Fred Lynn
NLCS St. Louis Cardinals over Atlanta Braves 3 games to 0 NLCS MVP – Darrell Porter

Awards –

Cy Young Award National League Steve Carlton
Cy Young Award American League Pete Vuckovich

MVP Awards –
NL Dale Murphy
AL Robin Yount

NL Rookie of The Year – Steve Sax
AL Rookie of The Year – Cal Ripken Jr

Roberto Clemente Award – Kenny Singleton

All-Star Game – July 13th 1982 – N.L. 4 over A.L. 1 , played at Stade Olympique (NL)
AL Starter D. Eckersley+ NL Starter S. Rogers MVP D. Concepcion

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January 1, 1982

Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium, will now be known simply as Busch Stadium

January 5, 1982

Free agent pitcher Frank Tanana signs a two-year contract with the Texas Rangers.

January 9, 1982

Boston Red Sox star Tony Conigliaro suffers a massive heart attack

January 12, 1982

1982 – In the January draft, the Blue Jays use the #1 pick on OF Kash Beauchamp and the Cubs follow by taking C Troy Afenir. But the Twins, picking third, take OF Kirby Puckett. Meanwhile, the Reds choose P Randy Myers in the first round while the Mets select OF Kal Daniels in the third round. The 433rd pick overall is OF John Cangelosi, taken by the White Sox.

January 13, 1982

Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson win election to the Hall of Fame in their first years of eligibility

January 13, 1982

Kirby Puckett drafted by twins

January 22, 1982

Reggie Jackson signs a four-year, $4 million contract with the California Angels

January 27, 1982

Chicago Cubs acquiring infielders Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa from the Philadelphia Phillies for shortstop Ivan DeJesus

January 28, 1982

the Baltimore Orioles trade third baseman Doug DeCinces – the successor to Brooks Robinson

January 29, 1982

New York Yankees name Graig Nettles team captain

January 29, 1982

Pitcher Wayne Garland, the major leagues’ first millionaire free agent, is waived by the Cleveland Indians with five seasons remaining on his 10-year contract. Garland posted a 3-7 record with a 5.79 ERA in 1981.

February 3, 1982

Hank Aaron appears on the 3rd letterman airing

February 10, 1982

New York Mets come to terms with slugging outfielder George Foster on a five-year deal

February 11, 1982

Ozzie Smith agrees to go to the Cardinals

February 16, 1982

1982 – Bake McBride becomes the third starter from the 1980 Phillies’ World Championship squad to be traded or sold since Bill Giles bought the club last October. The Cleveland Indians get him in exchange for pitcher Sid Monge.

February 25, 1982

The Boston Red Sox Mark Fidrych as a free agent.

March 3, 1982

Fernando Valenzuela rejects the Dodgers 1982 salary offer of $325,000 and says he’ll hold out until his salary demands are met.

March 5, 1982

Needing just three wins to reach 300 for his career, pitcher Gaylord Perry signs a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners.

March 10, 1982

Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame

March 12, 1982

Ballantine Books publishes the first of seven annual Bill James Abstracts

March 24, 1982

Fernando Valenzuela ends his holdout and reports to the Dodgers spring training camp in Vero Beach, Florida

March 31, 1982

Montreal Expos acquire first baseman-outfielder Al Oliver from the Texas Rangers for third baseman Larry Parrish

April 1, 1982

New York Mets trade popular Lee Maxxilli and acquire Ron Darling

April 2, 1982

Steve McCatty ordered to use a toy bat by Billy Martin

April 4, 1982

J.R. Richard makes his last apparence

April 5, 1982

Kaat plays in 24th season setting record for pitchers

April 6, 1982

The largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota, 52,279, turns out for the inaugural game at the brand-new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Twins rookie Gary Gaetti has four hits, including a pair of home runs, but the visiting Seattle Mariners win, 11 – 7.

April 6, 1982

A freak heavy spring snow storm brings sub-freezing temperatures across the northeast and midwest and causes the postponement of home openers for the Yankees, Tigers, White Sox, Brewers, Indians, Phillies and Pirates. With 2 games snowed out in Chicago‚ the Red Sox will return tomorrow to Winter Haven, FL.

April 9, 1982

Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Francisco Barrios dies of heart attack in his native Mexico at the age of 28. Barrios was 14-7 for Chicago in 1977, despite recurring shoulder trouble.

April 10, 1982

A crowd of 62,443 fans show up with the game-time temperature 38 degrees with a wind chill of 17 to see the Cleveland Indians drop the season opener to the Texas Rangers, 8 – 3. Five hundred tons of snow had to be removed from the Cleveland Stadium field prior to the game.

April 10, 1982

Wade Boggs batting 9th and playing first base goes 0 for 4 in his MLB debut

April 14, 1982

At Watt Powell Park, the home of the International League’s Charleston Charlies, Toledo’s Randy Bush hits a home run that travels over 200 miles. The Mudhens’ utility player, not known for his power, hits a ball over the right field wall that lands on a moving coal train.

