1982 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals' 1982 season was the team's 101st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 91st season in the National League. Making up for the previous season's near-miss, the Cardinals went 92—70 during the season and won their first-ever National League East Division title by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies. They achieved their first postseason appearance since 1968 and defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim the NL pennant. From there, they went on to win the World Series in seven games over the American League champion Milwaukee Brewers. It was the Cardinals' first World Championship since 1967, and their last until they opened the current Busch Stadium in 2006.

1982 St. Louis Cardinals
1982 NL East Champions 1982 NL Champions 1982 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Busch Memorial Stadium (since 1966) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Whitey Herzog, Joe McDonald
Manager(s)	Whitey Herzog
Local television	KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Local radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
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Offseason

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

Regular season

First baseman Keith Hernandez and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	0.568	—	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	0.549	3	51–30	38–43
Montreal Expos	86	76	0.531	6	40–41	46–35
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	0.519	8	42–39	42–39
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	19	38–43	35–46
New York Mets	65	97	0.401	27	33–48	32–49

Record vs. opponents

1982 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	14–4	10–8	7–11	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	11–7	8–10	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	6–6	9–3	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	9–9	4–8	6–6	6–12
Cincinnati	4–14	6–6	—	7–11	7–11	4–8	7–5	5–7	4–8	6–12	6–12	5–7
Houston	8–10	3–9	11–7	—	7–11	4–8	8–4	7–5	9–3	9–9	5–13	6–6
Los Angeles	11–7	7–5	11–7	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	4–8	5–7	9–9	9–9	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	8–4	8–4	4–8	—	11–7	8–10	7–11	7–5	4–8	10–8
New York	3–9	9–9	5–7	4–8	6–6	7–11	—	7–11	8–10	6–6	4–8	6–12
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	7–5	5–7	8–4	10–8	11–7	—	9–9	7–5	10–2	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	10–8	9–9	—	6–6	6–6	7–11
San Diego	7–11	8–4	12–6	9–9	9–9	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	10–8	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	12–6	13–5	9–9	8–4	8–4	2–10	6–6	8–10	—	5–7
St. Louis	5–7	12–6	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–10	12–6	11–7	11–7	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day lineup

• Lonnie Smith, CF
• Tom Herr, 2B
• Keith Hernandez, 1B
• Darrell Porter, C
• George Hendrick, RF
• Dane Iorg, LF
• Steve Braun, 3B
• Ozzie Smith, SS
• Bob Forsch, P

[7]

Notable games

• May 30, 1982: The Cardinals rally twice in their last at-bat in a thrilling 6—5 victory over the San Diego Padres at Busch Memorial Stadium. St. Louis trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the ninth when Keith Hernandez led off with a single to left field. Hernandez took second on a single by George Hendrick and scored on Lonnie Smith's RBI double. After a Mike Ramsey ground out, Julio González reached on Padre third baseman Luis Salazar's error, allowing Hendrick to score and cutting the deficit to 3—2, and two batters later, Smith scored on Tom Herr's sacrifice fly to tie the game. After San Diego tacked on an additional two runs off Bruce Sutter in the top of the tenth inning, the Cardinals rallied again in the bottom half. Padres reliever Gary Lucas retired Orlando Sánchez and Hernandez to start the inning, but allowed a two-out single to Hendrick. Lonnie Smith then doubled Hendrick home to bring St. Louis back within 5—4, and Ramsey's subsequent RBI single tied the game. After Julio Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, Dane Iorg lined a single into center field, scoring Ramsey with the winning run.[8]

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers 47 Joaquín Andújar 40 Doug Bair 31 Bob Forsch 36 Jim Kaat 44 Jeff Keener 32 Jeff Lahti 39 Dave LaPoint 34 Mark Littell 33 John Martin 38 Steve Mura 34 Eric Rasmussen 46 Andy Rincon 48 John Stuper 42 Bruce Sutter		Catchers 11 Glenn Brummer 15 Darrell Porter 23 Orlando Sánchez 18 Gene Tenace Infielders 14 Julio González 37 Keith Hernandez 28 Tom Herr 10 Ken Oberkfell 35,12 Kelly Paris  5 Mike Ramsey  1 Ozzie Smith		Outfielders 26 Steve Braun 22 David Green 25 George Hendrick 19 Dane Iorg 21 Tito Landrum 51 Willie McGee 29 Gene Roof 27 Lonnie Smith		Manager 24 Whitey Herzog Coaches  4 Chuck Hiller  9 Hub Kittle  8 Hal Lanier  3 Dave Ricketts  2 Red Schoendienst

