1982 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers entered the season as the defending World Series champions. They would remain in contention until the final day of the regular season, when the San Francisco Giants would knock them out of the National League West division race, in a season that saw the Atlanta Braves reach the playoffs instead. The Dodgers finished second in the National League West at 88–74, becoming the fifth team since 1969 to miss the playoffs one year after winning the World Series. This was the final L.A. season for longtime cornerstones Steve Garvey and Ron Cey, who would move on to new teams next season. The Dodgers did welcome new second baseman Steve Sax, who won the Rookie of the Year Award.

1982 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Al Campanis
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
ONTV
Geoff Witcher, Al Downing
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KTNQ
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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Offseason

Regular season

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 Records

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 lineup
Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Steve SaxSecond baseman
Ken LandreauxCenter fielder
Dusty BakerLeft fielder
Steve GarveyFirst baseman
Ron CeyThird baseman
Pedro GuerreroRight fielder
Steve YeagerCatcher
Bill RussellShortstop
Jerry ReussStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster
1982 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CMike Scioscia12936580.219538
1BSteve Garvey162625176.2821686
2BSteve Sax150638180.282447
SSBill Russell153497136.274346
3BRon Cey150556141.2542479
LFDusty Baker147570171.3002388
CFKen Landreaux129461131.284750
RFPedro Guerrero150575175.30432100

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
Rick Monday10421054.2571142
Steve Yeager8219648.245218
Ron Roenicke10914337.259112
Jorge Orta8611525.21728
Derrel Thomas669826.26502
Mike Marshall499523.24259
Mark Belanger545012.24004
José Morales35309.30018
Greg Brock18172.11801
Jay Johnstone21131.07702
Candy Maldonado640.00000
Don Crow440.00000
Alex Taveras1131.33302
Mark Bradley831.33300
Dave Sax220.00000
Manny Mota110.00000

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
Fernando Valenzuela3728519132.87199
Jerry Reuss39254.218113.11138
Bob Welch36235.216113.36176
Burt Hooton21120.2474.0351

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
Dave Stewart45146.1983.8180
Vicente Romo1535.2123.0324
Ted Power1233.2116.6815
Ricky Wright1432.2213.0324
Dave Goltz23.2014.913

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Howe6675132.0849
Terry Forster565633.0452
Tom Niedenfuer553492.7160
Alejandro Peña290204.7920
Joe Beckwith192112.7033
Steve Shirley111104.268

Awards and honors

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Del Crandall
AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Don LeJohn
High A Lodi Dodgers California League Rick Ollar
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Terry Collins
Rookie Lethbridge Dodgers Pioneer League Gary LaRocque

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 32 players in the June draft and 12 in the January draft. Of those, only four players would eventually play in the Major Leagues.

The first selection in the June draft was first baseman Franklin Stubbs of Virginia Tech. He would spend 10 seasons in the Majors, including 6 with the Dodgers but only hit .232 during that span.

Notes
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/belanma01.shtml
  2. 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
  3. 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase
  4. 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
  5. 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase

References
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