1982 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1982
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
General Managers:	Dallas Green
Managers:	Lee Elia (1st Season)
Television:	WGN-TV (Harry Caray, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Radio:	WGN (Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
Espntn:	chc
Brtn:	CHC

The 1982 Chicago Cubs season was the 111th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 107th in the National League and the 67th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 73–89, 19 games behind the eventual National League and 1982 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. For the first time in more than a half a century, the Cubs were not owned by a member of the Wrigley family. Instead, it was the first full season for the Cubs under the ownership of the Tribune Company, owners of the team's broadcast partner WGN TV and Radio, and for Cubs TV viewers the first season ever for them to see and hear Harry Caray on the broadcast panel.

Offseason

November 15, 1981: Steve Macko, a promising prospect passes away after a short bout with testicular cancer.

• December 8, 1981: Mike Krukow and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dickie Noles, Dan Larson and Keith Moreland.^[1]
• December 28, 1981: The Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Mirabella. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Dave Geisel to the Blue Jays on March 25.^[2]
• January 27, 1982: Iván DeJesús was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg.^[3]
• March 15, 1982: Mike Tyson was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[4]
• March 26, 1982: Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers for Bump Wills. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21.^[5]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1982: Bill Caudill was sent by the Cubs to the New York Yankees to partially complete an earlier deal (the Chicago Cubs sent players to be named later to the Yankees for Pat Tabler) made on August 19, 1981.^[6]
• April 9, 1982: Randy Stein was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[7]
• June 7, 1982: Gary Varsho was drafted by the Cubs in the 5th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 12, 1982.^[8]
• August 2, 1982: The Chicago Cubs sent Jay Howell to the New York Yankees to complete the August 19, 1981, trade noted above.

Roster

1982 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		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		130	418	109	.261	12	52
1B		161	657	201	.306	15	105
2B		128	419	114	.272	6	38
SS		142	499	123	.246	0	29
3B		156	635	172	.271	7	54
LF		92	257	60	.233	2	29
CF		117	245	66	.269	4	30
RF		148	539	168	.312	22	90

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
	138	476	124	.261	15	68
	98	269	67	.249	10	43
	105	242	53	.219	2	25
	65	116	33	.284	4	30
	25	85	20	.235	1	7
	24	80	21	.263	0	4
	49	74	27	.365	0	7
	65	66	13	.197	1	12
	48	48	6	.125	0	1
	11	24	4	.167	0	1
	17	21	5	.238	0	1
	17	19	4	.211	0	0
	4	7	1	.143	0	1
	2	4	0	.000	0	0

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
	34	217.1	14	15	3.15	134
	35	191.0	9	14	5.14	71
	31	171.0	10	13	4.42	85
	28	147.2	11	10	4.21	40
	8	40.2	1	2	5.53	15

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
	28	122.2	5	7	4.26	57
	12	39.2	0	4	5.67	22
	13	25.0	1	1	6.12	20

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
	72	2	5	17	2.69	99
	75	4	6	10	3.00	54
	65	8	3	6	3.39	62
	62	3	6	8	3.69	71
	44	5	3	1	2.30	24
	6	0	0	0	3.48	6
	3	0	0	0	8.31	4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

• 1982 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 2nd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 1997. 978-0-9637189-8-3.

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nolesdi01.shtml Dickie Noles page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/geiseda01.shtml Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandbry01.shtml Ryne Sandberg page at Baseball Reference
4. Web site: Mike Tyson Stats.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willsbu01.shtml Bump Wills page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caudibi01.shtml Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/steinra02.shtml Randy Stein page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/varshga01.shtml Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference