1982 Chicago Cubs season

The 1982 Chicago Cubs season was the 111th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 107th in the National League and the 67th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 73–89, 19 games behind the eventual National League and 1982 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. For the first time in more than a half a century, the Cubs were not owned by a member of the Wrigley family. Instead, it was the first full season for the Cubs under the ownership of the Tribune Company, owners of the team's broadcast partner WGN TV and Radio, and for Cubs TV viewers the first season ever for them to see and hear Harry Caray on the broadcast panel.

1982 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Owners	Tribune Company
General managers	Dallas Green
Managers	Lee Elia (1st Season)
Television	WGN-TV (Harry Caray, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton)
Radio	WGN (Milo Hamilton, Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Harry Caray)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

Offseason

November 15, 1981: Steve Macko, a promising prospect passes away after a short bout with testicular cancer.

• December 8, 1981: Mike Krukow and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dickie Noles, Dan Larson and Keith Moreland.
• December 28, 1981: The Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Mirabella. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Dave Geisel to the Blue Jays on March 25.
• January 27, 1982: Iván DeJesús was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg.
• March 15, 1982: Mike Tyson was released by the Chicago Cubs.
• March 26, 1982: Paul Mirabella, a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers for Bump Wills. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Paul Semall (minors) to the Rangers on April 21.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	.568	—	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	.549	3	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Montreal Expos	86	76	.531	6	40‍–‍41	46‍–‍35
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	8	42‍–‍39	42‍–‍39
Chicago Cubs	73	89	.451	19	38‍–‍43	35‍–‍46
New York Mets	65	97	.401	27	33‍–‍48	32‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1982 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	14–4	10–8	7–11	5–7	9–3	6–6	4–8	11–7	8–10	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	6–6	9–3	5–7	6–12	9–9	9–9	9–9	4–8	6–6	6–12
Cincinnati	4–14	6–6	—	7–11	7–11	4–8	7–5	5–7	4–8	6–12	6–12	5–7
Houston	8–10	3–9	11–7	—	7–11	4–8	8–4	7–5	9–3	9–9	5–13	6–6
Los Angeles	11–7	7–5	11–7	11–7	—	8–4	6–6	4–8	5–7	9–9	9–9	7–5
Montreal	7–5	12–6	8–4	8–4	4–8	—	11–7	8–10	7–11	7–5	4–8	10–8
New York	3–9	9–9	5–7	4–8	6–6	7–11	—	7–11	8–10	6–6	4–8	6–12
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	7–5	5–7	8–4	10–8	11–7	—	9–9	7–5	10–2	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	9–9	8–4	3–9	7–5	11–7	10–8	9–9	—	6–6	6–6	7–11
San Diego	7–11	8–4	12–6	9–9	9–9	5–7	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	10–8	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	6–6	12–6	13–5	9–9	8–4	8–4	2–10	6–6	8–10	—	5–7
St. Louis	5–7	12–6	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–10	12–6	11–7	11–7	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1982: Bill Caudill was sent by the Cubs to the New York Yankees to partially complete an earlier deal (the Chicago Cubs sent players to be named later to the Yankees for Pat Tabler) made on August 19, 1981.
• April 9, 1982: Randy Stein was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.
• June 7, 1982: Gary Varsho was drafted by the Cubs in the 5th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 12, 1982.
• August 2, 1982: The Chicago Cubs sent Jay Howell to the New York Yankees to complete the August 19, 1981, trade noted above.

Roster

1982 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 47 Doug Bird 39 Bill Campbell 50 Tom Filer 38 Willie Hernández 31 Fergie Jenkins 37 Ken Kravec 32 Dan Larson 34 Randy Martz 48 Dickie Noles 36 Mike Proly 33 Allen Ripley 43 Herman Segelke 46 Lee Smith 43 Randy Stein 41 Dick Tidrow		Catchers  9 Butch Benton  9 Larry Cox  7 Jody Davis Infielders  1 Larry Bowa 22 Bill Buckner 20 Scott Fletcher 15 Junior Kennedy 23 Ryne Sandberg 19 Pat Tabler 17 Bump Wills		Outfielders 11 Dan Briggs 30 Héctor Cruz 10 Leon Durham 27 Mel Hall 28 Steve Henderson 21 Jay Johnstone 29 Bob Molinaro 24 Jerry Morales  6 Keith Moreland 18 Scot Thompson 21 Ty Waller 25 Gary Woods		Manager  4 Lee Elia Coaches  3 Billy Connors  8 Tom Harmon  5 Gordon Mackenzie  2 John Vukovich

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Jody Davis	130	418	109	.261	12	52
1B	Bill Buckner	161	657	201	.306	15	105
2B	Bump Wills	128	419	114	.272	6	38
SS	Larry Bowa	142	499	123	.246	0	29
3B	Ryne Sandberg	156	635	172	.271	7	54
LF	Steve Henderson	92	257	60	.233	2	29
CF	Gary Woods	117	245	66	.269	4	30
RF	Leon Durham	148	539	168	.312	22	90

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
Keith Moreland	138	476	124	.261	15	68
Jay Johnstone	98	269	67	.249	10	43
Junior Kennedy	105	242	53	.219	2	25
Jerry Morales	65	116	33	.284	4	30
Pat Tabler	25	85	20	.235	1	7
Mel Hall	24	80	21	.263	0	4
Scot Thompson	49	74	27	.365	0	7
Bob Molinaro	65	66	13	.197	1	12
Dan Briggs	48	48	6	.125	0	1
Scott Fletcher	11	24	4	.167	0	1
Ty Waller	17	21	5	.238	0	1
Héctor Cruz	17	19	4	.211	0	0
Butch Benton	4	7	1	.143	0	1
Larry Cox	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Ferguson Jenkins	34	217.1	14	15	3.15	134
Doug Bird	35	191.0	9	14	5.14	71
Dickie Noles	31	171.0	10	13	4.42	85
Randy Martz	28	147.2	11	10	4.21	40
Tom Filer	8	40.2	1	2	5.53	15

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
Allen Ripley	28	122.2	5	7	4.26	57
Dan Larson	12	39.2	0	4	5.67	22
Ken Kravec	13	25.0	1	1	6.12	20

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
Lee Smith	72	2	5	17	2.69	99
Willie Hernández	75	4	6	10	3.00	54
Dick Tidrow	65	8	3	6	3.39	62
Bill Campbell	62	3	6	8	3.69	71
Mike Proly	44	5	3	1	2.30	24
Randy Stein	6	0	0	0	3.48	6
Herman Segelke	3	0	0	0	8.31	4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	American Association	Jim Napier
AA	Midland Cubs	Texas League	Brian Murphy
A	Salinas Spurs	California League	Rich Morales
A	Quad Cities Cubs	Midwest League	George Enright
A-Short Season	Geneva Cubs	New York–Penn League	Tony Franklin
Rookie	GCL Cubs	Gulf Coast League	Jim Fairey

References

• 1982 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
• 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.