1982 Boston Red Sox season

1982 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) JRY Trust, Buddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan
General manager(s) Haywood Sullivan
Manager(s) Ralph Houk
Local television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
Local radio WITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
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The 1982 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

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. He would soon be gone.

Offense

Carney Lansford hit .301 that 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.[2] Once he got into the lineup on June 25, when Lansford was hurt, he stayed on and hit .349.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 95 67 0.586 — 48–34 47–33
Baltimore Orioles 94 68 0.580 1 53–28 41–40
Boston Red Sox 89 73 0.549 6 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 83 79 0.512 12 47–34 36–45
New York Yankees 79 83 0.488 16 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 78 84 0.481 17 41–40 37–44
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481 17 44–37 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League Records

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 —

Opening Day lineup

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated hitters

 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

Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Allenson, GaryGary Allenson 92 264 54 .205 6 33
1B Stapleton, DaveDave Stapleton 150 538 142 .264 14 65
2B Remy, JerryJerry Remy 155 636 178 .280 0 47
3B Lansford, CarneyCarney Lansford 128 482 145 .301 11 63
SS Hoffman, GlennGlenn Hoffman 150 469 98 .209 7 49
LF Rice, JimJim Rice 145 573 177 .309 24 97
CF Miller, RickRick Miller 135 409 104 .254 4 38
RF Evans, DwightDwight Evans 162 609 178 .292 32 98
DH Yastrzemski, CarlCarl Yastrzemski 131 459 126 .275 16 72

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Boggs, WadeWade Boggs 104 338 118 .349 5 44

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Clear, MarkMark Clear 55 14 9 14 3.00 109
Aponte, LuisLuis Aponte 40 2 2 3 3.18 44

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

Notes

  1. ↑ Mark Fidrych at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Wade Boggs Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Sam Horn at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Kevin Romine Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com

References

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