1982 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersJerry Reinsdorf
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersTony La Russa
TelevisionWFLD
(Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson)
Sportsvision
(Don Drysdale, Early Wynn, Ken Harrelson, Joe McConnell)
RadioWMAQ (AM)
(Early Wynn, Joe McConnell)
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The 1982 Chicago White Sox season was their 82nd season in the major leagues, and 83rd season overall. The White Sox finished at 87–75 (.537), third in the American League West, six games behind the division champion California Angels.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 93 69 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 90 72 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 87 75 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 76 86 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 68 94 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 64 98 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60 102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

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 —


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Bill Almon, SS 111 308 40 79 10 4 4 26 25 49 .256 10
Harold Baines, RF 161 608 89 165 29 8 25 105 49 95 .271 10
Tony Bernazard, 2B 137 540 90 138 25 9 11 56 67 88 .256 11
Steve Dillard, 2B 16 41 1 7 3 1 0 5 1 5 .171 0
Carlton Fisk, C 135 476 66 127 17 3 14 65 46 60 .267 17
Marv Foley, C 27 36 1 4 0 0 0 1 6 4 .111 0
Lorenzo Gray, 3B 17 28 4 8 1 0 0 0 2 4 .286 1
Jerry Hairston, OF 85 90 11 21 5 0 5 18 9 15 .233 0
Marc Hill, C 53 88 9 23 2 0 3 13 6 13 .261 0
Steve Kemp, LF 160 580 91 166 23 1 19 98 89 83 .286 7
Ron Kittle, RF 20 29 3 7 2 0 1 7 3 12 .241 0
Rusty Kuntz, CF 21 26 4 5 1 0 0 3 2 8 .192 0
Rudy Law, CF 121 336 55 107 15 8 3 32 23 41 .318 36
Vance Law, SS,3B,2B 114 359 40 101 20 1 5 54 26 46 .281 4
Ron LeFlore, CF 91 334 58 96 15 4 4 25 22 91 .287 28
Jay Loviglio, 2B 15 31 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 4 .194 2
Greg Luzinski, DH 159 583 87 170 37 1 18 102 89 120 .292 1
Jim Morrison, 3B 51 166 17 37 7 3 7 19 13 15 .223 0
Chris Nyman, 1B 28 65 6 16 1 0 0 2 3 9 .246 3
Tom Paciorek, 1B,LF 104 382 49 119 27 4 11 55 24 53 .312 3
Aurelio Rodriguez, 3B 118 257 24 62 15 1 3 31 11 35 .241 0
Mike Squires, 1B 116 195 33 52 9 3 1 21 14 13 .267 3
Greg Walker, DH 11 17 3 7 2 1 2 7 2 3 .412 0
Team Totals
 162 5575 786 1523 266 52 136 747 533 866 .273 136

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Juan Agosto 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 2.0 7 4 4 0 0 1
Rich Barnes 0 2 4.76 6 2 1 17.0 21 15 9 1 4 6
Salome Barojas 6 6 3.54 61 0 21 106.2 96 43 42 9 52 56
Warren Brusstar 2 0 3.44 10 0 0 18.1 19 7 7 2 3 8
Britt Burns 13 5 4.04 28 28 0 169.1 168 89 76 12 68 116
Richard Dotson 11 15 3.84 34 31 0 196.2 219 97 84 19 77 109
Chico Escárrega 1 3 3.67 38 2 1 73.2 73 33 30 3 18 33
Kevin Hickey 4 4 3.00 60 0 6 78.0 73 32 26 4 36 38
LaMarr Hoyt 19 15 3.53 39 32 0 239.2 248 104 94 17 51 124
Jim Kern 2 1 5.14 13 1 3 28.0 20 16 16 3 12 23
Jerry Koosman 11 7 3.84 42 19 3 173.1 194 81 74 9 41 88
Dennis Lamp 11 8 3.99 44 27 5 189.2 206 96 84 9 62 78
Sparky Lyle 0 0 3.00 11 0 1 12.0 11 4 4 0 7 6
Jim Siwy 0 0 10.29 2 1 0 7.0 10 8 8 1 5 3
Eddie Solomon 1 0 3.68 6 0 0 7.1 7 5 3 1 2 2
Steve Trout 6 9 4.26 25 19 0 120.1 130 76 57 9 52 62
Team Totals
 87 75 3.87 162 162 41 1439.0 1502 710 618 99 460 753

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Gordon Lund
AA Glens Falls White Sox Eastern League Jim Mahoney
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Adrian Garrett
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Sox New York–Penn League Fred Nelson
Rookie GCL White Sox Gulf Coast League John Boles

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton, Niagara Falls[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Baseball: Mariners reject demands by Paciorek". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 5, 1981. p. 3B.
  3. ^ "Goodbye: Seattle makes Paciorek an offer he could refuse". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 12, 1981. p. 5B.
  4. ^ Vance Law at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ George Riley at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Kenny Williams at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Sparky Lyle at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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