1982 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1982
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Bob Lurie
General Managers:	Tom Haller
Managers:	Frank Robinson
Television:	KTVU (Hank Greenwald, Gary Park)
Radio:	KNBR (Hank Greenwald, David Glass) SP Radio (Tito Fuentes, Enrique Bolanos, Carlos Rivera)

The 1982 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 100th season in Major League Baseball, their 25th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 23rd at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 87–75 record, 2 games behind the Atlanta Braves.

Offseason

• November 14, 1981: Ed Whitson was traded by the Giants to the Cleveland Indians for Duane Kuiper.^[1]
• December 9, 1981: Larry Herndon was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Dan Schatzeder and Mike Chris.^[2]
• December 11, 1981: Jerry Martin was traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Rich Gale and Bill Laskey.^[3]
• February 18, 1982: Dennis Littlejohn was traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Cornell.^[4]
• March 4, 1982: Enos Cabell and cash was traded by the Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Champ Summers.^[5]
• March 30, 1982: Vida Blue and Bob Tufts were traded by the Giants to the Kansas City Royals for Renie Martin, Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, and Brad Wellman.^[6]
• March 30, 1982: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Andy McGaffigan and Ted Wilborn.^[7]

Regular season

• In 1982, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants were tied for second place, one game behind the Atlanta Braves, as they faced each other in the final three games of the year. The Dodgers won the first two games, 4–0 on Friday and 15–4 on Saturday, to eliminate the Giants, then the Giants knocked the Dodgers out of the pennant race on the season's last day on a 7th-inning, three-run homer by Joe Morgan, winning the game, 5–3. Thus, the Braves finished first by one game. The Giants were 48–52 and 14 games behind the Braves on July 30 but they finished the season with a 39–23 run that put them back in the thick of things.

Opening Day starters

• Jack Clark
• Chili Davis
• Darrell Evans
• Al Holland
• Johnnie LeMaster
• Jeffrey Leonard
• Milt May
• Joe Morgan
• Reggie Smith^[8]

Notable transactions

• June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
  • Steve Stanicek was drafted by the Giants in the first round (11th pick).^[9]
  • Barry Bonds was drafted by the Giants in the second round, but did not sign.^[10]
  • Randy Bockus was drafted by the Giants in the 34th round of the 1982 amateur draft.^[11]
• June 14, 1982: Pat Larkin was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.^[12]
• June 15, 1982: Dan Schatzeder was purchased from the Giants by the Montreal Expos.^[13]

Roster

1982 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches (first base) (third base) (hitting) (pitching) (bullpen)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		114	395	29	104	19	0	.263	9	39	0
1B		106	349	51	99	11	0	.284	18	56	7
2B		134	463	68	134	19	4	.289	14	61	24
3B		92	291	26	80	12	4	.275	2	27	0
SS		130	436	34	94	14	1	.216	2	30	30
LF		80	278	32	72	16	1	.259	9	49	18
CF		154	641	86	167	27	6	.261	19	76	24
RF		157	563	90	154	30	3	.274	27	103	6

^[14]

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	141	465	64	119	.256	16	61	5
	97	250	37	64	.256	2	25	8
	107	218	26	61	.280	0	17	2
	65	180	26	51	.283	4	15	6
	70	125	15	31	.248	4	19	0
	71	125	17	28	.224	1	7	9
	100	121	22	33	.273	4	14	3
	63	101	15	23	.228	1	7	3
	15	44	5	7	.159	0	3	0
	29	39	5	8	.205	0	2	0
	10	19	2	3	.158	0	0	0
	5	4	1	2	.500	0	2	0
	6	4	1	1	.250	0	0	0
	2	2	0	1	.500	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	32	7	189.1	13	12	3.14	88
	33	2	170.1	7	14	4.23	102
	29	4	175.0	12	8	4.11	102
	29	1	141.1	7	10	4.65	63
	21	1	85.0	4	2	5.19	50

^[14]

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
	54	143.1	11	6	3.08	98
	53	128.2	4	3	3.29	36
	13	33.1	1	4	7.29	18
	9	26.0	0	2	4.85	10
	3	5.2	0	0	7.94	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	78	123.0	10	4	30	1.83	58
	68	104.2	10	7	8	2.67	76
	58	129.2	7	3	5	3.33	97
	4	8.0	1	0	0	0.00	4
	1	2.0	0	0	0	13.50	4

Awards and honors

• 1982 Joe Morgan 2B, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

External links

• 1982 San Francisco Giants team at Baseball-Reference
• 1982 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ed Whitson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martije01.shtml Jerry Martin
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/littlde01.shtml Dennis Littlejohn
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/summech01.shtml Champ Summers
6. News: Blue Traded to Royals (Published 1982) . The New York Times . March 31, 1982 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012195105/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/31/sports/blue-traded-to-royals.html . 2016-10-12 . live .
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alexado01.shtml Doyle Alexander
8. Web site: 1982 San Francisco Giants Roster | Baseball Almanac. www.baseball-almanac.com.
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanist01.shtml Steve Stanicek
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bondsba01.shtml Barry Bonds
11. Web site: Randy Bockus Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com.
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larkipa01.shtml Pat Larkin
13. Web site: Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
14. Web site: 1982 San Francisco Giants Statistics.