1982 Season Coming Soon (Jan. 2017)

he 1982 Major League Baseball season. Making up for their playoff miss of the year before, the St. Louis Cardinals won their ninth World Series championship, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers, four games to three.

World Series:

Suds Series

The St. Louis-Milwaukee World Series played on another rivalry – Anheuser Busch / Miller Brewing – and became known playfully as the “Suds Series”. The series was a strong contrast – while Milwaukee hit 216 homers, St. Louis hit only 67. Paul Molitor opened the series with 5 hits in game 1, and the Brewers clobbered the Cards, 10-0. After that, the series lead changed hands 3 more times, as the Cards won the next 2, the Brewers won games 4 and 5, and the Cardinals drove off elimination by winning games 6 and 7. Darrell Porter was named MVP of the series, becoming only the 2nd player to win the LCS and WS MVP awards in the same season.

Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers, SS (AL)
  • Dale Murphy, Atlanta Braves, OF (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Pete Vuckovich, Milwaukee Brewers (AL)
  • Steve Carlton, Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
• Cal Ripken, Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL)
• Steve Sax, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2B (NL)

Statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Willie Wilson KC .332 Al Oliver MTL .331 HR Reggie Jackson CAL Gorman Thomas MIL 39 Dave Kingman NYM 37 RBI Hal McRae KC 133 Dale Murphy ATL Al Oliver MTL 109 Wins LaMarr Hoyt CHW 19 Steve Carlton PHI 23 ERA Rick Sutcliffe CLE 2.96 Steve Rogers MTL 2.40 SO Floyd Bannister SEA 209 Steve Carlton PHI 286 SV Dan Quisenberry KC 35 Bruce Sutter STL 36 SB Rickey Henderson OAK 130 Tim Raines MTL 78

All-Star game

• All-Star Game, July 13 at Olympic Stadium: National League, 4–1; Dave Concepción, MVP

Events

• On May 6, 1982, Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners became the fifteenth pitcher to win three hundred games when Seattle defeated the NY Yankees 7–3 at the Kingdome.
• On May 30, Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays the first of what would become a record-breaking 2,632 consecutive games by starting at third base against the Toronto Blue Jays.
• On October 3, the San Francisco Giants eliminated the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers from playoff contention in favor of the Atlanta Braves. This was one of the few times a defending champion was eliminated on the final day of the regular season.
• For the first time since 1959, no pitcher pitched a no-hitter.