April 18, 1982

Joe Torre’s Braves set a National League record when they win their 11th straight game to start the season

April 20, 1982

The Atlanta Braves record their 12th consecutive victory from the beginning of the season

April 21, 1982

The Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4 – 3, for their 13th straight victory to begin the season.

April 22, 1982

The Atlanta Braves’ major league record for the fastest start is stopped at 13 straight victories when they lose, 2 – 1, to the Cincinnati Reds.

April 24, 1982

Jesse Barfield becomes the first Blue Jay in franchise history to pinch-hit a grand slam when he goes deep off Tom Burgmeier. The right fielder’s bases-loaded heroics aren’t enough to stave off an eventual 8-7 Toronto loss to Boston at Exhibition Stadium.

April 25, 1982

Bob Lemon fired by Yankees after 14 Games

April 26, 1982

Wade Boggs collects first hit of career

April 27, 1982

Reggie Jackson homers off Ron Guidry in his return to New York Yankees

April 28, 1982

Pete Rose ties Max Carey for the most five-hit games in National League history

April 29, 1982

1982 – Phil Garner celebrates his 33rd birthday with a three-run homer that beats his old Pittsburgh teammates, 4-3. Garner had been traded to Houston the previous summer. 

May 4, 1982

Jim Eisenreich leaves a game at Fenway Park after fans cruelly taunt his extreme twitching, which is caused by Tourette’s Syndrome

May 6, 1982

Gaylord Perry wins 300th

May 7, 1982

David Green injuries hamstring leading to Willie McGee getting called up

May 9, 1982

Bill Lee released

May 12, 1982

Paul Molitor hits 3 homeruns in Brewers loss to Royals

May 12, 1982

The twins trade their 3rd opening day starter in a month

May 13, 1982

The Cubs become the first major league team to win 8,000 games when Allen Ripley and Lee Smith combine to shut out Houston in Chicago’s 5-0 victory at the Astrodome. The milestone comes in the 15,337th contest in the 107 year history of the franchise.

May 14, 1982

5/14/1982: Pittsburgh’s Lee Lacy batted in the bottom of the eighth inning as the first batter to face Tom Hume of the Reds. The bases were loaded with no outs and Lacy hit one of Hume’s pitches out of the park. However, in the celebration during his run around the bases, Lacy passed Omar Moreno between first and second. He is credited with a single and three runs batted in. Luckily, Moreno’s run won the game for the Pirates 8-7.

May 15, 1982

Pirate pitcher Rick Rhoden makes his 12 – 9 win over the Reds a little easier when he doubles and homers in the Bucs’ nine-run 3rd inning. Johnny Ray drives in five runs in the big inning. The Reds make it close with eight runs in the 8th and 9th.

May 18, 1982

Larry Herndon of the Detroit Tigers hits three home runs in an 11 – 9 win over Oakland, and in the process becomes the 14th player in major league history to hit home runs in four consecutive plate appearances. On May 16th, he homered in his final at-bat to give the Tigers a 7 – 6 victory over Minnesota.

May 18, 1982

The Chicago White Sox beat the visiting Texas Rangers, 10 – 2, behind LaMarr Hoyt’s 13th consecutive win stretching back to 1981. Hoyt’s record at Comiskey Park is now 15-0.

May 22, 1982

Randy Bass swats a sacrifice fly off Dan Quisenberry to start a two-run rally and give the Rangers a 12-inning, 3 – 1 win over the Royals. Charlie Hough goes the distance for Texas, scattering six hits.

May 22, 1982

In his last major league at-bat, Mario Mendoza, who will become a minor league hitting instructor, reaches first on a fielder’s choice, ending his nine-year career with a .215 batting average. The Ranger infielder’s name will become infamous, as players struggling at the plate will become known as performing below the ‘Mendoza Line.’

May 24, 1982

Pittsburgh tops the Dodgers, 9 – 3. Jay Johnstone breaks an 0 for 21 slump by lining a pinch double for Los Angeles‚ but when he returns to the dugout, manager Tommy Lasorda tells him he’s been released. He’ll sign with the Cubs but return to LA in 1985.

May 24, 1982

LaMarr Hoyt picks up his 14th straight win and runs his season’s record to 9-0 by beating the Royals, 3 – 1, in Chicago.

May 25, 1982

Ferguson Jenkins 3000 Strikeout

May 28, 1982

1982 – Nolan Ryan fans eleven Mets in 5-2/3rds innings during an 8-3 victory. Mike LaCoss and Dave Smith strike out three each to total 17 Ks, one short of Don Wilson’s club record. Dave Kingman whiffs five times, once with the bases loaded. Terry Puhl socks a home run and Phil Garner drives in three to pace the offense. 

May 29, 1982

Indians End LaMarr Hoyt’s Streak with 5-2 Victory Over White Sox

May 29, 1982

At Minnesota‚ the Yanks put runners on first base (Graig Nettles) and second base (Bobby Murcer) with no outs. When Roy Smalley strikes out on a wide 3-2 pitch from Terry Felton‚ Murcer attempts to steal third base. But Sal Butera’s throw beats him so badly he retreats to second, only to find Nettles there. Gary Gaetti tags Murcer who is standing safely alone on the base‚ and then throws to Kent Hrbek to catch Nettles heading back to first. Murcer then tries for third and Hrbek’s throw to Felton, covering the bag, completes the triple play. Alas‚ Felton‚ 0-8 coming into the game gets a no-decision‚ and will lose another 5 to finish his career with an 0-16 record.

