1982 Minnesota Twins season

The 1982 season was the first year that the Minnesota Twins played at the Metrodome, which they would continue to play in until 2009. The team finished 60–102, seventh in the AL West. It was the first time the Twins lost more than 100 games since moving to Minnesota. This feat of more than 100 losses would be matched in 2016 and was surpassed by one game as that record was 59-103.

1982 Minnesota Twins
combined 60-102, seventh in the AL Western Division
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersCalvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersBilly Gardner
Local televisionKMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)
Local radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici)
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Despite the Twins' new stadium, only 921,186 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League.

Offseason

Regular season

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome debuted with an April 3 exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Philadelphia's Pete Rose had the first unofficial Metrodome hit, and Minnesota's Kent Hrbek homered twice.

In the regular-season home opener, outfielder Dave Engle had the Twins' first hit and home run in the Metrodome. Third baseman Gary Gaetti homered twice and was thrown out at home trying to stretch a triple for an inside-the-park home run. The Seattle Mariners beat the Twins 11-7.[3]

On May 29, for the only time in Twins history, a catcher nabbed four base stealers in a single game: Sal Butera threw out Ken Griffey, Graig Nettles, Bobby Murcer and Willie Randolph of the New York Yankees.[4] Otherwise, May was not a good month as the Twins went 3-26, the worst major league month in baseball since the Philadelphia Athletics posted a 2–28 record in June of 1916. The Twins record slide of fourteen consecutive losses ended with a June 4 shutout win over Baltimore.

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game in Montreal, first baseman Kent Hrbek.

On July 19, outfielder Tom Brunansky hit what will be the Twins only inside-the-park grand slam home run, ever. Jerry Augustine of the Milwaukee Brewers threw the pitch.

Pitcher Terry Felton – who'd gone 0-3 in 1980 – finished this season 0-13, and would not pitch in the majors again. His 0-16 career record is a major league record for futility.

Offense

Kent Hrbek hit .301 with 23 HR and 92 RBI. Gary Ward hit .289 with 28 HR and 91 RBI. Gary Gaetti hit 25 HR and 84 RBI. Tom Brunansky hit 20 HR and 46 RBI.

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
HRGary Ward28
RBIKent Hrbek92
BAKent Hrbek.301
RunsGary Ward85

Pitching

Reliever Ron Davis had 22 saves.

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
ERABobby Castillo3.66
WinsBobby Castillo13
SavesRon Davis22
StrikeoutsBrad Havens129

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
California Angels 9369 0.574 — 52–29 41–40
Kansas City Royals 9072 0.556 3 56–25 34–47
Chicago White Sox 8775 0.537 6 49–31 38–44
Seattle Mariners 7686 0.469 17 42–39 34–47
Oakland Athletics 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49
Texas Rangers 6498 0.395 29 38–43 26–55
Minnesota Twins 60102 0.370 33 37–44 23–58

Record vs. opponents
1982 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–55–76–77–64–89–4–18–411–27–57–59–310–3
Boston 9–4—7–54–86–78–56–64–96–67–68–47–510–27–6
California 5–75–7—8–58–45–77–66–67–67–59–410–38–58–4
Chicago 7–58–45–8—6–69–33–103–97–68–49–46–78–58–4
Cleveland 7–67–64–86–6—6–72–107–68–44–94–89–37–57–6
Detroit 6–75–87–53–97–6—6–63–109–38–59–36–68–46–7
Kansas City 8–46–66–710–310–26–6—7–57–65–77–67–67–64–8
Milwaukee 4–9–19–46–69–36–710–35–7—7–58–57–58–47–59–4
Minnesota 4–86–66–76–74–83–96–75–7—2–103–105–85–85–7
New York 2–116–75–74–89–45–87–55–810–2—7–56–67–56–7
Oakland 5–74–84–94–98–43–96–75–710–35–7—6–75–83–9
Seattle 5–75–73–107–63–96–66–74–88–56–67–6—9–47–5
Texas 3–92–105–85–85–74–86–75–78–55–78–54–9—4–8
Toronto 3–106–74–84–86–77–68–44–97–57–69–35–78–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
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Player stats

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
CTim Laudner9330678.255733
1BKent Hrbek140532160.3012392
2BJohn Castino11741099.241637
3BGary Gaetti145508117.2302584
SSLenny Faedo9025562.243322
LFGary Ward152570165.2892891
CFBobby Mitchell124454113.249228
RFTom Brunansky127463126.2722046
DHRandy Johnson8923458.2481033

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ron Washington119451122.271539
Mickey Hatcher8427769.249326
Jesús Vega7119953.266529
Dave Engle5818642.226416
Sal Butera5412632.25408
Randy Bush5511929.244413
Jim Eisenreich349930.30329
Larry Milbourne299823.23501
Butch Wynegar248618.20918
Rob Wilfong258113.16005
Greg Wells155411.20403
Ray Smith9235.21701
Roy Smalley4132.15400

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brad Havens33208.210144.31129
Albert Williams26153.2974.2261
Frank Viola22126.04105.2184
Jack O'Connor23126.0894.2956
Roger Erickson740.2434.8712

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Castillo40218.213113.66125
Terry Felton48117.10134.9992
Pete Redfern2794.15116.5840
Darrell Jackson1344.2056.2516
Pete Filson512.1028.7610
Don Cooper611.1019.535

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ron Davis6339224.4289
Jeff Little332004.2126
Paul Boris231203.9930
John Pacella211227.3220
Doug Corbett100235.3215
Fernando Arroyo60105.274

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Cal Ermer
AA Orlando Twins Southern League Tom Kelly
A Visalia Oaks California League Phil Roof
A Wisconsin Rapids Twins Midwest League Ken Staples
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Fred Waters

Notes
  1. "Mike Kinnunen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. "Kirby Puckett Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. "Seattle Mariners 11, Minnesota Twins 7". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. "Butera Nabs Four". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. "Tim Corcoran Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  6. "Ron Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  7. "Doug Corbett Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  8. "Butch Wynegar Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  9. "Houston Jimenez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

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.
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