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Darrell Porter	120	373	86	.231	12	48
1B	Keith Hernandez	160	579	173	.299	7	94
2B	Tom Herr	135	493	131	.266	0	36
3B	Ken Oberkfell	137	470	136	.289	2	34
SS	Ozzie Smith	140	488	121	.248	2	43
LF	Lonnie Smith	156	592	182	.307	8	69
CF	Willie McGee	123	422	125	.296	4	56
RF	George Hendrick	136	515	145	.282	19	104

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mike Ramsey	112	256	59	.230	1	21
Dane Iorg	102	238	70	.294	0	34
David Green	76	166	47	.283	2	23
Gene Tenace	66	124	32	.258	7	18
Julio González	42	87	21	.241	1	7
Tito Landrum	79	72	20	.278	2	14
Steve Braun	58	62	17	.274	0	4
Glenn Brummer	35	64	15	.234	0	8
Orlando Sánchez	26	37	7	.189	0	3
Kelly Paris	12	29	3	.103	0	1
Gene Roof	11	15	4	.267	0	2

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joaquín Andújar	38	265.2	15	10	2.47	137
Bob Forsch	36	233	15	9	3.48	69
Steve Mura	35	184.1	12	11	4.05	84
John Stuper	23	136.2	9	7	3.36	53

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave LaPoint	42	152.2	9	3	3.42	81
John Martin	24	66	4	5	4.23	21
Andy Rincon	11	40	2	3	4.73	11
Eric Rasmussen	8	18.1	1	2	4.42	15

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bruce Sutter	70	9	8	36	2.90	61
Doug Bair	63	5	3	8	2.55	68
Jim Kaat	63	5	3	2	4.08	35
Jeff Lahti	33	5	4	0	3.81	22
Jeff Keener	19	1	1	0	1.61	25
Mark Littell	16	0	1	0	5.23	7

Postseason

NLCS

Game 1

October 7, Busch Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	X	7	13	1
W: Bob Forsch (1-0)  L: Pascual Pérez (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: ATL – None   STL – None

Game 2

October 9, Busch Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	9	1
W: Bruce Sutter (1-0)  L: Gene Garber (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: ATL – None   STL – None

Game 3

October 10, Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	12	0
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1
W: Joaquín Andújar (1-0)  L: Rick Camp (0-1)   SV: Bruce Sutter (1)
HRs: ATL – None   STL – Willie McGee (1)

World Series

In Game 3, rookie outfielder Willie McGee hit two home runs, tying a World Series record for rookies.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Milwaukee Brewers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Brewers – 10, Cardinals – 0	October 12	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:30
2	Brewers – 4, Cardinals – 5	October 13	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:54
3	Cardinals – 6, Brewers – 2	October 15	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,556	2:53
4	Cardinals – 5, Brewers – 7	October 16	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,560	3:04
5	Cardinals – 4, Brewers – 6	October 17	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,562	3:02
6	Brewers – 1, Cardinals – 13	October 19	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:21
7	Brewers – 3, Cardinals – 6	October 20	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:50

Awards and honors

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	Joe Frazier
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Gaylen Pitts and Nick Leyva
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Nick Leyva and Gaylen Pitts
A	Springfield Cardinals	Midwest League	Dave Bialas
A	Gastonia Cardinals	South Atlantic League	Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season	Erie Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Joe Rigoli
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Rich Hacker

References

1. Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
2. Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
3. "Lonnie Smith to Card, Diaz to Phils in 3-team deal". St. Petersburg Times. November 20, 1981. p. 6C. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
4. Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference
5. Ozzie Smith at Baseball Reference
6. Joaquín Andújar at Baseball Reference
7. Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 14, Houston Astros 3
8. May 30, 1982 San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score
9. Terry Pendleton at Baseball Reference
10. Vince Coleman at Baseball Reference
11. Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
12. Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference

External links

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