1982 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 101st season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 96th in the National League. This was their 13th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 84–78, eight games behind the eventual NL and World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.

1982 Pittsburgh Pirates
Willie Stargell's final season
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder)
Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholder)
General managersHarding "Pete" Peterson
ManagersChuck Tanner
Local televisionKDKA-TV
Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders
ASN
Bob Prince, Steve Blass, Dave Giusti
Local radioKDKA
Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker
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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—

Game log
1982 Game Log: 84–78 (Home: 42–39; Away: 42–39)
April: 8–10 (Home: 2–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 10@ Cardinals11–7Scurry (1–0)LittellCandelaria (1)40,8781–0
2April 11@ Cardinals6–7KaatRomo (0–1)—14,8191–1
3April 12@ Cardinals4–5MartinGriffin (0–1)Sutter18,0661–2
4April 14@ Expos4–5SandersonSolomon (0–1)Fryman35,9411–3
5April 15@ Expos4–3Tekulve (1–0)RogersScurry (1)18,9862–3
6April 16Cubs7–6 (12)Romo (1–1)Hernandez—28,9853–3
7April 17Cubs2–10NolesBaumgarten (0–1)—6,4363–4
8April 18Cubs1–5JenkinsSolomon (0–2)Martz8,0283–5
9April 20Cardinals4–7MartinRhoden (0–1)Sutter3,5343–6
10April 21Cardinals2–6MuraCandelaria (0–1)Sutter3,5893–7
11April 23@ Cubs12–10Solomon (1–2)NolesTekulve (1)8,8134–7
12April 24@ Cubs8–5Robinson (1–0)Martz—19,3125–7
13April 25@ Cubs3–5MartzRhoden (0–2)—29,8325–8
14April 26@ Braves6–4Tekulve (2–0)McWilliams—9,5576–8
15April 27@ Braves10–4Griffin (1–1)Walk—6,7637–8
16April 28@ Braves6–7 (10)CampScurry (1–1)—6,3187–9
17April 29Astros9–6Romo (2–1)LaCossScurry (2)4,7168–9
18April 30Astros3–4SuttonRhoden (0–3)Smith8,7688–10
May: 10–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1Astros3–6RyanMoskau (0–1)Smith19,6268–11
20May 2Astros2–6NiekroGriffin (1–2)Moffitt11,1168–12
21May 3Braves4–10NiekroSolomon (1–3)Garber4,6368–13
22May 4Braves8–4Robinson (2–0)Cowley—4,8369–13
23May 5Braves4–2Rhoden (1–3)MahlerTekulve (2)6,59510–13
24May 7@ Reds0–5SotoMoskau (0–2)—16,46510–14
25May 8@ Reds4–2 (15)Sarmiento (1–0)Shirley—19,62611–14
26May 9@ Reds6–3Robinson (3–0)SeaverTekulve (3)21,41612–14
27May 10@ Astros3–7SuttonRhoden (1–4)—16,14112–15
28May 11@ Astros2–4RyanGriffin (1–3)Smith17,89312–16
29May 13Reds1–2PriceScurry (1–2)Hume7,35412–17
30May 14Reds8–7Romo (3–1)KernTekulve (4)15,27113–17
31May 15Reds12–9Rhoden (2–4)Pastore—11,18414–17
32May 16Reds1–3SotoSolomon (1–4)—21,56114–18
33May 18@ Giants1–2LaskeyCandelaria (0–2)—8,92514–19
34May 19@ Giants2–1Robinson (4–0)ChrisTekulve (5)5,04215–19
35May 20@ Giants1–3LavelleScurry (1–3)—4,08515–20
36May 21@ Padres5–7MontefuscoSolomon (1–5)Lucas14,04315–21
37May 22@ Padres3–12EichelbergerMoskau (0–3)—20,73215–22
38May 23@ Padres4–2Candelaria (1–2)CurtisScurry (3)17,00516–22
39May 24@ Dodgers9–3Robinson (5–0)Niedenfuer—43,27417–22
40May 25@ Dodgers2–5ValenzuelaRhoden (2–5)—46,48617–23
41May 26@ Dodgers2–3ReussSolomon (1–6)Howe41,59417–24
42May 28Giants5–10LaskeyCandelaria (1–3)—7,27317–25
43May 29Giants5–9BarrRobinson (5–1)—8,28317–26
44May 30Giants7–6 (13)Solomon (2–6)Barr—18,27918–26
45May 31Dodgers4–5HoweTekulve (2–1)Forster7,82618–27
June: 17–9 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1Dodgers3–1Candelaria (2–3)ReussTekulve (6)5,18919–27
47June 2Dodgers8–7Scurry (2–3)Romo—8,53520–27
48June 3Expos5–4 (10)Scurry (3–3)Smith—4,15821–27
