1982 Minnesota Twins season

1982  Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	60–102 (.370)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managers	Calvin Griffith
Managers	Billy Gardner
Television	KMSP-TV (Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
Radio	830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici)
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The 1982 Minnesota Twins season was the 22nd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, and the 82nd overall in the American League. It was also the 1st season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which they would continue to play in until 2009.

The team finished 60–102, seventh in the American League West. It was the first time the Twins lost more than 100 games since moving to Minnesota. This feat of more than 100 losses would be matched in 2016 and was surpassed by one game as that record was 59–103.

Despite the Twins' new stadium, only 921,186 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League.

Offseason

• October 23, 1981: Mike Kinnunen was traded by the Twins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Little. ^[1]
• January 12, 1982: Kirby Puckett was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft. ^[2]

Regular season

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome debuted with an April 3 exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Philadelphia's Pete Rose had the first unofficial Metrodome hit, and Minnesota's Kent Hrbek homered twice.

In the regular-season home opener, outfielder Dave Engle had the Twins' first hit and home run in the Metrodome. Third baseman Gary Gaetti homered twice and was thrown out at home trying to stretch a triple for an inside-the-park home run. The Seattle Mariners beat the Twins 11–7. ^[3]

On May 29, for the only time in Twins history, a catcher nabbed four base stealers in a single game: Sal Butera threw out Ken Griffey, Graig Nettles, Bobby Murcer and Willie Randolph of the New York Yankees. ^[4] Otherwise, May was not a good month as the Twins went 3-26, the worst major league month in baseball since the Philadelphia Athletics posted a 2–28 record in June of 1916. The Twins record slide of fourteen consecutive losses ended with a June 4 shutout win over Baltimore.

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game in Montreal, first baseman Kent Hrbek.

On July 19, outfielder Tom Brunansky hit what will be the Twins only inside-the-park grand slam home run, ever. Jerry Augustine of the Milwaukee Brewers threw the pitch.

Pitcher Terry Felton – who'd gone 0–3 in 1980 – finished this season 0–13, and would not pitch in the majors again.

Offense

Kent Hrbek hit .301 with 23 HR and 92 RBI. Gary Ward hit .289 with 28 HR and 91 RBI. Gary Gaetti hit 25 HR and 84 RBI. Tom Brunansky hit 20 HR and 46 RBI.

Team Leaders

Statistic	Player	Quantity
HR	Gary Ward	28
RBI	Kent Hrbek	92
BA	Kent Hrbek	.301
Runs	Gary Ward	85

Pitching

Reliever Ron Davis had 22 saves.

Team Leaders

Statistic	Player	Quantity
ERA	Bobby Castillo	3.66
Wins	Bobby Castillo	13
Saves	Ron Davis	22
Strikeouts	Brad Havens	129

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	93	69	.574	—	52‍–‍29	41‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	3	56‍–‍25	34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	87	75	.537	6	49‍–‍31	38‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	17	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	25	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers	64	98	.395	29	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55
Minnesota Twins	60	102	.370	33	37‍–‍44	23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	5–7	6–7	7–6	4–8	9–4–1	8–4	11–2	7–5	7–5	9–3	10–3
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	6–6	7–6	8–4	7–5	10–2	7–6
California	5–7	5–7	—	8–5	8–4	5–7	7–6	6–6	7–6	7–5	9–4	10–3	8–5	8–4
Chicago	7–5	8–4	5–8	—	6–6	9–3	3–10	3–9	7–6	8–4	9–4	6–7	8–5	8–4
Cleveland	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	6–7	2–10	7–6	8–4	4–9	4–8	9–3	7–5	7–6
Detroit	6–7	5–8	7–5	3–9	7–6	—	6–6	3–10	9–3	8–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	8–4	6–6	6–7	10–3	10–2	6–6	—	7–5	7–6	5–7	7–6	7–6	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	4–9–1	9–4	6–6	9–3	6–7	10–3	5–7	—	7–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	9–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	6–7	6–7	4–8	3–9	6–7	5–7	—	2–10	3–10	5–8	5–8	5–7
New York	2–11	6–7	5–7	4–8	9–4	5–8	7–5	5–8	10–2	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	4–9	4–9	8–4	3–9	6–7	5–7	10–3	5–7	—	6–7	5–8	3–9
Seattle	5–7	5–7	3–10	7–6	3–9	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	6–6	7–6	—	9–4	7–5
Texas	3–9	2–10	5–8	5–8	5–7	4–8	6–7	5–7	8–5	5–7	8–5	4–9	—	4–8
Toronto	3–10	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	7–6	8–4	4–9	7–5	7–6	9–3	5–7	8–4	—

