1982 Boston Red Sox season

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1982  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
President Jean Yawkey
General manager Haywood Sullivan
Manager Ralph Houk
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Radio WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1982 Boston Red Sox season was the 82nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, six games behind the Milwaukee Brewers, who went on to win the AL championship.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [2]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April1371371st+1⁄2 [3]
May171030171st+1⁄2 [4]
June141244291st+2 [5]
July141458432nd1⁄2 [6]
August151573582nd4+1⁄2 [7]
September131586733rd8+1⁄2 [8]
October3089733rd6 [9]

Highlights

In his second year as Red Sox manager, Ralph Houk kept the Sox clubhouse on an even keel, and while Boston helped make the season interesting, it was the Milwaukee Brewers all the way finishing at 95–67, one game ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, and six up on third-place Boston.

Boston's best that year was a bullpen featuring Mark Clear, with 14 wins and 14 saves, and Bob Stanley, with 12 wins and 14 saves. John Tudor, who had been a disappointing 4–3 in 1981, was 13–10. Dennis Eckersley was 13–13 and Mike Torrez 9–9. Torrez would be traded in the offseason.

Carney Lansford hit .301 this year, only his second, and his last as a Red Sox. Jim Rice hit .309, with 24 homers and 97 RBIs, and Dwight Evans had another big year: .292, 32 homers and 98 RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski, heading toward the end of his career, hit .275, with 16 homers and 72 RBIs. A catcher named Rich Gedman from Worcester, Massachusetts, hit .249. A rookie also came up and surprised a lot of people: Wade Boggs had been the top hitter in the minors the previous year but had a hard time staying with Boston. He made his major league debut on April 10, 1982, in a game against the Baltimore Orioles, going 0-for-4. [10] Once he got into the lineup on June 25, when Lansford was hurt, he stayed on and hit .349.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9567.586—48‍–‍3447‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles 9468.580153‍–‍2841‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 8973.549649‍–‍3240‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 8379.5121247‍–‍3436‍–‍45
New York Yankees 7983.4881642‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 7884.4811741‍–‍4037‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays 7884.4811744‍–‍3734‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record

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

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day had been scheduled for April 5 at Comiskey Park again the Chicago White Sox, but it was postponed due to snow. [13] Additional games were also postponed due to weather conditions. The team finally started their season on April 10, with a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium. [14]

24 Dwight Evans RF
18 Glenn Hoffman SS
14 Jim Rice LF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski 1B
  4 Carney Lansford 3B
11 Dave Stapleton 2B
  5 Tony Pérez DH
39 Gary Allenson C
51 Reid Nichols CF
43 Dennis Eckersley   P

Source: [15]

Alumni game

Before a scheduled game with the Texas Rangers on May 1, the Red Sox held their first old-timers game at Fenway, [16] marking 50-years of ownership by the Yawkey family. [17] It was notable for the participation of 63-year-old Red Sox legend Ted Williams, who made a shoestring catch while playing the outfield. [18] [19] Other participants included Bobby Doerr, Boo Ferriss, Jackie Jensen, Bob Montgomery, Johnny Pesky, and Jimmy Piersall. [16]

Roster

1982 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Jerry Remy 155636891782230471655.280.324
Dwight Evans 16260912217837732983112.292.534
Jim Rice 145573861772452497055.309.494
Dave Stapleton 150538661422811465231.264.398
Carney Lansford 128482651452841163946.301.444
Glenn Hoffman 1504695398232749030.209.311
Carl Yastrzemski 131459531262211672059.275.431
Rick Miller 13540950104132438540.254.325
Wade Boggs 10433851118141544135.349.441
Rich Gedman 922893072172426010.249.363
Gary Allenson 922642554110633038.205.314
Reid Nichols 922453574161733514.302.461
Tony Pérez 691961851142631019.260.444
Ed Jurak 122137000702.333.333
Julio Valdez 282035100110.250.300
Marty Barrett 81801000000.000.000
Garry Hancock 111430000001.000.000
Roger LaFrancois 81014100100.400.500
Marc Sullivan 2602000000.333.333
Team Totals162559675315362713113670542547.274.407

Source:

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Dennis Eckersley 13133.7333330224.12281019343127
John Tudor 13103.6332300195.2215907959146
Mike Torrez 995.2331310175.21961071027484
Bob Stanley 1273.1048014168.116160585083
Chuck Rainey 755.0227250129.014675726357
Bruce Hurst 375.7728190117.016187754053
Mark Clear 1493.0055014105.092393561109
Tom Burgmeier 702.294002102.19830262244
Luis Aponte 223.18400385.07831302544
Bob Ojeda 465.632214078.19553492952
Brian Denman 344.7899049.055322699
Steve Crawford 102.005009.0143202
Oil Can Boyd 015.403108.1115522
Mike Brown 100.003006.070014
Team Totals89734.03162162331453.01557713651478816

Source:

Statistical leaders

Dwight Evans Dwight Evans 1976.jpg
Dwight Evans
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Oil Can Boyd
Rich Gedman 		22
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 42
Wins Above Replacement Dwight Evans 6.4

Source: [20]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Dwight Evans 162
PA Plate appearances Dwight Evans727
AB At bats Jerry Remy 636
R Runs scoredDwight Evans122
H Hits Dwight Evans178
Jerry Remy
2B Doubles Dwight Evans37
3B Triples Dwight Evans7
HR Home runs Dwight Evans32
RBI Runs batted in Dwight Evans98
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy16
CS Caught stealing Jerry Remy9
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans112
SO Strikeouts Dwight Evans125
BA Batting average Jim Rice .309
OBP On-base percentage Dwight Evans.402
SLG Slugging percentage Dwight Evans.534
OPS On-base plus slugging Dwight Evans.936
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Dwight Evans149
TB Total bases Dwight Evans325
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice29
HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice7
SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy18
SF Sacrifice flies Carney Lansford 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Jim Rice6

Source: [20]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Mark Clear 14
L Losses Dennis Eckersley 13
W-L % Winning percentage Bob Stanley .632 (12-7)
ERA Earned run average Bob Stanley3.10
GGames pitchedMark Clear55
GSGames startedDennis Eckersley33
GFGames finishedMark Clear44
CG Complete games Dennis Eckersley11
SHO Shutouts Dennis Eckersley3
Chuck Rainey
SV Saves Mark Clear14
Bob Stanley
IP Innings pitched Dennis Eckersley224+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts John Tudor 146
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Dennis Eckersley1.208

Source: [20]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Rac Slider
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Tom Kotchman
A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source: [21] [22]

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  5. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, June 30, 1982".
  6. ↑ "Events of Saturday, July 31, 1982".
  7. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, August 31, 1982".
  8. ↑ "Events of Thursday, September 30, 1982".
  9. ↑ "Events of Sunday, October 3, 1982".
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