1982 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1982 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. The Orioles finished 2nd 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.

1982 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record94–68 (.580)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersEdward Bennett Williams
General managersHank Peters
ManagersEarl Weaver
Local televisionWMAR-TV
Local radioWFBR
(Chuck Thompson, Tom Marr)
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Offseason

Regular season

Earl
Weaver
Manager
Retired 1982

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 9567 0.586 — 48–34 47–33
Baltimore Orioles 9468 0.580 1 53–28 41–40
Boston Red Sox 8973 0.549 6 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 8379 0.512 12 47–34 36–45
New York Yankees 7983 0.488 16 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7884 0.481 17 41–40 37–44
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 17 44–37 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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

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 15–5.

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 10–2.

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.

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.

Roster
1982 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRick Dempsey12534488.256536
1BEddie Murray151550174.31632110
2BRich Dauer158558156.280857
3BGlenn Gulliver5014529.20015
SSCal Ripken Jr.160598158.2642893
LFJohn Lowenstein122322103.3202466
CFAl Bumbry150562147.262540
RFDan Ford12342199.2351043
DHKen Singleton156561141.2511477

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Gary Roenicke137393106.2702174
Lenn Sakata13634389.259631
Joe Nolan7721951.233635
Jim Dwyer7114845.304615
Benny Ayala6412839.305624
Terry Crowley659322.237317
Bobby Bonner417713.16905
Floyd Rayford34537.13235
John Shelby263511.31412
José Morales330.00000
Mike Young620.00000
Leo Hernández 220.00000

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
Dennis Martínez40252.016124.21111
Mike Flanagan36236.015113.97103
Jim Palmer36227.01553.13103
Scott McGregor37226.114124.6184

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
Sammy Stewart38139.01094.1469
Storm Davis29100.2843.4967

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
Tippy Martinez7688163.4178
Tim Stoddard5034124.0242
Ross Grimsley211205.2518
Don Stanhouse170105.408
Mike Boddicker71003.5120
John Flinn52001.3213
Don Welchel21008.313

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Eddie Murray

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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. 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

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