Notable transactions

• March 26, 1982: Tim Corcoran was released by the Minnesota Twins. ^[5]
• April 10, 1982: Roy Smalley III was traded by the Twins to the New York Yankees for Ron Davis, Greg Gagne and Paul Boris. ^[6]
• May 12, 1982: Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong were traded by the Twins to the California Angels for Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters, and $400,000. ^[7]
• May 12, 1982: Butch Wynegar and Roger Erickson were traded by the Twins to the New York Yankees for Larry Milbourne, Pete Filson, John Pacella and cash. ^[8]
• July 21, 1982: Houston Jiménez was purchased by the Twins from the Broncos de Reynosa. ^[9]

Roster

1982 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 30 Fernando Arroyo 30 Paul Boris 37 Bobby Castillo 34 Don Cooper 23 Doug Corbett 39 Ron Davis 19 Roger Erickson 18 Terry Felton 23 Pete Filson 27 Brad Havens 31 Darrell Jackson 36 Jeff Little 33 Jack O'Connor 19 John Pacella 17 Pete Redfern 16 Frank Viola 28 Albert Williams		Catchers 11 Sal Butera 15 Tim Laudner  1 Ray Smith 16 Butch Wynegar Infielders  2 John Castino 12 Lenny Faedo  8 Gary Gaetti 14 Kent Hrbek  7 Larry Milbourne  5 Roy Smalley 38 Ron Washington  7 Greg Wells  7 Rob Wilfong		Outfielders 24 Tom Brunansky  4 Jim Eisenreich 20 Dave Engle  9 Mickey Hatcher 10 Bobby Mitchell 32 Gary Ward Other batters 25 Randy Bush 22 Randy Johnson 21 Jesús Vega		Manager 42 Billy Gardner Coaches} 41 Karl Kuehl 44 Jim Lemon 46 Johnny Podres 43 Rick Stelmaszek

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Tim Laudner	93	306	78	.255	7	33
1B	Kent Hrbek	140	532	160	.301	23	92
2B	John Castino	117	410	99	.241	6	37
3B	Gary Gaetti	145	508	117	.230	25	84
SS	Lenny Faedo	90	255	62	.243	3	22
LF	Gary Ward	152	570	165	.289	28	91
CF	Bobby Mitchell	124	454	113	.249	2	28
RF	Tom Brunansky	127	463	126	.272	20	46
DH	Randy Johnson	89	234	58	.248	10	33

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ron Washington	119	451	122	.271	5	39
Mickey Hatcher	84	277	69	.249	3	26
Jesús Vega	71	199	53	.266	5	29
Dave Engle	58	186	42	.226	4	16
Sal Butera	54	126	32	.254	0	8
Randy Bush	55	119	29	.244	4	13
Jim Eisenreich	34	99	30	.303	2	9
Larry Milbourne	29	98	23	.235	0	1
Butch Wynegar	24	86	18	.209	1	8
Rob Wilfong	25	81	13	.160	0	5
Greg Wells	15	54	11	.204	0	3
Ray Smith	9	23	5	.217	0	1
Roy Smalley	4	13	2	.154	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brad Havens	33	208.2	10	14	4.31	129
Albert Williams	26	153.2	9	7	4.22	61
Frank Viola	22	126.0	4	10	5.21	84
Jack O'Connor	23	126.0	8	9	4.29	56
Roger Erickson	7	40.2	4	3	4.87	12

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Castillo	40	218.2	13	11	3.66	125
Terry Felton	48	117.1	0	13	4.99	92
Pete Redfern	27	94.1	5	11	6.58	40
Darrell Jackson	13	44.2	0	5	6.25	16
Pete Filson	5	12.1	0	2	8.76	10
Don Cooper	6	11.1	0	1	9.53	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ron Davis	63	3	9	22	4.42	89
Jeff Little	33	2	0	0	4.21	26
Paul Boris	23	1	2	0	3.99	30
John Pacella	21	1	2	2	7.32	20
Doug Corbett	10	0	2	3	5.32	15
Fernando Arroyo	6	0	1	0	5.27	4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Cal Ermer
AA	Orlando Twins	Southern League	Tom Kelly
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Phil Roof
A	Wisconsin Rapids Twins	Midwest League	Ken Staples
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Fred Waters

Notes

1. "Mike Kinnunen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
2. "Kirby Puckett Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. "Seattle Mariners 11, Minnesota Twins 7". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
4. "Butera Nabs Four". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
5. "Tim Corcoran Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
6. "Ron Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
7. "Doug Corbett Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
8. "Butch Wynegar Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
9. "Houston Jimenez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

References

• 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.

External links

• Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com
• Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com