1982 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1982 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

The St. Louis Cardinals' 1982 season was the team's 101st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 91st season in the National League. Making up for the previous season's near-miss, the Cardinals went 92–70 during the season and won their first-ever National League East title by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies. They achieved their first postseason appearance since 1968 and defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim the NL pennant. From there, they went on to win the World Series in seven games over the American League champion Milwaukee Brewers. It was the Cardinals' first World Championship since 1967, and their last until they opened the current Busch Stadium in 2006.

1982 St. Louis Cardinals
World Series Champions National League Champions National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	92–70 (.568)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	August "Gussie" Busch
General managers	Whitey Herzog, Joe McDonald
Managers	Whitey Herzog
Television	KSDK (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Radio	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
Seasons

Offseason

• October 21, 1981: Bob Sykes was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Willie McGee.
• October 23, 1981: Jeff Little was traded by the Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Kinnunen.
• November 20, 1981: Silvio Martínez and Lary Sorensen were traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians as part of a three-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies traded Lonnie Smith to the Cardinals. The Indians traded Bo Díaz to the Phillies. The Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Indians. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Scott Munninghoff to the Indians on December 9.
• December 10, 1981: Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Ozzie Smith, Steve Mura and a player to be named later. The deal was completed on February 19, 1982, with the Padres sending Al Olmsted to the Cardinals and the Cardinals sending Luis DeLeón to the Padres.
• December 29, 1981: Joaquín Andújar was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.

Regular season

First baseman Keith Hernandez and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	.568	—	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	.549	3	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Montreal Expos	86	76	.531	6	40‍–‍41	46‍–‍35
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	8	42‍–‍39	42‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs	73	89	.451	19	38‍–‍43	35‍–‍46
New York Mets	65	97	.401	27	33‍–‍48	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1982 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	14–4	10–8	7–11	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	11–7	8–10	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	6–6	9–3	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	9–9	4–8	6–6	6–12
Cincinnati	4–14	6–6	—	7–11	7–11	4–8	7–5	5–7	4–8	6–12	6–12	5–7
Houston	8–10	3–9	11–7	—	7–11	4–8	8–4	7–5	9–3	9–9	5–13	6–6
Los Angeles	11–7	7–5	11–7	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	4–8	5–7	9–9	9–9	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	8–4	8–4	4–8	—	11–7	8–10	7–11	7–5	4–8	10–8
New York	3–9	9–9	5–7	4–8	6–6	7–11	—	7–11	8–10	6–6	4–8	6–12
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	7–5	5–7	8–4	10–8	11–7	—	9–9	7–5	10–2	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	10–8	9–9	—	6–6	6–6	7–11
San Diego	7–11	8–4	12–6	9–9	9–9	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	10–8	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	12–6	13–5	9–9	8–4	8–4	2–10	6–6	8–10	—	5–7
St. Louis	5–7	12–6	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–10	12–6	11–7	11–7	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day lineup

• Lonnie Smith, CF
• Tom Herr, 2B
• Keith Hernandez, 1B
• Darrell Porter, C
• George Hendrick, RF
• Dane Iorg, LF
• Steve Braun, 3B
• Ozzie Smith, SS
• Bob Forsch, P

Notable games

• May 30, 1982: The Cardinals rally twice in their last at-bat in a thrilling 6—5 victory over the San Diego Padres at Busch Memorial Stadium. St. Louis trailed 3-0 entering the bottom of the ninth when Keith Hernandez led off with a single to left field. Hernandez took second on a single by George Hendrick and scored on Lonnie Smith's RBI double. After a Mike Ramsey ground out, Julio González reached on Padre third baseman Luis Salazar's error, allowing Hendrick to score and cutting the deficit to 3—2, and two batters later, Smith scored on Tom Herr's sacrifice fly to tie the game. After San Diego tacked on an additional two runs off Bruce Sutter in the top of the tenth inning, the Cardinals rallied again in the bottom half. Padres reliever Gary Lucas retired Orlando Sánchez and Hernandez to start the inning, but allowed a two-out single to Hendrick. Lonnie Smith then doubled Hendrick home to bring St. Louis back within 5—4, and Ramsey's subsequent RBI single tied the game. After Julio Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, Dane Iorg lined a single into center field, scoring Ramsey with the winning run.

Notable transactions

• June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
  • Terry Pendleton was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round. Player signed June 12, 1982.
  • Vince Coleman was drafted by the Cardinals in the 10th round. Player signed June 9, 1982.
• June 25, 1982: Joe Boever was signed by the Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
• August 11, 1982: Eric Rasmussen was purchased by the Cardinals from the Leones de Yucatán.

Roster

1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers 47 Joaquín Andújar 40 Doug Bair 31 Bob Forsch 36 Jim Kaat 44 Jeff Keener 32 Jeff Lahti 39 Dave LaPoint 34 Mark Littell 33 John Martin 38 Steve Mura 34 Eric Rasmussen 46 Andy Rincon 48 John Stuper 42 Bruce Sutter		Catchers 11 Glenn Brummer 15 Darrell Porter 23 Orlando Sánchez 18 Gene Tenace Infielders 14 Julio González 37 Keith Hernandez 28 Tom Herr 10 Ken Oberkfell 35,12 Kelly Paris  5 Mike Ramsey  1 Ozzie Smith		Outfielders 26 Steve Braun 22 David Green 25 George Hendrick 19 Dane Iorg 21 Tito Landrum 51 Willie McGee 29 Gene Roof 27 Lonnie Smith		Manager 24 Whitey Herzog Coaches  4 Chuck Hiller  9 Hub Kittle  8 Hal Lanier  3 Dave Ricketts  2 Red Schoendienst

Game log

1982 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log, 92–70 (.568)
April: 14–7 (.667) (Home: 6–3 ; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10 10 April 16 Phillies 3–2 7–3 W6 11 April 17 Phillies 6–0 8–3 W7 12 April 18 Phillies 6–5 (11) 9–3 W8 15 April 23 @ Phillies 9–2 12–3 W11 16 April 24 @ Phillies 7–4 13–3 W12 17 April 25 @ Phillies 4–8 13–4 L1
May: 17–11 (.607) (Home: 8–4 ; Away: 9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10 28 May 7 Braves 3–6 (10) 18–10 L1 29 May 8 Braves 8–7 19–10 W1 30 May 9 Braves 0–3 19–11 L1 33 May 13 @ Braves 10–9 21–12 W2 34 May 14 @ Braves 1–2 21–13 L1 35 May 15 @ Braves 7–6 (10) 22–13 W1 36 May 16 @ Braves 2–5 22–14 L1 40 May 21 @ Dodgers 6–3 25–15 W2 41 May 22 @ Dodgers 2–3 25–16 L1 42 May 23 @ Dodgers 0–5 25–17 L2 43 May 24 @ Giants 6–0 26–17 W1 44 May 25 @ Giants 8–3 27–17 W2 45 May 26 @ Giants 8–4 28–17 W3 49 May 31 Giants 11–6 31–18 W2
June: 12–16 (.429) (Home: 7–9 ; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10 50 June 1 Giants 3–4 (11) 31–19 L1 51 June 2 Giants 1–0 32–19 W1 52 June 4 Dodgers 5–2 33–19 W2 53 June 5 Dodgers 2–6 33–20 L1 54 June 6 Dodgers 3–5 33–21 L2 55 June 7 @ Expos 2–3 33–22 L3 56 June 8 @ Expos 5–4 (12) 34–22 W1 57 June 9 @ Expos 5–1 34–23 L1 60 June 14 Expos 2–1 36–24 W1 61 June 15 Expos 3–2 (11) 37–24 W2 62 June 16 Expos 3–8 37–25 L1 67 June 21 Phillies 7–5 39–28 W1 68 June 22 Phillies 3–2 40–28 W2 69 June 23 Phillies 1–7 40–29 L1 70 June 24 Phillies 2–10 40–30 L2 75 June 28 @ Phillies 0–1 42–33 L2 76 June 29 @ Phillies 15–3 43–33 W1 77 June 30 @ Phillies 3–6 43–34 L1
July: 15–10 (.600) (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10 83 July 7 @ Braves 2–3 46–37 L1 84 July 8 @ Braves 5–2 47–37 W1 92 July 19 Braves 1–4 51–41 L1 93 July 20 Braves 6–8 51–42 L2 94 July 21 Braves 8–0 52–42 W1 100 July 29 @ Expos 3–4 (10) 57–43 L1 101 July 30 @ Expos 4–5 (11) 57–44 L2 102 July 31 @ Expos 10–1 58–44 W1
August: 17–12 (.586) (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 9–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10 103 August 1 @ Expos 4–5 58–45 L1 108 August 6 Expos 3–5 60–48 L1 109 August 7 Expos 9–5 61–48 W1 110 August 8 Expos 1–2 61–49 L1 121 August 20 Giants 7–8 69–52 L2 122 August 21 Giants 7–6 70–52 W1 123 August 22 Giants 5–4 (12) 71–52 W2 124 August 23 Dodgers 11–3 72–52 W3 125 August 24 Dodgers 2–5 72–53 L1 126 August 25 Dodgers 3–11 72–54 L2 130 August 30 @ Dodgers 3–2 75–55 W1 131 August 31 @ Dodgers 1–4 75–56 L1
September: 16–13 (.552) (Home: 7–6 ; Away: 9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10 132 September 1 @ Dodgers 6–5 (13) 76–56 W1 133 September 3 @ Giants 2–3 (10) 76–57 L1 134 September 4 @ Giants 4–5 76–58 L2 135 September 5 @ Giants 1–5 76–59 L3 136 September 6 Expos 1–0 77–59 W1 137 September 7 Expos 4–7 77–60 L1 138 September 8 Expos 1–0 78–60 W1 142 September 13 @ Phillies 0–2 79–63 L2 143 September 14 @ Phillies 2–0 80–63 W1 144 September 15 @ Phillies 8–0 81–63 W2 150 September 20 Phillies 4–1 87–63 W8 151 September 21 Phillies 2–5 87–64 L1 157 September 27 @ Expos 4–2 91–66 W1 158 September 28 @ Expos 4–5 (10) 91–67 L1
October: 1–1 (.500) (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box / L10
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Cardinals team member

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	Darrell Porter	120	373	86	.231	12	48
1B	Keith Hernandez	160	579	173	.299	7	94
2B	Tom Herr	135	493	131	.266	0	36
3B	Ken Oberkfell	137	470	136	.289	2	34
SS	Ozzie Smith	140	488	121	.248	2	43
LF	Lonnie Smith	156	592	182	.307	8	69
CF	Willie McGee	123	422	125	.296	4	56
RF	George Hendrick	136	515	145	.282	19	104

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
Mike Ramsey	112	256	59	.230	1	21
Dane Iorg	102	238	70	.294	0	34
David Green	76	166	47	.283	2	23
Gene Tenace	66	124	32	.258	7	18
Julio González	42	87	21	.241	1	7
Tito Landrum	79	72	20	.278	2	14
Glenn Brummer	35	64	15	.234	0	8
Steve Braun	58	62	17	.274	0	4
Orlando Sánchez	26	37	7	.189	0	3
Kelly Paris	12	29	3	.103	0	1
Gene Roof	11	15	4	.267	0	2

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
Joaquín Andújar	38	265.2	15	10	2.47	137
Bob Forsch	36	233.0	15	9	3.48	69
Steve Mura	35	184.1	12	11	4.05	84
John Stuper	23	136.2	9	7	3.36	53

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
Dave LaPoint	42	152.2	9	3	3.42	81
John Martin	24	66.0	4	5	4.23	21
Andy Rincon	11	40.0	2	3	4.73	11
Eric Rasmussen	8	18.1	1	2	4.42	15

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
Bruce Sutter	70	9	8	36	2.90	61
Doug Bair	63	5	3	8	2.55	68
Jim Kaat	63	5	3	2	4.08	35
Jeff Lahti	33	5	4	0	3.81	22
Jeff Keener	19	1	1	0	1.61	25
Mark Littell	16	0	1	0	5.23	7

Postseason

Game log

1982 Postseason (7–3)
National League Championship Series (3–0) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record – October 6 Braves Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: October 7) 1 October 7 Braves 7–0 Forsch (1–0) Pérez (0–1) – 1–0 – October 8 Braves Postponed (rain) (Makeup date: October 9) 2 October 9 Braves 4–3 Sutter (1–0) Garber (0–1) – 2–0 3 October 10 @ Braves 6–2 Andújar (1–0) Camp (0–1) Sutter (1) 3–0
World Series (4–3) Game Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record 1 October 12 Brewers 0–10 Caldwell (1–0) Forsch (0–1) – 0–1 2 October 13 Brewers 5–4 Sutter (1–0) McClure (0–1) – 1–1 3 October 15 @ Brewers 6–2 Andújar (1–0) Vuckovich (0–1) Sutter (1) 2–1 4 October 16 @ Brewers 5–7 Slaton (1–0) Bair (0–1) McClure (1) 2–2 5 October 17 @ Brewers 4–6 Caldwell (2–0) Forsch (0–2) McClure (2) 2–3 6 October 19 Brewers 13–1 Stuper (1–0) Sutton (0–1) – 3–3 7 October 20 Brewers 6–3 Andújar (2–0) McClure (0–2) Sutter (2) 4–3

NLCS

Main article: 1982 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 7, Busch Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
St. Louis	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	X	7	13	1
W: Bob Forsch (1-0)  L: Pascual Pérez (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: ATL – None   STL – None

Game 2

October 9, Busch Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
St. Louis	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	9	1
W: Bruce Sutter (1-0)  L: Gene Garber (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: ATL – None   STL – None

Game 3

October 10, Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	12	0
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1
W: Joaquín Andújar (1-0)  L: Rick Camp (0-1)   SV: Bruce Sutter (1)
HRs: ATL – None   STL – Willie McGee (1)

World Series

Main article: 1982 World Series

In Game 3, rookie outfielder Willie McGee hit two home runs, tying a World Series record for rookies.

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL Milwaukee Brewers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	Brewers – 10, Cardinals – 0	October 12	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:30
2	Brewers – 4, Cardinals – 5	October 13	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:54
3	Cardinals – 6, Brewers – 2	October 15	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,556	2:53
4	Cardinals – 5, Brewers – 7	October 16	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,560	3:04
5	Cardinals – 4, Brewers – 6	October 17	Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)	56,562	3:02
6	Brewers – 1, Cardinals – 13	October 19	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:21
7	Brewers – 3, Cardinals – 6	October 20	Busch Stadium (St Louis)	53,723	2:50

Awards and honors

• Darrell Porter, NLCS and World Series Most Valuable Player
• Bruce Sutter, Babe Ruth Award

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Redbirds	American Association	Joe Frazier
AA	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	Gaylen Pitts and Nick Leyva
A	St. Petersburg Cardinals	Florida State League	Nick Leyva and Gaylen Pitts
A	Springfield Cardinals	Midwest League	Dave Bialas
A	Gastonia Cardinals	South Atlantic League	Lloyd Merritt
A-Short Season	Erie Cardinals	New York–Penn League	Joe Rigoli
Rookie	Johnson City Cardinals	Appalachian League	Rich Hacker

External links

• 1982 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1982 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac