1982 Cleveland Indians season

1982 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Steve O'Neill
General manager(s)	Phil Seghi
Manager(s)	Dave Garcia
Local television	WUAB
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

• January 15, 1982: Rick Waits was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
• February 13, 1982: Mike Stanton was released by the Indians.
• February 16, 1982: Sid Monge was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bake McBride.
• March 26, 1982: Dave Rosello was released by the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	0.586	—	48–34	47–33
Baltimore Orioles	94	68	0.580	1	53–28	41–40
Boston Red Sox	89	73	0.549	6	49–32	40–41
Detroit Tigers	83	79	0.512	12	47–34	36–45
New York Yankees	79	83	0.488	16	42–39	37–44
Cleveland Indians	78	84	0.481	17	41–40	37–44
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	0.481	17	44–37	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	5–7	6–7	7–6	4–8	9–4–1	8–4	11–2	7–5	7–5	9–3	10–3
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	6–6	7–6	8–4	7–5	10–2	7–6
California	5–7	5–7	—	8–5	8–4	5–7	7–6	6–6	7–6	7–5	9–4	10–3	8–5	8–4
Chicago	7–5	8–4	5–8	—	6–6	9–3	3–10	3–9	7–6	8–4	9–4	6–7	8–5	8–4
Cleveland	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	6–7	2–10	7–6	8–4	4–9	4–8	9–3	7–5	7–6
Detroit	6–7	5–8	7–5	3–9	7–6	—	6–6	3–10	9–3	8–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	8–4	6–6	6–7	10–3	10–2	6–6	—	7–5	7–6	5–7	7–6	7–6	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	4–9–1	9–4	6–6	9–3	6–7	10–3	5–7	—	7–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	9–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	6–7	6–7	4–8	3–9	6–7	5–7	—	2–10	3–10	5–8	5–8	5–7
New York	2–11	6–7	5–7	4–8	9–4	5–8	7–5	5–8	10–2	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	4–9	4–9	8–4	3–9	6–7	5–7	10–3	5–7	—	6–7	5–8	3–9
Seattle	5–7	5–7	3–10	7–6	3–9	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	6–6	7–6	—	9–4	7–5
Texas	3–9	2–10	5–8	5–8	5–7	4–8	6–7	5–7	8–5	5–7	8–5	4–9	—	4–8
Toronto	3–10	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	7–6	8–4	4–9	7–5	7–6	9–3	5–7	8–4	—

Notable transactions

• September 12, 1982: John Denny was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Reed, Wil Culmer, and Roy Smith.

Roster

1982 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 51 Bud Anderson 39 Len Barker 28 Bert Blyleven 31 John Bohnet 45 Tom Brennan 40 John Denny 48 Ed Glynn 44 Neal Heaton 41 Dennis Lewallyn 31 Jerry Reed 38 Lary Sorensen 37 Dan Spillner 43 Rick Sutcliffe 36 Rick Waits 32 Ed Whitson 25 Sandy Wihtol		Catchers 23 Chris Bando  9 Ron Hassey 15 Bill Nahorodny Infielders 10 Jerry Dybzinski 22 Mike Fischlin 21 Mike Hargrove 11 Toby Harrah 17 Larry Milbourne 30 Karl Pagel 16 Jack Perconte		Outfielders  7 Alan Bannister 52 Carmen Castillo 34 Joe Charboneau 56,24 Rod Craig 27 Miguel Diloné  8 Von Hayes 20 Rick Manning 26 Bake McBride 54 Kevin Rhomberg Other batters 29 Andre Thornton		Manager  1 Dave Garcia Coaches  4 Johnny Goryl 14 Tom McCraw  6 Mel Queen  2 Dennis Sommers

Player stats

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Chris Bando	66	184	13	39	6	1	3	16	.212	0
Alan Bannister	101	348	40	93	16	1	4	41	.267	18
Carmelo Castillo	47	120	11	25	4	0	2	11	.208	0
Joe Charbonneau	22	56	7	12	2	1	2	9	.214	0
Rod Craig	49	65	7	15	2	0	0	1	.231	3
Miguel Dilone	104	379	50	89	12	3	3	25	.235	33
Jerry Dybzinski	80	212	19	49	6	2	0	22	.231	3
Mike Fischlin	112	276	34	74	12	1	0	21	.268	9
Mike Hargrove	160	591	67	160	26	1	4	65	.271	2
Toby Harrah	162	602	100	183	29	4	25	78	.304	17
Ron Hassey	113	323	33	81	18	0	5	34	.251	3
Von Hayes	150	527	65	132	25	3	14	82	.250	32
Rick Manning	152	562	71	152	18	2	8	44	.270	12
Bake McBride	27	85	8	31	3	3	0	13	.365	2
Larry Milbourne	82	291	29	80	11	4	2	25	.275	2
Bill Nahorodny	39	94	6	21	5	1	4	18	.223	0
Karl Pagel	23	18	3	3	0	0	0	2	.167	0
Jack Perconte	93	219	27	52	4	4	0	15	.237	9
Kevin Rhomberg	16	18	3	6	0	0	1	1	.333	0
Andre Thornton	161	589	90	161	26	1	32	116	.273	6
Totals	162	5559	683	1458	225	32	109	639	.262	151

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Bud Anderson	3	4	3.35	25	5	0	80.2	37	30	30	44
Len Barker	15	11	3.90	33	33	0	244.2	117	106	88	187
Bert Blyleven	2	2	4.87	4	4	0	20.1	14	11	11	19
John Bohnet	0	0	6.94	3	3	0	11.2	9	9	7	4
Tom Brennan	4	2	4.27	30	4	2	92.2	51	44	10	46
John Denny	6	11	5.01	21	21	0	138.1	80	77	73	94
Ed Glynn	5	2	4.17	47	0	4	49.2	27	23	30	54
Neal Heaton	0	2	5.23	8	4	0	31.0	21	18	16	14
Dennis Lewallyn	0	1	6.97	4	0	0	10.1	8	8	1	3
Jerry Reed	1	1	3.45	6	1	0	15.2	6	6	3	10
Lary Sorensen	10	15	5.61	32	30	0	189.1	130	118	55	62
Dan Spillner	12	10	2.49	65	0	21	133.2	44	37	45	90
Rick Sutcliffe	14	8	2.96	34	27	1	216.0	81	71	98	142
Rick Waits	2	13	5.40	25	21	0	115.0	74	69	57	44
Ed Whitson	4	2	3.26	40	9	2	107.2	43	39	58	61
Sandy Wihtol	0	0	4.63	6	0	0	11.2	6	6	7	8
Totals	78	84	4.11	162	162	30	1468.1	748	670	589	882

Awards and honors

• Andre Thornton, Hutch Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Charlies	International League	Doc Edwards
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Al Gallagher
A	Waterloo Indians	Midwest League	Gomer Hodge
A-Short Season	Batavia Trojans	New York–Penn League	Dave Oliver

References

• 1982 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac