1982 New York Mets
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York
OwnersNelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersFrank Cashen
ManagersGeorge Bamberger
TelevisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Lorn Brown)
RadioWMCA
(Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar)
Seasons

The 1982 New York Mets season was the 21st regular season for the Mets. They went 65–97 and finished in sixth place in the National League East. They were managed by George Bamberger. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Beginning that year, to supplement gameday broadcasts for cable viewers, Mets game broadcasts were simulcast on SportsChannel NY in addition to the usual WOR-TV telecast.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9270 0.568 — 46–35 46–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8973 0.549 3 51–30 38–43
Montreal Expos 8676 0.531 6 40–41 46–35
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 8 42–39 42–39
Chicago Cubs 7389 0.451 19 38–43 35–46
New York Mets 6597 0.401 27 33–48 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1982 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–414–410–87–115–79–36–64–811–78–107–5
Chicago 4–8—6–69–35–76–129–99–99–94–86–66–12
Cincinnati 4–146–6—7–117–114–87–55–74–86–126–125–7
Houston 8–103–911–7—7–114–88–47–59–39–95–136–6
Los Angeles 11–77–511–711–7—8–46–64–85–79–99–97–5
Montreal 7–512–68–48–44–8—11–78–107–117–54–810–8
New York 3–99–95–74–86–67–11—7–118–106–64–86–12
Philadelphia 6-69–97–55–78–410–811–7—9–97–510–27–11
Pittsburgh 8–49–98–43–97–511–710–89–9—6–66–67–11
San Diego 7–118–412–69–99–95–76–65–76–6—10–84–8
San Francisco 10–86–612–613–59–98–48–42–106–68–10—5–7
St. Louis 5–712–67–56–65–78–1012–611–711–78–47–5—

Notable transactions

Joel Youngblood

On August 4, 1982, Youngblood became the first player in history to get hits for two different teams in two different 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 Montreal 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.

Roster

1982 New York Mets roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CJohn Stearns98352103.293428
1BDave Kingman149535109.2043799
2BWally Backman9626171.272322
SSRon Gardenhire14138492.240333
3BHubie Brooks126457114.249240
LFGeorge Foster151550136.2471370
CFMookie Wilson159639178.279555
RFEllis Valentine11133797.288848

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
Bob Bailor110376104.277031
Ron Hodges8022856.246527
Rusty Staub11221953.242337
Joel Youngblood8020252.257321
Gary Rajsich8016242.259212
Brian Giles4513829.210310
Mike Jorgensen12011429.254214
Tom Veryzer405418.33304
Bruce Bochy174915.30628
Mike Howard33397.17913
Phil Mankowski13358.22904
Rusty Tillman12132.15400
Ronn Reynolds240.00000
Rick Sweet331.33300

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
Rick Ownbey850.1123.7528
Scott Holman426.2212.3611
Walt Terrell321.0033.438

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
Pete Falcone40171.08103.84101
Charlie Puleo36171.0994.4798
Craig Swan37166.11173.3567
Mike Scott37147.07135.1463
Ed Lynch43139.1483.5551
Pat Zachry36137.2694.0569
Randy Jones28107.27104.6044
Brent Gaff731.2034.5514
Tom Gorman39.1010.967

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
Neil Allen5037193.0659
Jesse Orosco5441042.7289
Terry Leach212134.1730
Tom Hausman211204.4216
Doug Sisk80111.044
Carlos Diaz40000.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Jack Aker
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Gene Dusan
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Dan Monzon
A Shelby Mets South Atlantic League Rich Miller
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Sam Perlozzo
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Ed Olsen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater

Notes

  1. ↑ Jim Kern page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ George Foster page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Mike Cubbage page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Manuel Lee page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Dwight Gooden page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Tracy Jones page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Randy Myers page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1982 New York Mets at Baseball Reference
  • 1982 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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