1982 Montreal Expos season explained

Montreal Expos
Season:	1982
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Olympic Stadium
City:	Montreal
Owners:	Charles Bronfman
Managers:	Jim Fanning
Television:	CBC Television (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider) Télévision de Radio-Canada (Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
Radio:	CFCF (English) (Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch) CKAC (French) (Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
Record:	86–76 (.531)
Divisional Place:	3rd

The 1982 Montreal Expos season was the 14th season in franchise history. They finished 86–76, 6 games back of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League East.

Offseason

• January 14, 1982: Grant Jackson was traded by the Expos to the Kansas City Royals for Ken Phelps.^[1]
• March 31, 1982: Larry Parrish and Dave Hostetler were traded by the Expos to the Texas Rangers for Al Oliver.^[2]

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their sixth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

• May 9, 1982: Spaceman Bill Lee was released after not showing up at a game. Lee did not show up as a sign of protest because the Expos had released second baseman Rodney Scott.
• August 4, 1982: Joel Youngblood became the first player in history to get hits for two teams in two cities on the same day. Youngblood had driven in the winning run for the Mets in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, and then singled in a night game for the Expos in Philadelphia after he had been traded. The two pitchers he hit safely against, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs and Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies, are both in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Opening Day starters

• Gary Carter
• Warren Cromartie
• Andre Dawson
• Wallace Johnson
• Al Oliver
• Tim Raines
• Scott Sanderson
• Chris Speier
• Tim Wallach

Notable transactions

• April 5, 1982: Bobby Ramos was traded by the Expos to the New York Yankees for Brad Gulden.^[3]
• May 5, 1982: Rowland Office was released by the Expos.^[4]
• May 22, 1982: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Expos to the San Diego Padres for Kim Seaman.^[5]
• June 8, 1982: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Manuel. The Expos completed the deal by sending Mike Griffin to the Padres on August 30.
• June 15, 1982: Dan Schatzeder was purchased by the Expos from the San Francisco Giants.^[6]
• August 4, 1982: The Expos traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets for Joel Youngblood. The Expos completed the deal by sending Tom Gorman to the Mets on August 16.^[7]
• August 15, 1982: Casey Candaele was signed by the Expos as an amateur free agent.^[8]

All-Star game

On July 13, 1982, the All-Star Game moved across the border and was played in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. It was the first Midsummer Classic ever to be held outside of the United States. The National League won 4 - 1 before a crowd of 59 057. Steve Rogers was the winning pitcher and Dennis Eckersley took the loss. Dave Concepción was named MVP. Five players represented the Expos on the National League squad: Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Al Oliver and Rogers.

Roster

1982 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (Bench) (Pitching) (Hitting/Third base) (Bullpen) (First base)

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		154	557	163	.293	29	97
1B		160	617	204	.331	22	109
2B		58	193	47	.244	0	20
SS		156	530	136	.257	7	60
3B		158	596	160	.268	28	97
LF		156	647	179	.277	4	43
CF		148	608	183	.301	23	83
RF		144	497	126	.254	14	62

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
	46	131	42	.321	0	9
	36	121	28	.231	0	8
	69	115	28	.243	2	13
	40	90	18	.200	0	8
	48	87	14	.161	0	4
	54	67	15	.224	1	2
	53	66	14	.212	2	7
	36	57	11	.193	0	2
	29	42	9	.214	0	3
	23	42	8	.190	0	3
	17	32	7	.219	0	2
	26	28	3	.107	0	2
	14	25	5	.200	0	1
	10	8	2	.250	0	0
	14	8	1	.125	0	1
	5	6	0	.000	0	0
	3	3	1	.333	0	0
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	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
	35	277.0	19	8	2.40	179
	34	236.2	12	14	3.57	155
	32	224.0	12	12	3.46	158
	27	177.2	12	10	3.24	115
	13	73.2	6	4	3.18	46

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
	37	123.2	4	14	4.73	55
	6	23.2	2	0	3.42	4

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
	75	7	4	26	2.06	86
	60	9	4	12	3.75	46
	47	2	4	3	4.20	50
	26	0	2	0	3.50	15
	7	0	0	0	4.38	8
	7	0	0	0	6.00	11
	5	1	0	0	5.14	6
	1	0	0	0	4.50	2

Award winners

• Gary Carter, Gold Glove Award, Catcher
• Andre Dawson, Gold Glove Award, Outfield
• Tim Raines, National League Stolen Base Leader, 78 ^[9]
• Steve Rogers, Pitcher of the Month, April

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Gary Carter, catcher
• Andre Dawson, outfield
• Tim Raines, outfield
• Al Oliver, first baseman
• Steve Rogers, pitcher

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

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

External links

• 1982 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phelpke01.shtml Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oliveal01.shtml Al Oliver page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ramosbo01.shtml Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/officro01.shtml Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/manueje01.shtml Jerry Manuel page at Baseball Reference
6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19820616&id=1xYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=2644,5900716&hl=en Giants send Schatzeder to Expos
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/youngjo02.shtml Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candaca01.shtml Casey Candaele page at Baseball Reference
9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hisb2nl.shtml Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac