1982 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1982
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Steve O'Neill
General Managers:	Phil Seghi
Managers:	Dave Garcia
Television:	WUAB
Radio:	WWWE

The Cleveland Indians' 1982 season was the 82nd for the franchise. The team finished with a 78–84 record (.481), placing them in sixth place (tied with Toronto) in the American League East, 17 games behind the eventual AL champion Milwaukee Brewers.

Offseason

• November 14, 1981: Duane Kuiper was traded by the Indians to the San Francisco Giants for Ed Whitson.^[1]
• November 20, 1981: Bo Diaz was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a three-team trade. The Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Indians. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Lary Sorensen and Silvio Martinez to the Indians. The Phillies sent Lonnie Smith to the Cardinals.^[2]
• December 9, 1981: the Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (minors) to complete the November 20, 1981 trade.^[3]
• January 15, 1982: Rick Waits was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[4]
• February 13, 1982: Mike Stanton was released by the Indians.^[5]
• February 16, 1982: Sid Monge was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bake McBride.^[6]
• March 26, 1982: Dave Rosello was released by the Indians.^[7]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• September 12, 1982: John Denny was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Reed, Wil Culmer, and Roy Smith.^[8]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
27		LF
11		3B
21		1B
29		DH
26		RF
9		C
20		CF
16
10		SS
36		P

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Roster

1982 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches (Third Base) (Hitting) (Pitching) (First Base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		66	184	13	39	6	1	3	16	.212	0
align=left		101	348	40	93	16	1	4	41	.267	18
align=left		47	120	11	25	4	0	2	11	.208	0
align=left		22	56	7	12	2	1	2	9	.214	0
align=left		49	65	7	15	2	0	0	1	.231	3
align=left		104	379	50	89	12	3	3	25	.235	33
align=left		80	212	19	49	6	2	0	22	.231	3
align=left		112	276	34	74	12	1	0	21	.268	9
align=left		160	591	67	160	26	1	4	65	.271	2
align=left		162	602	100	183	29	4	25	78	.304	17
align=left		113	323	33	81	18	0	5	34	.251	3
align=left		150	527	65	132	25	3	14	82	.250	32
align=left		152	562	71	152	18	2	8	44	.270	12
align=left		27	85	8	31	3	3	0	13	.365	2
align=left		82	291	29	80	11	4	2	25	.275	2
align=left		39	94	6	21	5	1	4	18	.223	0
align=left		23	18	3	3	0	0	0	2	.167	0
align=left		93	219	27	52	4	4	0	15	.237	9
align=left		16	18	3	6	0	0	1	1	.333	0
align=left		161	589	90	161	26	1	32	116	.273	6
Team Totals	162	5559	683	1458	225	32	109	639	.262	151

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		3	4	3.35	25	5	0	80.2	84	37	30	30	44
align=left		15	11	3.90	33	33	0	244.2	211	117	106	88	187
align=left		2	2	4.87	4	4	0	20.1	16	14	11	11	19
align=left		0	0	6.94	3	3	0	11.2	11	9	9	7	4
align=left		4	2	4.27	30	4	2	92.2	112	51	44	10	46
align=left		6	11	5.01	21	21	0	138.1	126	80	77	73	94
align=left		5	2	4.17	47	0	4	49.2	43	27	23	30	54
align=left		0	2	5.23	8	4	0	31.0	32	21	18	16	14
align=left		0	1	6.97	4	0	0	10.1	13	8	8	1	3
align=left		1	1	3.45	6	1	0	15.2	15	6	6	3	10
align=left		10	15	5.61	32	30	0	189.1	251	130	118	55	62
align=left		12	10	2.49	65	0	21	133.2	117	44	37	45	90
align=left		14	8	2.96	34	27	1	216.0	174	81	71	98	142
align=left		2	13	5.40	25	21	0	115.0	128	74	69	57	44
align=left		4	2	3.26	40	9	2	107.2	91	43	39	58	61
align=left		0	0	4.63	6	0	0	11.2	9	6	6	7	8
Team Totals	78	84	4.11	162	162	30	1468.1	1433	748	670	589	882

Awards and honors

• Andre Thornton, Hutch Award^[10]

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1982 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitsed01.shtml
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithlo01.shtml
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithlo01.shtml
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waitsri01.shtml Rick Waits
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stantmi01.shtml Mike Stanton
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcbriba01.shtml Bake McBride
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roselda01.shtml Dave Rosello
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithro01.shtml Roy Smith
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198204100.shtml 1982 Opening Day Lineup
10. Web site: Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac.
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007