May 29, 1982

Paul Splittorff pitches eight solid innings in the Royals’ 14-1 rout of Texas at Arlington Stadium. The southpaw’s victory makes him the all-time franchise leader with 145 wins, one more than Dennis Leonard.

May 30, 1982

Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles begins his major league record consecutive games played streak by starting at third base (his position for the first 27 games during the streak), appearing eighth in the batting order against the Toronto Blue Jays.

June 4, 1982

1982 – At Minnesota‚ Brad Havens and Terry Felton combine to shut out Baltimore 6 – 0‚ snapping the Twins’ club-record 14-game losing streak. The last-place Twins were 3-26 in the month of May. From May 19 to June 2‚ the Twins lost 2 to Baltimore‚ and 6 each to Cleveland and New York.

June 5, 1982

1982 – “The Brew Crew” connect for three consecutive home runs, by Robin Yount, Cecil Cooper and Ben Oglivie in the 7th inning, as Milwaukee pounds Oakland, 11 – 3. Ted Simmons and Gorman Thomas also homer to back Bob McClure’s third victory. It is the second time in a week that Milwaukee sluggers have hit three consecutive homers.

June 5, 1982

Cal Ripken’s span of 8,243 consecutive innings begins with the Orioles’ 3-1 victory over Minnesota at the Metrodome. The infielder’s record streak, which will last for 904 games, ends when he is lifted in the eighth inning for a pinch runner during an 18-3 September loss to the Blue Jays in 1987.

June 7, 1982

Steve Garvey becomes 5th player to play 1000 consecutive games

June 7, 1982

The Braves miss out on Randy Johnson

June 7, 1982

Chicago Cubs select Shawon Dunston with the first pick of the amateur draft

June 8, 1982

Sid Fernandez pitches his second no-hitter of the season for Vero Beach of the Florida State League

June 11, 1982

The Dodgers’ Jerry Reuss pitches his second one-hitter of the season‚ allowing a leadoff double to the Reds’ Eddie Milner in the first inning‚ then retiring the next 27 batters for an 11 – 1 victory. It is the second time in his career that Reuss has missed a perfect game by one batter.

June 16, 1982

Terry Franconia hurts knee after going 2-4

June 20, 1982

Milwaukee’s Ben Oglivie smacks three home runs in a 7 – 5 win over Detroit. It is the second 3-homer game of his career.

June 20, 1982

The Phillies’ Pete Rose plays in his 3,000th major league game (a 3 – 1 loss to the Pirates), joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to reach that plateau. It is also “Charlie Hustle”‘s 523rd consecutive game played.

June 22, 1982

Red Sox rookie Wade Boggs hits his first major league home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Boston a 5 – 4 win over Detroit. Boggs will finally crack the starting lineup for good after tomorrow’s game, in which regular 3B Carney Lansford severely sprains his ankle while unsuccessfully trying to stretch a triple into an inside-the-park home run. Boggs hits .390 in Lansford’s absence and .349 for the season.

June 22, 1982

Rod Carew’s 25-game hitting streak is halted by lefty Rick Honeycutt

June 22, 1982

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies moves into second place on the all-time hit list

June 26, 1982

1982 – Despite managing just one hit in each game, the Appleton Foxes (Midwest League) sweep a doubleheader from the Wisconsin Rapids Twins, 2 – 1 and 1 – 0.

June 27, 1982

The Braves tie the major-league record with seven double plays in a 2 – 0, 14-inning win over Cincinnati. Mario Soto pitches 10 shutout innings for the Reds but gets no decision. The loss starts the Reds on a streak where they’ll lose 20 out of 23 games.

July 1, 1982

In what is considered a questionable decision at the time, Cal Ripken Jr. is moved from third base to shortstop by Oriole manager Earl Weaver.

July 1, 1982

At Pawtucket’s McCoy Stadium, Mark Fidrych, mounting one more attempt to return to the majors, and Dave Righetti, the AL Rookie of the Year who was sent down by the Yankees to Triple-A Columbus after a slow start in his sophomore season, match up in one of the most memorable games ever played in the minor leagues. The chanting and cheering overflow crowd of 9,389, packed into the ballpark designed to accommodate 5,800 fans, vocally displays their support for the ‘Bird’ throughout the game and becomes delirious when he strikes out Butch Hobson for the final out in his improbable complete-game 7-5 victory.

July 2, 1982

Boston’s Tony Perez singles off Milwaukee’s Bob McClure (7-2) for his 2,500th career hit, but that’s a lone bright spot as the Brewers clobber the Red Sox, 14 – 5. Gorman Thomas has a pair of homers as six are hit.

July 3, 1982

A County Stadium-record crowd of 55,716 watches the Brewers shut out the Red Sox, 7 – 0, to move into a first-place tie with Boston in the AL East.

July 4, 1982

Celebrating Independence Day at Mile High Stadium in Denver, 65,666 fans watch an American Association contest and enjoy a giant fireworks display after the game. The gathering is the largest crowd in minor leaguehistory.

July 4, 1982

7/4/1982 – The Yankees were playing in Cleveland. In the first inning, they had the bases loaded and one run in when Roy Smalley batted in Graig Nettles’ place. Smalley flew out to end the inning and nothing was said by the Indians. New York won the game, 3-2.

July 5, 1982

Joe Niekro complete-game victory in rainy Pittsburgh

July 7, 1982

Harold Baines hits three consecutive home runs, including a grand slam, to lead the White Sox over the Tigers, 7 – 0.

July 7, 1982

The Reds rally, scoring five runs in the top of the 9th to beat the Pirates, 6 – 3. Wayne Krenchicki’s pinch three-run homer off Kent Tekulve is the tie-breaker in the frame.

July 7, 1982

1982 – Don Sutton notches his 250th career win, a 5-1 four-hit victory over the Cubs. It’s Sutton’s ninth of the year. Phil Garner drills a two-run shot and Jose Cruz plates the other two tallies. 

July 8, 1982

Oakland A’s manager Billy Martin notches his 1,000th

July 8, 1982

For the second day in a row, the Reds enter the 9th trailing the Pirates. Today, they turn a 4 – 2 deficit into an 8 – 4 lead, scoring 6 in the top of the 9th. The Pirates answer with a two-run homer by Willie Stargell and a three-run double by Jason Thompson off Joe Price, and win, 9 – 8.

July 8, 1982

Bruce Bochte of the Seattle Mariners successfully pulls off the hidden ball trick against Rich Dauer in the 7th inning of 4 – 3 win against the Baltimore Orioles.

July 10, 1982

Larry Parrish of the Texas Rangers ties a major league record by clubbing his third grand slam within the span of a week

July 11, 1982

The Cincinnati Enquirer features a contest in which readers are asked to pick the date and time when the last-place Reds will be eliminated from the NL West race. The winner gets two tickets to the last game of the year, while the runner-up gets four tickets to the same game.

July 13, 1982

All-Star Game outside of the United States is held at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

July 15, 1982

The Detroit Tigers collect nine hits and drop 11 runs on the Minnesota Twins in the 1st inning, en route to an 18 – 2 smackdown of the Twins

July 17, 1982

1982 – Harry Spilman launches a tenth-inning bomb off Kent Tekulve to stab the Pirates, 4-3, at the Dome. Joe Niekro, for whom Spilman was pinch-hitting, goes the distance for the victory. Dickie Thon also homers. 

July 19, 1982

The Twins overcome two homers by Robin Yount to beat the Brewers, 6 – 4. Tom Brunansky hits his second inside-the-park homer of the year (the other came on May 28th), but this one is a grand slam off Jerry Augustine. The inside-the-park slam is a first in Twins history.

July 19, 1982

Cracker Jack Old-Timer’s Classic is played at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

July 19, 1982

Tony Gwynn makes his major league debut for the San Diego Padres

July 20, 1982

1982 – In the 3rd inning of a 3 – 1 loss to the Pirates at Riverfront Stadium, a 21-year-old woman jumps from the red seats landing 35 feet below. Her death is ruled a suicide.

July 21, 1982

The Reds, 24 games below .500, fire manager John McNamara and ask third base coach Russ Nixon to manage the team. The new skipper will win only 27 games of the 70 left in the campaign, and Cincinnati replaces him after another last-place finish at the end of next season.

July 25, 1982

1982 – Steve Carlton pitches his 50th career shutout, a 1 – 0 five-hitter against the Dodgers and Jerry Reuss.

July 27, 1982

1982 – Against California, Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals his 95th base but gets caught stealing three times in an 8 – 7, 13-inning California win. Not since 1916 has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game. Rickey will be thrown out 42 times this year, breaking the mark of 38 caught stealings set by Ty Cobb in 1915. Bob Boone, who is behind the plate, homers for the Angels. Reggie Jackson and Brian Downing also homer and Jackson adds two doubles.

July 27, 1982

Nolan Ryan notches the 200th win of his career, a five-hitter for a 3-2 victory over Cincinnati. 

July 28, 1982

After a 3 – 2 loss to the Brewers, Rangers manager Don Zimmer is fired and replaced by Darrell Johnson. During the 1976 season, Zimmer had replaced Johnson as manager of the Boston Red Sox.

July 28, 1982

Atlanta’s Phil Niekro posts his 250th career win, 8 – 6 over the Padres. The 43-year-old knuckleballer will finish the season 17-4, leading the major leagues in winning percentage.

July 30, 1982

Braves lose 19 of 21 after removing Chief Noc-a-homa and his teepee

July 31, 1982

Phillies’ second baseman Manny Trillo boots Bill Buckner’s grounder to end his errorless streak at 479 chances, setting a major league record.

