1982 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 1982 season was the 21st regular season for the Mets. They went 65–97 and finished in sixth place in the National League East. They were managed by George Bamberger. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

1982 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)Frank Cashen
Manager(s)George Bamberger
Local televisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Lorn Brown)
Local radioWMCA
(Bob Murphy, Steve LaMar)
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Offseason

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 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—

Notable transactions

Joel Youngblood

On August 4, 1982, Youngblood became the first player in history to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. Youngblood had driven in the winning run for the Mets in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, and then singled in a night game for the Montreal Expos in Philadelphia after he had been traded. The two pitchers he hit safely against, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs and Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies, are both in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Roster
1982 New York Mets roster
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
LFGeorge Foster151550136.2471370

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joel Youngblood8020252.257321
Gary Rajsich8016242.259212
Brian Giles4513829.210310
Rusty Tillman12132.15400
Rick Sweet331.33300

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Ownbey850.1123.7528
Scott Holman426.2212.3611
Walt Terrell321033.438

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pete Falcone401718103.84101
Tom Gorman39.1010.967

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Neil Allen5037193.0659
Carlos Diaz40000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Jack Aker
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Gene Dusan
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Dan Monzon
A Shelby Mets South Atlantic League Rich Miller
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Sam Perlozzo
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Ed Olsen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater

Notes
  1. Jim Kern page at Baseball Reference
  2. Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference
  3. George Foster page at Baseball Reference
  4. Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference
  5. Mike Cubbage page at Baseball Reference
  6. Manuel Lee page at Baseball Reference
  7. Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference
  8. Dwight Gooden page at Baseball Reference
  9. Tracy Jones page at Baseball Reference
  10. Randy Myers page at Baseball Reference
  11. Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference

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.
  • 1982 New York Mets
  • 1982 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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