49June 4Padres4–5CurtisRhoden (2–6)Lucas5,58421–28
50June 6Padres2–1Tekulve (3–1)Lollar—11,71422–28
51June 7@ Mets4–3 (12)Scurry (4–3)Allen—8,79123–28
52June 8@ Mets6–2Robinson (6–1)OroscoTekulve (7)11,77424–28
53June 9@ Mets2–3AllenTekulve (3–2)—11,55224–29
54June 11@ Phillies1–0Tekulve (4–2)Christenson—30,87025–29
55June 12@ Phillies9–2Sarmiento (2–0)Krukow—28,66526–29
56June 14Mets1–2FalconeRobinson (6–2)Allen7,00526–30
57June 15Mets13–3Rhoden (3–6)Puleo—6,10027–30
58June 17Phillies3–4 (11)ReedScurry (4–4)—9,40527–31
59June 18Phillies3–8KrukowSarmiento (2–1)—23,32027–32
60June 19Phillies3–8CarltonRobinson (6–3)—13,06527–33
61June 20Phillies3–1Tekulve (5–2)Ruthven—25,79128–33
62June 21Cubs4–3Moskau (1–3)SmithTekulve (8)6,13629–33
63June 22Cubs9–2Candelaria (3–3)MartzRomo (1)6,17430–33
64June 23Cubs5–6 (10)CampbellNiemann (0–1)—8,29730–34
65June 25@ Expos4–3Robinson (7–3)Sanderson—31–34
66June 25@ Expos9–7Rhoden (4–6)Burris—51,36032–34
67June 26@ Expos14–5Romo (4–1)Lea—34,29333–34
68June 27@ Expos2–5PalmerCandelaria (3–4)—34,39833–35
69June 28@ Cubs4–6TidrowRomo (4–2)—6,97433–36
70June 29@ Cubs3–1Rhoden (5–6)Jenkins—22,10934–36
71June 30@ Cubs7–3Robinson (8–3)SmithScurry (4)10,05835–36
July: 18–10 (Home: 9–5; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
72July 1@ Cubs5–2Romo (5–2)Campbell—10,46336–36
73July 2Expos6–3Candelaria (4–4)LeaTekulve (9)37–36
74July 2Expos7–2McWilliams (1–0)SchatzederScurry (5)21,66538–36
75July 3Expos4–2Sarmiento (3–1)PalmerTekulve (10)20,85339–36
76July 4Expos6–16RogersRhoden (5–7)—39–37
77July 4Expos10–4Robinson (9–3)GullicksonTekulve (11)23,03140–37
78July 5Astros4–6NiekroBaumgarten (0–2)—10,43740–38
79July 6Astros1–0McWilliams (2–0)Knepper—8,85041–38
80July 7Reds3–6HumeTekulve (5–3)Harris20,02441–39
81July 8Reds9–8Tekulve (6–3)Price—9,95042–39
82July 9@ Braves4–6DiazRhoden (5–8)Bedrosian28,60142–40
83July 10@ Braves6–1Robinson (10–3)Niekro—39,44443–40
84July 11@ Braves3–1McWilliams (3–0)DayleyTekulve (12)19,13044–40
85July 15@ Astros5–1Candelaria (5–4)SuttonScurry (6)17,66245–40
86July 16@ Astros2–4RyanMcWilliams (3–1)—19,03745–41
87July 17@ Astros3–4 (10)NiekroTekulve (6–4)—28,67245–42
88July 18@ Astros2–4KnepperRobinson (10–4)—19,21845–43
89July 19@ Reds5–4Sarmiento (4–1)PastoreTekulve (13)16,39546–43
90July 20@ Reds3–1Candelaria (6–4)BerenyiTekulve (14)17,39547–43
91July 21@ Reds3–2McWilliams (4–1)HumeTekulve (15)16,54348–43
92July 23Braves6–0Rhoden (6–8)Camp—22,72249–43
93July 24Braves3–4NiekroRobinson (10–5)Garber26,79049–44
94July 25Braves8–0Candelaria (7–4)Mahler—22,56550–44
95July 27Phillies4–0McWilliams (5–1)RuthvenScurry (7)23,60951–44
96July 28Phillies3–4ChristensonRhoden (6–9)Reed31,86751–45
97July 29@ Mets4–1Robinson (11–5)Falcone—16,89252–45
98July 30@ Mets5–1Candelaria (8–4)SwanSarmiento (1)18,82853–45
99July 31@ Mets4–9PuleoTekulve (6–5)Allen48,35853–46
August: 17–16 (Home: 10–9; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1@ Mets4–3 (10)Tekulve (7–5)LeachScurry (8)21,87154–46
101August 2@ Cardinals4–2 (17)Romo (6–2)Kaat—19,65355–46
102August 3@ Cardinals2–4ForschRobinson (11–6)Sutter20,25355–47
103August 4@ Cardinals5–2Candelaria (9–4)LaPointScurry (9)20,67356–47
104August 5@ Cardinals3–7 (5)MuraMcWilliams (5–2)—17,14556–48
105August 6Mets7–3Sarmiento (5–1)Scott—57–48
106August 6Mets3–7JonesBaumgarten (0–3)Allen21,21057–49
107August 7Mets2–5ZachryRhoden (6–10)—19,93857–50
108August 8Mets4–1Robinson (12–6)SwanTekulve (16)19,67958–50
109August 9@ Phillies3–4CarltonTekulve (7–6)—58–51
110August 9@ Phillies9–6Romo (7–2)ReedTekulve (17)51,56859–51
111August 10@ Phillies5–9BystromSarmiento (5–2)—36,82559–52
112August 11@ Phillies1–4MongeRhoden (6–11)Reed27,20259–53
