1982 Detroit Tigers season

1982 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersJohn Fetzer
General managersJim Campbell
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
ONTV
(Larry Adderley, Hank Aguirre, Norm Cash)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)

The 1982 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 82nd season and the 71st season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 83–79 (.512), 12 games behind the AL Champion Brewers. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 685. The Tigers drew 1,636,058 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1982, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Milwaukee Brewers9567.586—48‍–‍3447‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles9468.580153‍–‍2841‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox8973.549649‍–‍3240‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers8379.5121247‍–‍3436‍–‍45
New York Yankees7983.4881642‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians7884.4811741‍–‍4037‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays7884.4811744‍–‍3734‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore—4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—


Roster

1982 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CLance Parrish133486138.2843287
1BEnos Cabell125464121.261237
2BLou Whitaker152560160.2861565
3BTom Brookens14039892.231958
SSAlan Trammell157489126.258957
LFLarry Herndon157614179.2922388
RFChet Lemon125436116.2661952
CFGlenn Wilson8432294.2921234
DHMike Ivie8025960.2321438

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kirk Gibson6926674.278835
Rick Leach8221852.239312
Jerry Turner8521052.248827
John Wockenfuss7019358.301832
Richie Hebner6817949.274818
Howard Johnson5415549.316414
Lynn Jones5813931.223014
Mike Laga278823.261311
Bill Fahey286710.14904
Eddie Miller14251.04000
Mark DeJohn24214.19001
Mick Kelleher210.00000
Manny Castillo100----00

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Morris37266.117164.06135
Dan Petry35246.01593.22132
Milt Wilcox29193.212103.62112
Jerry Ujdur25178.010103.6986

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Underwood3399.0484.7343
Larry Pashnick2894.1444.0119
Dave Rozema827.2301.6315
Juan Berenguer26.2006.758

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVGFERASO
Dave Tobik51499313.5663
Elías Sosa38334274.4324
Kevin Saucier31315143.1223
Dave Rucker2756083.3831
Aurelio López1931395.2726
Bob James1202065.0320
Howard Bailey800150.003
Dave Gumpert5001227.000
Larry Rothschild2000013.500

Award winners and league leaders

Larry Herndon

  • #2 in MLB in triples (13)
  • #5 in AL in outs (470)
  • #8 in MLB in times grounded into double plays (20)

Chet Lemon

  • MLB leader in times hit by pitch (15)

Jack Morris

  • #2 in AL in complete games (17)
  • #2 in MLB in home runs allowed (37)
  • #2 in MLB in earned runs allowed (120)
  • #2 in AL in wild pitches (10)
  • #2 in AL in batters faced (1107)
  • #3 in AL in innings pitched (266-1/3)
  • #4 in AL in shutouts (3)
  • #4 in AL in losses (16)
  • #5 in AL in wins (17)
  • #5 in AL in games started (37)
  • #8 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (96)

Lance Parrish

  • AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
  • AL All Star Team, catcher
  • Tiger of the Year Award, by Detroit baseball writers
  • #4 in AL in at bats per home run (15.2)
  • #5 in AL in home runs (32)
  • #10 in MLB in slugging percentage (.529)

Dan Petry

  • #4 in AL in ERA (3.22)
  • #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (100)
  • #5 in AL in wild pitches (9)

Jerry Ujdur

  • #2 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.58)

Milt Wilcox

  • #3 in AL in hit batsmen (7)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1982 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAEvansville TripletsAmerican AssociationRoy Majtyka
AABirmingham BaronsSouthern LeagueEddie Brinkman
ALakeland TigersFlorida State LeagueBruce Kimm
AMacon PeachesSouth Atlantic LeagueTed Brazell
RookieBristol TigersAppalachian LeagueBoots Day

Notes

  1. ^ Mark Fidrych at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Dennis Kinney at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Champ Summers at Baseball Reference

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.
  • 1982 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics
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