August 1, 1982

Hank Aaron inducted into Hall of Fame

August 2, 1982

During a ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY, the United States Postal Service unveils a 20-cent stamp commemorating baseball great Jackie Robinson as part of its annual Black Heritage series. The Dodger infielder becomes the first individual baseball player depicted on a U.S postage stamp.

August 2, 1982

Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season

August 3, 1982

At California, Doug DeCinces cracks homers in his first three at bats, but the Angels still lose to the Twins, 5 – 4.

August 3, 1982

The White Sox sweep a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, 1 – 0 and 14 – 2, prompting Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to fire manager Gene Michael and replace him with pitching coach Clyde King. King is the Yankees’ third manager this season.

August 3, 1982

Frank White hits for the cycle for the second time in his career. The second baseman completes the feat with a two-out triple in the ninth inning, giving Kansas City a 6-5 walk-off victory over Detroit at Royals Stadium.

August 4, 1982

Joel Young Blood becomes first player to get two hits for different teams in same day

August 5, 1982

Al Bumbry leads off a game for the second straight day with a homerun

August 6, 1982

Jack Clark and Reggie Smith both homer twice in San Francisco’s 7 – 6 win over Houston. The Giants trail, 6 – 4, in the 9th inning before Clark and Smith hit back-to-back home runs to send the game into extra innings.

August 7, 1982

Jim Rice climbs into the Fenway Park stands from the dugout to assist a young boy who had just been hit in the head by a savage line drive foul off the bat of Dave Stapleton

August 8, 1982

The Yankees trade 1978 play-off hero Bucky Dent to the Rangers for OF/1B Lee Mazzilli. In spite of hitting just .169, the popular Yankee infielder nearly was elected to the All-Star Game by the fans appreciative of his late-season heroics that year.

August 8, 1982

1982 – Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5 – 4 loss to the Twins, California’s Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9 – 5 win at Seattle, joining Ted Williams as the only American League players ever to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.

August 9, 1982

1982 – Alan Ashby cracks two solo shots off John Montefusco to lift the Astros to a 4-3 victory in San Diego. Dickie Thon figures in both of the other tallies. Don Sutton wins his 11th of the season. 

August 10, 1982

Bob Lillis replaces Bill Virdon as manager of the Houston Astros. Virdon was the senior manager in the National League, having managed the Astros since 1975.

August 11, 1982

Tagged with the loss in the Twins’ 6-3 defeat to California, Terry Felton’s career record drops to 0-14. The 24 year-old right hander, who will not win a game in 55 major league appearances, establishes a new mark for the worst individual start in baseball history, surpassing Guy Morton’s 1914 record of 13 consecutive losses from the beginning of a career.

August 11, 1982

Houston’s Nolan Ryan pitches his 8th career one-hitter, 3 – 0 at San Diego. 

August 11, 1982

The Brewers purchase veteran P Doc Medich from the Rangers. With the addition of Medich‚ the Brewers will sell Randy Lerch to Montreal on August 14th. Doc will win 5 games for the Brewers.

August 13, 1982

At Chavez Ravine, Dodger second baseman Steve Sax steals his 41st base to set a franchise record for rookies when he swipes second base in LA’s 6-1 victory over San Francisco. The eventual National League Rookie of the Year, the fourth consecutive Dodger to win the award, will extend the record to 49.

August 14, 1982

Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6 – 5 win over the Padres and moves back within 1 1/2 games of first-place Los Angeles in the National League West. Atlanta had held first place since April 27th before the streak.

August 14, 1982

Phillies first baseman Pete Rose, with his 12,365th trip to the plate, passes Hank Aaron to become the all-time leader of career at-bats. The all-time hit king will end his 24-year tenure in the major leagues with an amazing total of 15,890 ABs.

August 15, 1982

1982 – En route to a 8 – 0 win at Fenway Park over Baltimore, the Red Sox pick up three intentional walks in the 8th inning, tying the American League record.

August 16, 1982

1982 – Richie Hebner returns to the Pirates, who buy the veteran from the Tigers.

August 17, 1982

1982 – Cincinnati’s Mario Soto fans 15 Mets in a 9 – 2 victory to raise his league-leading strikeout total to 209. Soto walks none. He will finish the season with 274 strikeouts, second only to Steve Carlton’s 286. The Reds’ Cesar Cedeno steals his 500th base, just the 10th player in history to reach that level.

August 18, 1982

In the completion of a game suspended the previous day after 17 innings, the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 2 – 1 in 21 innings

August 18, 1982

The Reds play 14 innings and overcome a 5 – 1 Mets lead to win, 7 – 6. Cesar Cedeno singles in the winning run.

August 18, 1982

At the Astrodome, Pete Rose becomes the all-time leader in plate appearances when he steps up to the plate for the 13,941st time. The Phillies first baseman surpasses Cardinal legend Stan Musial, who had established the mark in 1963.

August 19, 1982

Pascual Perez misses his start for the Braves when he gets lost on Interstate 285

August 20, 1982

Padres rookie Alan Wiggins is suspended for one month by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn as a result of his July 21st arrest for cocaine possession.

August 20, 1982

In Atlanta, the Braves top the Mets, 6 – 4, as Brett Butler makes his debut for the Braves. Butler has a single and RBI.

August 21, 1982

Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first major leaguer to reach 300 career saves

August 22, 1982

Third-string catcher Glenn Brummer steals home with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Cardinals a 5 – 4 win over the Giants. Brummer, who was running on his own, will steal just four bases in his major league career.

August 22, 1982

The Cubs pay tribute to Ernie Banks when the team retires the outfielder’s uniform number (14) that he wore for 19 seasons

August 23, 1982

Days after challenging the Reds’ “no facial hair” policy, P Jim Kern finds himself a member of the Chicago White Sox. The Reds receive IF Wade Rowdon and OF Leo Garcia.

August 23, 1982

Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners is caught putting a foreign substance on the ball

August 24, 1982

John Wathan breaks Ray Schalk’s 1916 record for stolen bases by a catcher with his 31st stolen base of the season

August 25, 1982

1982 – In a 7 – 6 loss to Pittsburgh, San Diego outfielder Tony Gwynn breaks his wrist diving for a fly ball. Gwynn, hitting .271, will be out for three weeks. He’ll return September 13, hit .348 for the rest of the year, but will fall short of the .300 mark for the only time in his career.

August 26, 1982

1982 – The Expos’ Jeff Reardon (7-3) wins a pair in relief over the Astros, 3 – 2 and 5 – 3.

August 26, 1982

Rickey Henderson steals his 118th base

August 27, 1982

Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A’s breaks Lou Brock’s single-season stolen base record

August 27, 1982

Dodger pinch hitters Rick Monday and Mike Marshall hit homers against the Cubs in a 9 – 4 Los Angeles win. The last time two pinch hitters connected for round trippers in the National League was August 23, 1975 when Monday combined with then-Cub teammate Champ Summers to do it.

August 29, 1982

Gaylord Perry ties Walter Johnson & Cy Young strikeout mark

August 30, 1982

In an effort to bolster its pitching staff for the pennant race, Milwaukee trades minor leaguers Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino, and Mike Madden to the Astros for veteran starter Don Sutton. Sutton has won 13 games for Houston this year. The Brewers are 4 1/2 games ahead of the Red Sox.

August 30, 1982

In a slugfest featuring seven homers – 2 by Dwight Evans – Oakland beats Boston, 9 – 7.

August 30, 1982

The Phillies split a pair with the Braves, winning 6 – 1 on Dick Ruthven’s 3-hitter, before losing game 2, 11 – 9. Dale Murphy’s home run is Atlanta’s only score in the opener. Mike Schmidt has an inside-the-park home run in game 2, the second of three he’ll hit.

August 31, 1982

Nolan Ryan takes a no-hitter against the Mets into the eighth inning, eventually winning a two-hit shutout, 4-0.

September 2, 1982

Montreal Expos win the Pearson Cup 7-3

September 4, 1982

1982 – At Baltimore, Jim Palmer one-hits the Twins, 3 – 0, for Baltimore to get his 11th consecutive victory. The only hit is Gary Gaetti’s two-out single in the 5th inning. It is Palmer’s second career one-hitter against the Twins.

September 5, 1982

1982 – Despite managing just one hit – Al Oliver’s solo home run in the 2nd inning – the Expos beat the Braves, 2 – 1, on Rafael Ramirez’s error in the bottom of the 9th.

September 6, 1982

Pittsburgh Pirates hold “Willie Stargell Day” at Three Rivers Stadium

September 6, 1982

Rickey Henderson si cover September 6 1982

September 7, 1982

1982 – The Pirates’ Jason Thompson hits his 30th home run of the season in a 9 – 5 win over the Mets, becoming just the 8th player in history to hit 30 home runs in a season in each league. Thompson hit 31 home runs for the Tigers in 1977.

September 11, 1982

1982 – Nine months after re-signing him to a 3-year, $2 million contract, the Indians trade pitcher John Denny to Philadelphia for minor leaguers Jerry Reed, LeRoy Smith, and Wil Culmer.

September 12, 1982

For the second time this season, Milwaukee gets three consecutive home runs – from Cecil Cooper, Ted Simmons, and Ben Oglivie – in a losing cause, as the Yankees win, 9 – 8. Six homers are hit in the game. Curt Kaufman wins his first major league decision and his only one as a Yank.

September 12, 1982

With Minnesota leading 7 – 4 in the bottom of the 4th, Terry Felton relieves Twins starter Brad Havens. Felton leaves in the bottom of the 6th with one out, runners on first and second and his team clinging to a 7 – 6 lead. Both runners score and by the time the Royals are through, instead of his first major league win, Felton ends up charged with his 16th (and final) career loss. Kansas City wins royally, 18 – 7, one of the biggest comebacks of the decade. John Pacella, who takes over in the 8th, surrenders back-to-back dingers, tosses two wild pitches, and allows six runs. Willie Aikens adds a pair of homers for KC.

September 13, 1982

In addition to throwing a complete-game shutout to beat St. Louis, 2-0, for his 20th victory of the season, Phillies’ southpaw Steve Carlton also goes deep in the fifth inning of the Veterans Stadium contest. It’s the fourth time ‘Lefty’ has blanked his opponents and homered in the same game, becoming the first pitcher to have accomplished the feat in three different decades.

September 13, 1982

9/13/1982: In the first game of a doubleheader in Boston, Toby Harrah hit a high fly down the left field line that hit the pole just above the wall. Third base umpire Maloney ruled that the ball hit the yellow line on the wall and was in play. The pitcher was Oil Can Boyd; Harrah was the third batter Boyd faced in his debut after retiring the first two.

September 14, 1982

1982 – Richie Hebner and Bill Madlock hit grand slams to lead the Pirates to a 15 – 5 rout of the Cubs.

September 17, 1982

In the bottom of the seventh at Shea Stadium, Dave Kingman knots the score at 2-2 against the Redbirds when he hits the final homer of his league-leading season total of 37. The 33 year-old Mets slugger will finish the season hitting just .204, the lowest batting average ever for a player who wins a home run crown.

September 19, 1982

Mariner rookie Orlando Mercado becomes the third player to hit a grand slam for his first major league hit. Bill Duggelby (1898 – first at bat) and Bobby Bonds (1968 – third at bat) were the other two players to accomplish the feat.

September 19, 1982

Milwaukee scores nine runs in the 8th to roll over the Yankees, 14 – 1. Don Sutton is the victor. Gorman Thomas has a double and home run in the big inning and Paul Molitor adds a home run as well.

September 21, 1982

1982 – Playing against the Royals at Anaheim Stadium, outfielders Fred Lynn and Brian Downing crash through the LF fence while trying to catch a fly ball. Lynn makes the catch and it is ruled an out, the umpires reason that it is the same as if he had tumbled into the seats. California wins, 2 – 1, when Daryl Sconiers singles home the winner in the 9th.

September 22, 1982

Expo shortstop Chris Speier goes 3-for-5 with a club-record 8 RBI

September 24, 1982

1982 – In the completion of a game suspended on July 9th, the Tigers beat Cleveland, 4 – 3, when reliever Ed Glynn uncorks a wild pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 18th inning.

September 26, 1982

Gene Richards scores on a four base error by Terry Harper 

September 27, 1982

Atlanta’s Phil Niekro shuts out the Giants on two hits, 7 – 0, to push the Braves back into a first-place tie with the Dodgers in the NL West. The Dodgers have lost six straight games.

September 27, 1982

Willie McGee’s 3-run inside-the-park home run in the 1st inning sparks the Cardinals to a 4 – 2 win over the Expos, clinching their first National League East title since divisional play began in 1969.

September 28, 1982

Although the Twins stake Terry Felton to a 3-0 lead in the nightcap of a twin bill, the Blue Jays tie the score, knocking out the hard-luck pitcher from his last major league game. The no-decision leaves the 24 year-old right hander with a lifetime mark of 0-16, a major league record for most career losses without recording a victory.

September 28, 1982

At Toronto’s Exhibition Stadium, right hander Jim Clancy is perfect until he faces Randy Bush leading off the ninth inning. The Twins designated hitter ruins the bid for perfection with a broken-bat single to right field, and the Blue Jays starter has to settle for a one-hitter, beating Minnesota, 3-0.

September 30, 1982

MONTY STRATTON, 70, PITCHER WHO INSPIRED MOVIE, IS DEAD

October 1, 1982

The last Seattle Pilot retires – Fred Stanley

October 1, 1982

Terry Leach tosses a 10-inning one-hitter

October 2, 1982

At San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, recording artist Vicki Carr and 43,077 fans sing an enthusiastic rendition of Happy Birthday before the Padres game with Atlanta, helping owner Ray Kroc celebrate his 80th birthday. As part of the fun the San Diego Chicken along with Ronald McDonald pop out of a giant cake.

October 2, 1982

Red Sox starter Brian Denman goes the distance, defeating Dave Righetti at Yankee Stadium, 5-0. The 26 year-old rookie right-hander’s six-hit shutout will be his ninth and last appearance in a major league uniform.

October 2, 1982

1982 – Astros hand the Reds their 100th loss of the season, the first time in their storied 114-year history. Starter Frank DiPino has the honors with a 4-2 victory. Harry Spilman gets the key hit, a two-run single in the four-run fourth. Astros would win the next day to finish with a 77-85 campaign, in fifth place ahead of only Cincinnati. 

October 3, 1982

Don Sutton defeats Jim Palmer and Orioles to put Milwaukee in ALCS

October 3, 1982

The Giants eliminate the Dodgers

October 8, 1982

Don Sutton and Paul Molitor help Brewers stave off elimination in ALCS

October 10, 1982

Milwaukee Brewers edging the California Angels to earn their first-ever trip to the World Series

October 12, 1982

Paul Molitor becomes the first player to collect five hits in a World Series game

October 15, 1982

Willie McGee becomes the third rookie to hit two home runs in same World Series game

October 16, 1982

1982 – Four Cardinals pitchers are helpless to stop the Brewers from rallying for a 7 – 5 win to even the World Series after four games.

October 17, 1982

Robin Yount of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first player to have two four-hit games in a World Series

October 19, 1982

Rather than give him the contract extension he requested, Oakland Athletics president Roy Eisenhardt fires manager Billy Martin, who led the club to a 68-94 record this season after winning the AL West in 1981.

October 19, 1982

The St. Louis Cardinals sit through two rain delays to easily win Game 6 of the World Series by a 13 – 1 score over the Brewers.

October 20, 1982

On his 29th birthday, Keith Hernandez hits a game-tying two-run single off Bob McClure in Game 7 of the Fall Classic, in the Redbirds’ eventual 6-3 victory over the Brewers at Busch Stadium. The batter and pitcher, who lived in homes 100 feet from one another growing up in Pacifica, California, were teammates in Little League and Terra Nova High School baseball team.

October 21, 1982

An estimated 150,000 people line Wisconsin Avenue on a chilly day in Milwaukee to cheer for their Brewers, who suffered a crushing defeat in Game 7 of the World Series last night. Following the parade, the fans continue to show their support for the team at County Stadium by chanting “M-V-P! M-V-P!” when shortstop Robin Yount appears in the left field corner of the ballpark on his motorcycle and rides around the warning track, acknowledging the admiration.

October 22, 1982

Despite having led his club to the American League West title, hard-luck Gene Mauch resigns as manager of the California Angels after blowing a two-games-to-none lead in the ALCS. Mauch will be replaced in November by John McNamara, who was fired in July as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.

October 26, 1982

Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards

November 1, 1982

Doug Rader becomes the twelfth manager in the Rangers’ twelve-year history when he replaces interim Darrell Johnson

November 1, 1982

The National League owners block the re-election of Bowie Kuhn, thus ending his fourteen-year reign as baseball’s boss

November 3, 1982

Pitcher Pete Vuckovich becomes the Milwaukee Brewers’ second consecutive Cy Young

November 4, 1982

1982 – New York Yankees coach Mike Ferraro lands his first major league managing job, signing a two-year contract to lead the Cleveland Indians. He will be fired before the end of the season.

November 9, 1982

Robin Yount is a unanimous choice as 1982 AL Most Valuable Player

November 11, 1982

The Orioles get their first new manager since 1968 when Joe Altobelli succeeds the retiring Baltimore skipper, Earl Weaver. The former San Francisco manager will compile a 212-167 (.559) record during his 2+ seasons with the team and will lead the club to a World Championship his first year in Baltimore.

November 17, 1982

Center fielder Dale Murphy wins the National League MVP Award,

November 21, 1982

Judge Roy Hofheinz dies in Houston at age 70 of a heart attack

November 22, 1982

Steve Sax is named National League Rookie of the Year

November 24, 1982

Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles wins the American League’s Rookie of the Year Award.

December 1, 1982

Yankees sign onetime American League MVP Don Baylor to a free agent contract

December 6, 1982

Boston Red Sox trade third baseman Carney Lansford to the Oakland A’s for outfielder Tony Armas

December 6, 1982

Kenneth Moffett‚ who helped mediate the 1981 strike settlement‚ is named to succeed Marvin Miller as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players’ Association.

December 6, 1982

Tom Seaver’s trade back to New York from the Reds becomes complete when ‘Tom Terrific’ comes to contract terms with the Mets. Cincinnati obtains pitcher Charlie Puleo and two minor leaguers, Lloyd McClendon and Jason Felice, in exchange for the ‘Franchise.’

December 9, 1982

Blue Jays acquire future star Fred McGriff and two other players from the New York Yankees

December 9, 1982

Hayes for 5 Horses (Philly trades 5 players for Von Hayes)

December 9, 1982

In what will turn out to be a pair of unwise deals, the Yankees sign free agent OF Steve Kemp to a five-year contract, and trade OF Dave Collins, pitcher Mike Morgan, and minor leaguer Fred McGriff to the Blue Jays for P Dale Murray and minor leaguer Tom Dodd.

December 10, 1982

Houston Astros acquire pitcher Mike Scott

December 13, 1982

Free agent P Floyd Bannister signs a 5-year contract with the White Sox for a reported $4.5 million

December 14, 1982

The St. Louis Cardinals swap blue-ribbon prospects Bobby Meacham and Stan Javier to the New York Yankees for three minor leaguers – Bob Helsom, Marty Mason, and Steve Fincher – none of which will reach the majors. Some observers think this is a lagniappe to New York for sending Willie McGee to the Cardinals last year in exchange for pitcher Bob Sykes.

December 14, 1982

The San Francisco Giants trade second baseman Joe Morgan and pitcher Al Holland to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitchers Mike Krukow and Mark Davis and Charles Penigar.

December 16, 1982

The Franchise comes home – Tom Seaver agrees to contract terms with the New York Mets

December 21, 1982

Steve Garvey signs a free agent contract with the San Diego Padres

December 22, 1982

Versatile Lee Mazzilli is traded for the third time this year. The New York Yankees send him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for four minor leaguers, including pitcher Tim Burke.

June 5, 1985

Teddy Higuera and the Brewers top the Royals‚ 10-2

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