113August 12Cardinals2–3AndujarBaumgarten (0–4)Sutter16,43059–54
114August 13Cardinals7–4Robinson (13–6)Forsch—25,70060–54
115August 14Cardinals1–4StuperCandelaria (9–5)Sutter15,82860–55
116August 15Cardinals5–12MuraMcWilliams (5–3)—60–56
117August 15Cardinals2–5LaPointSarmiento (5–3)—31,75560–57
118August 17Giants4–1Rhoden (7–11)Hammaker—11,34561–57
119August 18Giants9–16FowlkesRobinson (13–7)—14,20561–58
120August 19Giants6–1Candelaria (10–5)Gale—8,01562–58
121August 20Dodgers0–1ValenzuelaMcWilliams (5–4)—15,24562–59
122August 21Dodgers2–1Tekulve (8–6)Howe—29,58163–59
123August 22Dodgers4–3 (14)Robinson (14–7)Beckwith—19,00664–59
124August 23Padres8–6Candelaria (11–5)HawkinsScurry (10)65–59
125August 23Padres3–5WelshBaumgarten (0–5)Chiffer9,19465–60
126August 24Padres6–5 (11)Tekulve (9–6)Eichelberger—13,10266–60
127August 25Padres7–6Tekulve (10–6)Chiffer—9,48567–60
128August 27@ Giants3–2Rhoden (8–11)LaskeyScurry (11)9,82068–60
129August 28@ Giants2–4HammakerRobinson (14–8)Minton15,75968–61
130August 29@ Giants4–3Candelaria (12–5)MartinScurry (12)22,01769–61
131August 30@ Padres1–2 (13)DeLeonTekulve (10–7)—20,71869–62
132August 31@ Padres7–1Sarmiento (6–3)Montefusco—7,82670–62
September: 13–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Padres1–4EichelbergerRhoden (8–12)—6,81470–63
134September 3@ Dodgers3–2Robinson (15–8)WelchScurry (13)49,57371–63
135September 4@ Dodgers1–0Tunnell (1–0)ValenzuelaTekulve (18)49,54172–63
136September 5@ Dodgers1–2 (10)NiedenfuerTekulve (10–8)—46,81972–64
137September 6Mets6–1Rhoden (9–12)Falcone—38,05273–64
138September 7Mets9–5Sarmiento (7–3)Scott—6,83774–64
139September 8Mets1–9OwnbeyRobinson (15–9)—7,09274–65
140September 10Phillies5–7RuthvenCandelaria (12–6)Monge15,59674–66
141September 11Phillies10–9Tekulve (11–8)Reed—19,84275–66
142September 12Phillies4–2Rhoden (10–12)ChristensonTekulve (19)19,08976–66
143September 13Cubs3–7RipleyRobinson (15–10)Hernandez2,85976–67
144September 14Cubs15–5Niemann (1–1)NolesMcWilliams (1)4,82277–67
145September 15Cubs2–7JenkinsCandelaria (12–7)—8,67877–68
146September 17@ Phillies4–2Rhoden (11–12)CarltonTekulve (20)37,26278–68
147September 18@ Phillies4–5MongeRobinson (15–11)Reed31,46878–69
148September 19@ Phillies8–1Sarmiento (8–3)Krukow—37,35279–69
149September 20@ Cubs1–3NolesMcWilliams (5–5)Tidrow3,60779–70
150September 21@ Cubs0–1JenkinsScurry (4–5)Campbell5,23779–71
151September 22@ Cardinals1–2LaPointRhoden (11–13)Sutter23,58779–72
152September 23@ Cardinals5–3 (11)Romo (8–2)MartinNiemann (1)17,39980–72
153September 24@ Expos4–6LerchRobinson (15–12)Fryman27,67880–73
154September 25@ Expos4–9SandersonSarmiento (8–4)—30,41980–74
155September 26@ Expos3–0McWilliams (6–5)Lea—33,47381–74
156September 27@ Mets1–4HolmanRhoden (11–14)—4,41281–75
157September 28@ Mets2–3 (10)OroscoRomo (8–3)—3,92181–76
158September 29Cardinals7–3Romo (9–3)Stuper—4,93082–76
159September 30Cardinals7–2Sarmiento (9–4)MuraScurry (14)4,23783–76
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Expos5–8 (11)FrymanTunnell (1–1)Reardon4,54983–77
161October 2Expos2–1Tekulve (12–8)Gullickson—4,49684–77
162October 3Expos1–6RogersRobinson (15–13)—14,94884–78
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
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Roster
1982 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
18Omar MorenoCF
24Mike EaslerLF
39Dave ParkerRF
30Jason Thompson1B
5Bill Madlock3B
6Tony PeñaC
3Johnny Ray2B
4Dale BerraSS
29Rick RhodenSP

Player stats
Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned runs average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Transactions
  • October 5, 1981 – Released Luis Tiant.
