1982 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd (6 GB)
OwnersBuddy LeRoux, Haywood Sullivan, Jean Yawkey
PresidentJean Yawkey
General managerHaywood Sullivan
ManagerRalph Houk
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Ned Martin, Bob Montgomery)
RadioWITS-AM 1510
(Ken Coleman, Jon Miller)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1982 Boston Red Sox season was the 82nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, six games behind the Milwaukee Brewers, who went on to win the AL championship.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[2]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 13 7 13 7 1st +1⁄2 [3]
May 17 10 30 17 1st +1⁄2 [4]
June 14 12 44 29 1st +2 [5]
July 14 14 58 43 2nd 1⁄2 [6]
August 15 15 73 58 2nd 4+1⁄2 [7]
September 13 15 86 73 3rd 8+1⁄2 [8]
October 3 0 89 73 3rd 6 [9]

Highlights

In his second year as Red Sox manager, Ralph Houk kept the Sox clubhouse on an even keel, and while Boston helped make the season interesting, it was the Milwaukee Brewers all the way finishing at 95–67, one game ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, and six up on third-place Boston.

Boston's best that year was a bullpen featuring Mark Clear, with 14 wins and 14 saves, and Bob Stanley, with 12 wins and 14 saves. John Tudor, who had been a disappointing 4–3 in 1981, was 13–10. Dennis Eckersley was 13–13 and Mike Torrez 9–9. Torrez would be traded in the offseason.

Carney Lansford hit .301 this year, only his second, and his last as a Red Sox. Jim Rice hit .309, with 24 homers and 97 RBIs, and Dwight Evans had another big year: .292, 32 homers and 98 RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski, heading toward the end of his career, hit .275, with 16 homers and 72 RBIs. A catcher named Rich Gedman from Worcester, Massachusetts, hit .249. A rookie also came up and surprised a lot of people: Wade Boggs had been the top hitter in the minors the previous year but had a hard time staying with Boston. He made his major league debut on April 10, 1982, in a game against the Baltimore Orioles, going 0-for-4.[10] Once he got into the lineup on June 25, when Lansford was hurt, he stayed on and hit .349.

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 95 67 0.586 — 48–34 47–33
Baltimore Orioles 94 68 0.580 1 53–28 41–40
Boston Red Sox 89 73 0.549 6 49–32 40–41
Detroit Tigers 83 79 0.512 12 47–34 36–45
New York Yankees 79 83 0.488 16 42–39 37–44
Cleveland Indians 78 84 0.481 17 41–40 37–44
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481 17 44–37 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–9 7–5 5–7 6–7 7–6 4–8 9–4–1 8–4 11–2 7–5 7–5 9–3 10–3
Boston 9–4 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 6–6 7–6 8–4 7–5 10–2 7–6
California 5–7 5–7 — 8–5 8–4 5–7 7–6 6–6 7–6 7–5 9–4 10–3 8–5 8–4
Chicago 7–5 8–4 5–8 — 6–6 9–3 3–10 3–9 7–6 8–4 9–4 6–7 8–5 8–4
Cleveland 7–6 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 6–7 2–10 7–6 8–4 4–9 4–8 9–3 7–5 7–6
Detroit 6–7 5–8 7–5 3–9 7–6 — 6–6 3–10 9–3 8–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 8–4 6–6 6–7 10–3 10–2 6–6 — 7–5 7–6 5–7 7–6 7–6 7–6 4–8
Milwaukee 4–9–1 9–4 6–6 9–3 6–7 10–3 5–7 — 7–5 8–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 9–4
Minnesota 4–8 6–6 6–7 6–7 4–8 3–9 6–7 5–7 — 2–10 3–10 5–8 5–8 5–7
New York 2–11 6–7 5–7 4–8 9–4 5–8 7–5 5–8 10–2 — 7–5 6–6 7–5 6–7
Oakland 5–7 4–8 4–9 4–9 8–4 3–9 6–7 5–7 10–3 5–7 — 6–7 5–8 3–9
Seattle 5–7 5–7 3–10 7–6 3–9 6–6 6–7 4–8 8–5 6–6 7–6 — 9–4 7–5
Texas 3–9 2–10 5–8 5–8 5–7 4–8 6–7 5–7 8–5 5–7 8–5 4–9 — 4–8
Toronto 3–10 6–7 4–8 4–8 6–7 7–6 8–4 4–9 7–5 7–6 9–3 5–7 8–4 —


Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day had been scheduled for April 5 at Comiskey Park again the Chicago White Sox, but it was postponed due to snow.[13] Additional games were also postponed due to weather conditions. The team finally started their season on April 10, with a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium.[14]

24 Dwight Evans RF
18 Glenn Hoffman SS
14 Jim Rice LF
  8 Carl Yastrzemski 1B
  4 Carney Lansford 3B
11 Dave Stapleton 2B
  5 Tony Pérez DH
39 Gary Allenson C
51 Reid Nichols CF
43 Dennis Eckersley     P

Source:[15]

Alumni game

Before a scheduled game with the Texas Rangers on May 1, the Red Sox held their first old-timers game at Fenway,[16] marking 50-years of ownership by the Yawkey family.[17] It was notable for the participation of 63-year-old Red Sox legend Ted Williams, who made a shoestring catch while playing the outfield.[18][19] Other participants included Bobby Doerr, Boo Ferriss, Jackie Jensen, Bob Montgomery, Johnny Pesky, and Jimmy Piersall.[16]

Roster

1982 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Jerry Remy 155 636 89 178 22 3 0 47 16 55 .280 .324
Dwight Evans 162 609 122 178 37 7 32 98 3 112 .292 .534
Jim Rice 145 573 86 177 24 5 24 97 0 55 .309 .494
Dave Stapleton 150 538 66 142 28 1 14 65 2 31 .264 .398
Carney Lansford 128 482 65 145 28 4 11 63 9 46 .301 .444
Glenn Hoffman 150 469 53 98 23 2 7 49 0 30 .209 .311
Carl Yastrzemski 131 459 53 126 22 1 16 72 0 59 .275 .431
Rick Miller 135 409 50 104 13 2 4 38 5 40 .254 .325
Wade Boggs 104 338 51 118 14 1 5 44 1 35 .349 .441
Rich Gedman 92 289 30 72 17 2 4 26 0 10 .249 .363
Gary Allenson 92 264 25 54 11 0 6 33 0 38 .205 .314
Reid Nichols 92 245 35 74 16 1 7 33 5 14 .302 .461
Tony Pérez 69 196 18 51 14 2 6 31 0 19 .260 .444
Ed Jurak 12 21 3 7 0 0 0 7 0 2 .333 .333
Julio Valdez 28 20 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .300
Marty Barrett 8 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Garry Hancock 11 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Roger LaFrancois 8 10 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .500
Marc Sullivan 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333
Team Totals 162 5596 753 1536 271 31 136 705 42 547 .274 .407

Source:[15]

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; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Dennis Eckersley 13 13 3.73 33 33 0 224.1 228 101 93 43 127
John Tudor 13 10 3.63 32 30 0 195.2 215 90 79 59 146
Mike Torrez 9 9 5.23 31 31 0 175.2 196 107 102 74 84
Bob Stanley 12 7 3.10 48 0 14 168.1 161 60 58 50 83
Chuck Rainey 7 5 5.02 27 25 0 129.0 146 75 72 63 57
Bruce Hurst 3 7 5.77 28 19 0 117.0 161 87 75 40 53
Mark Clear 14 9 3.00 55 0 14 105.0 92 39 35 61 109
Tom Burgmeier 7 0 2.29 40 0 2 102.1 98 30 26 22 44
Luis Aponte 2 2 3.18 40 0 3 85.0 78 31 30 25 44
Bob Ojeda 4 6 5.63 22 14 0 78.1 95 53 49 29 52
Brian Denman 3 4 4.78 9 9 0 49.0 55 32 26 9 9
Steve Crawford 1 0 2.00 5 0 0 9.0 14 3 2 0 2
Oil Can Boyd 0 1 5.40 3 1 0 8.1 11 5 5 2 2
Mike Brown 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 6.0 7 0 0 1 4
Team Totals 89 73 4.03 162 162 33 1453.0 1557 713 651 478 816

