1982 San Diego Padres season

The 1982 San Diego Padres season was the 14th in franchise history. The Padres finished with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses (.500), good for fourth place in the NL West, eight games behind the division champion Atlanta Braves.

1982 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersRay Kroc
General managersJack McKeon
ManagersDick Williams
Local televisionKFMB-TV
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain)
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Offseason

Regular season
  • In 1982, Sixto Lezcano became the only player to hit grand slams on two different opening day games. He hit the first grand slam in 1980.[6]
  • July 19, 1982: Tony Gwynn made his Major League Baseball debut.[7] In a 7-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Gwynn had four at-bats with two hits, one run scored, and one RBI.[8]
  • September 18, 1982: Clyde McCullough was serving as the Padres' bullpen coach when he was found dead in his San Francisco hotel room on September 18 during a road trip. He was a catcher in Major League Baseball for 15 years (1940's-1950's) for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was interred in Rosewood Memorial Park Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 8973 0.549 — 42–39 47–34
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 1 43–38 45–36
San Francisco Giants 8775 0.537 2 45–36 42–39
San Diego Padres 8181 0.500 8 43–38 38–43
Houston Astros 7785 0.475 12 43–38 34–47
Cincinnati Reds 61101 0.377 28 33–48 28–53

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 starters

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Notable transactions

Roster
1982 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CTerry Kennedy153562166.2952197
1BBroderick Perkins12534294.271234
2BTim Flannery122379100.264030
3BLuis Salazar145524127.242862
SSGarry Templeton141563139.247664
LFGene Richards132521149.286328
CFRuppert Jones116424120.2831261
RFSixto Lezcano138470136.2891684

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
Alan Wiggins7225465.256115
Joe Lefebvre10223957.238421
Tony Gwynn5419055.289117
Juan Bonilla4518251.28008
Kurt Bevacqua6412331.252024
Joe Pittman5511830.25407
Steve Swisher265810.17223
Dave Edwards715510.18212
Rick Lancellotti17397.17904
Randy Bass13306.20018
Mario Ramírez13234.17401
Joe Lansford13224.18203
Ron Tingley8202.10000
Doug Gwosdz7173.17600
George Hinshaw6154.26701
Jerry Manuel251.20001

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
Tim Lollar34232.21693.13150
John Montefusco32184.110114.0083
Juan Eichelberger31177.27144.2074
Chris Welsh28139.1884.9148

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
Eric Show47150.01062.6488
John Curtis26116.1864.1054
Dave Dravecky31105.0532.5759
Andy Hawkins1563.2254.1025

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Gary Lucas6597.1110163.2464
Luis DeLeón61102.095152.0360
Floyd Chiffer5179.14342.9548
Danny Boone1016.01015.638
Mike Griffin710.10103.484
Rick Wise12.00009.000

Award winners

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Doug Rader
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Glenn Ezell
A Reno Padres California League Jack Maloof
A Salem Redbirds Carolina League Jim Zerilla
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Jim Skaalen
Rookie GCL Padres Gulf Coast League Manny Crespo

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References
  1. Ozzie Smith at Baseball-Reference
  2. Craig Stimac at Baseball-Reference
  3. Al Olmstead at Baseball-Reference
  4. Barry Evans at Baseball-Reference
  5. John Littlefield at Baseball-Reference
  6. SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  7. "Tony Gwynn Statistics and History – Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  8. "Box Score of Game played on Monday, July 19, 1982, at Jack Murphy Stadium". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  9. 1982 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac
  10. Jerry Manuel at Baseball-Reference
  11. Mark Wasinger at Baseball-Reference
  12. Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  13. Benito Santiago at Baseball-Reference
  14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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