  • October 23, 1981 – Purchased Manny Sarmiento from the Boston Red Sox.
  • October 26, 1981 – Released Kurt Bevacqua.
  • November 6, 1981 – Signed Rubén Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.
  • December 11, 1981 – Signed Dorn Taylor as an amateur free agent.
  • December 11, 1981 – Traded Tim Foli to the California Angels. Received Brian Harper.
  • December 11, 1981 – Traded Doe Boyland to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tom Griffin.
  • December 17, 1981 – Sold Craig Cacek to the California Angels.
  • January 12, 1982 – Drafted Benny Distefano in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary).
  • February 2, 1982 – The Chicago White Sox chose Joel Skinner as a free agent compensation pick.
  • March 10, 1982 – Sold Mark Lee to the Detroit Tigers.
  • March 21, 1982 – Traded Ernie Camacho and Vance Law to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ross Baumgarten and Butch Edge.
  • March 29, 1982 – Sold Matt Alexander to Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).
  • April 1, 1982 – Traded Victor Cruz to the Texas Rangers. Received Nelson Norman.
  • April 2, 1982 – Released Gary Alexander.
  • April 3, 1982 – Selected Paul Moskau off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
  • April 4, 1982 – Released Ramon Pena.
  • April 8, 1982 – Released Stew Cliburn.
  • April 9, 1982 – Purchased Reggie Walton from the Seattle Mariners.
  • May 15, 1982 – Released Tom Griffin.
  • May 16, 1982 – Signed Ken Reitz as a free agent.
  • June 5, 1982 – Released Ken Reitz.
  • June 7, 1982 – Drafted Sam Khalifa in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.
  • June 7, 1982 – Drafted Bip Roberts in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 11, 1982.
  • June 7, 1982 – Drafted Joe Magrane in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
  • June 7, 1982 – Drafted Scott Bailes in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed July 1, 1982.
  • June 7, 1982 – Drafted Ray Hayward in the 12th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
  • June 7, 1982 – Drafted Shawn Holman in the 14th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1982.
  • June 10, 1982 – Signed Dave Johnson as an amateur free agent.
  • June 14, 1982 – Traded Eddie Solomon to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Morrison.
  • June 15, 1982 – Traded Bill Robinson to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Wayne Nordhagen.
  • June 22, 1982 – Traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dick Davis. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Wayne Nordhagen (June 25, 1982) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
  • June 30, 1982 – Traded a player to be named later and Pascual Perez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Larry McWilliams. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Carlos Rios (minors) (September 8, 1982) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
  • July 1, 1982 – Released Willie Montañez.
  • July 29, 1982 – Signed John Milner as a free agent.
  • August 16, 1982 – Purchased Richie Hebner from the Detroit Tigers.
  • September 8, 1982 – Signed Grant Jackson as a free agent.
  • October 4, 1982 – Released Grant Jackson.
  • October 4, 1982 – Released Paul Moskau.
  • October 20, 1982 – Bob Long granted free agency.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Tom Trebelhorn
AA Buffalo Bisons Eastern League Tommy Sandt
A Alexandria Dukes Carolina League Johnny Lipon
A Greenwood Pirates South Atlantic League Joe Frisina
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Alexandria

Notes
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  3. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  4. 1982 All-Star Game

References
  • 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
  • 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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