1982 Baltimore Orioles season

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1982  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Earl Weaver
Television WMAR-TV
Radio WFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Tom Marr)
  1981 Seasons 1983  

The 1982 Baltimore Orioles season was the 82nd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 29th in Baltimore, and the 29th at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished second in the American League East to the eventual AL Champions Milwaukee Brewers. They finished with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses. For the second consecutive season, the Orioles recorded the most grand slams in MLB, hitting eight in 1982. [1] [2] This was long time Oriole manager and future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver's last season managing the Orioles until he returned to manage them from 1985 to 1986.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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Earl
Weaver

Manager
Retired 1982

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9567.58648344733
Baltimore Orioles 9468.580153284140
Boston Red Sox 8973.549649324041
Detroit Tigers 8379.5121247343645
New York Yankees 7983.4881642393744
Cleveland Indians 7884.4811741403744
Toronto Blue Jays 7884.4811744373447

Record vs. opponents


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

Notable transactions

A classic near-miss season

The '82 season was a classic, even though it eventually was as frustrating as those that had preceded it. Eddie Murray had 32 homers and 110 RBIs. Jim Palmer, in his last hurrah, went 155.

After starting slowly and falling eight games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in mid-August of '82, the Orioles rallied furiously. They won seven games in a row, lost one, won ten in a row, swept five straight from the New York Yankees, won two of three in Milwaukee to pull within two games of the Brewers with a week left. In the end, they needed to sweep a season-ending four-game series with the Brewers at Memorial Stadium to complete a comeback. They won the first three before roaring crowds, pulling even, and sent Palmer out to pitch the finale against the Brewers' Don Sutton. Fans brought brooms to the stadium, anticipating the final scene of one of the Orioles' greatest comebacks. Instead, the Brewers pounded Palmer and won the American League East title 102.

The start of 2,632 consecutive games

For his first full season in Major League Baseball, Cal Ripken Jr. started off slowly, gathered himself, and ended up as the AL Rookie of the Year, hitting .264 with 28 homers and 93 RBIs. After all the debate about where he should play, he started the year at third base, switched to shortstop in July, and never looked back.

On May 29, Ripken sat out of the second game of a double header against the Toronto Blue Jays; little did anyone know that it would be his last missed game for the remainder of this season and the 16 seasons to come. The following day (also against the Blue Jays), his monumental consecutive-games streak got underway.

Weaver's farewell

After the final out of the loss to the Brewers, an emotional spectacle unfolded at Memorial Stadium. The disappointed sellout crowd rose and started to cheer, and kept cheering for 45 minutes. The Orioles' players left the clubhouse and came back out onto the field to wave, and then Weaver did, too, setting off the biggest roar. The cheers were mostly for him.[ citation needed ]

Weaver announced in March that the 1982 season would be his last managing the Orioles. he was retiring after that and moving to Florida to play golf. An era was ending. The news had been in the headlines and the back of everyone's mind all season, yet it was almost forgotten as the Orioles chased the Brewers down the stretch. Now, suddenly, the moment was at hand. Weaver was pulling off his uniform for the last time. And the fans weren't going to let him go without a salute.[ citation needed ]

Roster

1982 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Dempsey 12534488.256536
1B Eddie Murray 151550174.31632110
2B Rich Dauer 158558156.280857
3B Glenn Gulliver 5014529.20015
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 160598158.2642893
LF John Lowenstein 122322103.3202466
CF Al Bumbry 150562147.262540
RF Dan Ford 12342199.2351043
DH Ken Singleton 156561141.2511477

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gary Roenicke 137393106.2702174
Lenn Sakata 13634389.259631
Joe Nolan 7721951.233635
Jim Dwyer 7114845.304615
Benny Ayala 6412839.305624
Terry Crowley 659322.237317
Bobby Bonner 417713.16905
Floyd Rayford 34537.13235
John Shelby 263511.31412
José Morales 330.00000
Mike Young 620.00000
Leo Hernández 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Martínez 40252.016124.21111
Mike Flanagan 36236.015113.97103
Jim Palmer 36227.01553.13103
Scott McGregor 37226.114124.6184

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sammy Stewart 38139.01094.1469
Storm Davis 29100.2843.4967

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tippy Martinez 7688163.4178
Tim Stoddard 5034124.0242
Ross Grimsley 211205.2518
Don Stanhouse 170105.408
Mike Boddicker 71003.5120
John Flinn 52001.3213
Don Welchel 21008.313

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Lance Nichols
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Mark Wiley
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Grady Little
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League John Hart

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield

Notes

  1. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1981, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1982, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  3. Dan Ford page at Baseball Reference
  4. Wayne Krenchicki page at Baseball Reference
  5. Steve Luebber page at Baseball Reference
  6. John Flinn page at Baseball Reference
  7. Dallas Williams page at Baseball Reference
  8. "1982 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  9. 1 2 3 Don Stanhouse page at Baseball Reference
  10. Dave Otto page at Baseball Reference
  11. Walt Weiss page at Baseball Reference
  12. Billy Ripken page at Baseball Reference

References

The 1982 Baltimore Orioles: Earl Weaver's Last Hurrah