1982 St. Louis Cardinals
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place1st
OwnersAugust "Gussie" Busch
General managersWhitey Herzog, Joe McDonald
ManagersWhitey Herzog
TelevisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

Regular season

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

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—

Opening Day lineup

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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.[8]

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 St. Louis Cardinals roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1982 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log, 92–70 (.568)
April: 14–7 (.667) (Home: 6–3 ; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
10April 16Phillies3–27–3W6
11April 17Phillies6–08–3W7
12April 18Phillies6–5 (11)9–3W8
15April 23@ Phillies9–212–3W11
16April 24@ Phillies7–413–3W12
17April 25@ Phillies4–813–4L1
May: 17–11 (.607) (Home: 8–4 ; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
28May 7Braves3–6 (10)18–10L1
29May 8Braves8–719–10W1
30May 9Braves0–319–11L1
33May 13@ Braves10–921–12W2
34May 14@ Braves1–221–13L1
35May 15@ Braves7–6 (10)22–13W1
36May 16@ Braves2–522–14L1
40May 21@ Dodgers6–325–15W2
41May 22@ Dodgers2–325–16L1
42May 23@ Dodgers0–525–17L2
43May 24@ Giants6–026–17W1
44May 25@ Giants8–327–17W2
45May 26@ Giants8–428–17W3
49May 31Giants11–631–18W2
June: 12–16 (.429) (Home: 7–9 ; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
50June 1Giants3–4 (11)31–19L1
51June 2Giants1–032–19W1
52June 4Dodgers5–233–19W2
53June 5Dodgers2–633–20L1
54June 6Dodgers3–533–21L2
55June 7@ Expos2–333–22L3
56June 8@ Expos5–4 (12)34–22W1
57June 9@ Expos5–134–23L1
60June 14Expos2–136–24W1
61June 15Expos3–2 (11)37–24W2
62June 16Expos3–837–25L1
67June 21Phillies7–539–28W1
68June 22Phillies3–240–28W2
69June 23Phillies1–740–29L1
70June 24Phillies2–1040–30L2
75June 28@ Phillies0–142–33L2
76June 29@ Phillies15–343–33W1
77June 30@ Phillies3–643–34L1
July: 15–10 (.600) (Home: 10–5 ; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
83July 7@ Braves2–346–37L1
84July 8@ Braves5–247–37W1
92July 19Braves1–451–41L1
93July 20Braves6–851–42L2
94July 21Braves8–052–42W1
100July 29@ Expos3–4 (10)57–43L1
101July 30@ Expos4–5 (11)57–44L2
102July 31@ Expos10–158–44W1
August: 17–12 (.586) (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
103August 1@ Expos4–558–45L1
108August 6Expos3–560–48L1
109August 7Expos9–561–48W1
110August 8Expos1–261–49L1
121August 20Giants7–869–52L2
122August 21Giants7–670–52W1
123August 22Giants5–4 (12)71–52W2
124August 23Dodgers11–372–52W3
125August 24Dodgers2–572–53L1
126August 25Dodgers3–1172–54L2
130August 30@ Dodgers3–275–55W1
131August 31@ Dodgers1–475–56L1
September: 16–13 (.552) (Home: 7–6 ; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / L10
132September 1@ Dodgers6–5 (13)76–56W1
133September 3@ Giants2–3 (10)76–57L1
134September 4@ Giants4–576–58L2
135September 5@ Giants1–576–59L3
136September 6Expos1–077–59W1
137September 7Expos4–777–60L1
138September 8Expos1–078–60W1
142September 13@ Phillies0–279–63L2
143September 14@ Phillies2–080–63W1
144September 15@ Phillies8–081–63W2
150September 20Phillies4–187–63W8
151September 21Phillies2–587–64L1
157September 27@ Expos4–291–66W1
158September 28@ Expos4–5 (10)91–67L1
October: 1–1 (.500) (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox / 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
CDarrell Porter12037386.2311248
1BKeith Hernandez160579173.299794
2BTom Herr135493131.266036
3BKen Oberkfell137470136.289234
SSOzzie Smith140488121.248243
LFLonnie Smith156592182.307869
CFWillie McGee123422125.296456
RFGeorge Hendrick136515145.28219104

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 Ramsey11225659.230121
Dane Iorg10223870.294034
David Green7616647.283223
Gene Tenace6612432.258718
Julio González428721.24117
Tito Landrum797220.278214
Glenn Brummer356415.23408
Steve Braun586217.27404
Orlando Sánchez26377.18903
Kelly Paris12293.10301
Gene Roof11154.26702

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 Andújar38265.215102.47137
Bob Forsch36233.01593.4869
Steve Mura35184.112114.0584
John Stuper23136.2973.3653

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 LaPoint42152.2933.4281
John Martin2466.0454.2321
Andy Rincon1140.0234.7311
Eric Rasmussen818.1124.4215

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 Sutter7098362.9061
Doug Bair635382.5568
Jim Kaat635324.0835
Jeff Lahti335403.8122
Jeff Keener191101.6125
Mark Littell160105.237

Postseason

Game log

1982 Postseason (7–3)
National League Championship Series (3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
–October 6BravesPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: October 7)
1October 7Braves7–0Forsch (1–0)Pérez (0–1)–1–0
–October 8BravesPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: October 9)
2October 9Braves4–3Sutter (1–0)Garber (0–1)–2–0
3October 10@ Braves6–2Andújar (1–0)Camp (0–1)Sutter (1)3–0
World Series (4–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1October 12Brewers0–10Caldwell (1–0)Forsch (0–1)–0–1
2October 13Brewers5–4Sutter (1–0)McClure (0–1)–1–1
3October 15@ Brewers6–2Andújar (1–0)Vuckovich (0–1)Sutter (1)2–1
4October 16@ Brewers5–7Slaton (1–0)Bair (0–1)McClure (1)2–2
5October 17@ Brewers4–6Caldwell (2–0)Forsch (0–2)McClure (2)2–3
6October 19Brewers13–1Stuper (1–0)Sutton (0–1)–3–3
7October 20Brewers6–3Andújar (2–0)McClure (0–2)Sutter (2)4–3

NLCS

Game 1

October 7, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 000 000 000 030
St. Louis 001 005 01X 7131
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 002 010 000 360
St. Louis 100 001 011 491
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 040 010 001 6120
Atlanta 000 000 200 261
W: Joaquín Andújar (1-0)  L: Rick Camp (0-1)   SV: Bruce Sutter (1)
HRs: ATL – None   STL – Willie McGee (1)

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
1Brewers – 10, Cardinals – 0October 12Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:30
2Brewers – 4, Cardinals – 5October 13Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:54
3Cardinals – 6, Brewers – 2October 15Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)56,5562:53
4Cardinals – 5, Brewers – 7October 16Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)56,5603:04
5Cardinals – 4, Brewers – 6October 17Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)56,5623:02
6Brewers – 1, Cardinals – 13October 19Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:21
7Brewers – 3, Cardinals – 6October 20Busch Stadium (St Louis)53,7232:50

Awards and honors

Farm system

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

References

  1. ↑ Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jeff Little at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Lonnie Smith to Card, Diaz to Phils in 3-team deal". St. Petersburg Times. November 20, 1981. p. 6C. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ Silvio Martínez at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Ozzie Smith at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Joaquín Andújar at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 14, Houston Astros 3
  8. ↑ May 30, 1982 San Diego Padres at St. Louis Cardinals Play by Play and Box Score
  9. ↑ Terry Pendleton at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Vince Coleman at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Eric Rasmussen at Baseball Reference
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