Source:[16]

Statistical leaders

Dwight Evans
Category Player Statistic
Youngest player Oil Can Boyd
Rich Gedman		 22
Oldest player Carl Yastrzemski 42
Wins Above Replacement Dwight Evans 6.4

Source:[20]

Batting

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
G Games played Dwight Evans 162
PA Plate appearances Dwight Evans 727
AB At bats Jerry Remy 636
R Runs scored Dwight Evans 122
H Hits Dwight Evans 178
Jerry Remy
2B Doubles Dwight Evans 37
3B Triples Dwight Evans 7
HR Home runs Dwight Evans 32
RBI Runs batted in Dwight Evans 98
SB Stolen bases Jerry Remy 16
CS Caught stealing Jerry Remy 9
BB Base on balls Dwight Evans 112
SO Strikeouts Dwight Evans 125
BA Batting average Jim Rice .309
OBP On-base percentage Dwight Evans .402
SLG Slugging percentage Dwight Evans .534
OPS On-base plus slugging Dwight Evans .936
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Dwight Evans 149
TB Total bases Dwight Evans 325
GIDP Grounded into double play Jim Rice 29
HBP Hit by pitch Jim Rice 7
SH Sacrifice hits Jerry Remy 18
SF Sacrifice flies Carney Lansford 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Jim Rice 6

Source:[20]

Pitching

Abbr. Category Player Statistic
W Wins Mark Clear 14
L Losses Dennis Eckersley 13
W-L % Winning percentage Bob Stanley .632 (12-7)
ERA Earned run average Bob Stanley 3.10
G Games pitched Mark Clear 55
GS Games started Dennis Eckersley 33
GF Games finished Mark Clear 44
CG Complete games Dennis Eckersley 11
SHO Shutouts Dennis Eckersley 3
Chuck Rainey
SV Saves Mark Clear 14
Bob Stanley
IP Innings pitched Dennis Eckersley 224+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts John Tudor 146
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Dennis Eckersley 1.208

Source:[20]

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Joe Morgan
AA Bristol Red Sox Eastern League Tony Torchia
A Winston-Salem Red Sox Carolina League Rac Slider
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Tom Kotchman
A-Short Season Elmira Suns New York–Penn League Dick Berardino

Source:[21][22]

References

  1. ^ Mark Fidrych at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ "The 1982 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Events of Friday, April 30, 1982".
  4. ^ "Events of Monday, May 31, 1982".
  5. ^ "Events of Wednesday, June 30, 1982".
  6. ^ "Events of Saturday, July 31, 1982".
  7. ^ "Events of Tuesday, August 31, 1982".
  8. ^ "Events of Thursday, September 30, 1982".
  9. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 3, 1982".
  10. ^ Wade Boggs Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Sam Horn at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Kevin Romine Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ^ "Sox opener postponed". Herald & Review. Decatur, Illinois. April 6, 1982. p. 15. Retrieved June 9, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "The 1982 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  15. ^ "Boston Red Sox 2, Baltimore Orioles 0 (1)". Retrosheet. April 10, 1982. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  16. ^ a b Yantz, Tom (May 2, 1982). "Yesterday's Heroes Young Once More". Hartford Courant. p. D8. Retrieved May 17, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Vecsey, Tom (May 2, 1982). "Red Sox' Williams: good field, no hit". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. C1. Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Vecsey, Tom (May 2, 1982). "Ted Williams: good field, no hit (cont.)". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. C8. Retrieved May 25, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Fenway Park through the Years [1982]: Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park". MLB.com. Boston Red Sox. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  20. ^ a b c "1982 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  21. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  22. ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1982. p. 57. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.

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