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 National League West, eight games behind the division champion Atlanta Braves.

Offseason

• December 10, 1981: Ozzie Smith, Steve Mura and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and a player to be named later.
• January 27, 1982: Craig Stimac was purchased from the Padres by the Cleveland Indians.
• February 19, 1982: The Padres and Cardinals completed their December 10 deal, with the Padres sending Al Olmsted to the Cardinals and the Cardinals sending Luis DeLeón to the Padres.
• February 22, 1982: Barry Evans was purchased from the Padres by the New York Yankees.
• February 25, 1982: John Littlefield was released by the Padres.

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.
• July 19, 1982: Tony Gwynn made his Major League Baseball debut. In a 7-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Gwynn had four at-bats with two hits, one run scored, and one RBI.
• 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 (1940s-1950s) for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was interred in Rosewood Memorial Park Cemetery, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

• Juan Bonilla
• Juan Eichelberger
• Ruppert Jones
• Terry Kennedy
• Sixto Lezcano
• Broderick Perkins
• Gene Richards
• Luis Salazar
• Garry Templeton

Notable transactions

• May 22, 1982: Kim Seaman was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos for Jerry Manuel.
• June 7, 1982: Mark Wasinger was drafted by the Padres in the 3rd round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.
• June 8, 1982: Danny Boone was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Joe Pittman.
• June 8, 1982: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Mike Griffin to the Padres on August 30.
• September 1, 1982: Benito Santiago was signed by the Padres as an amateur free agent.

Roster

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Award winners

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Ruppert Jones, reserve

Farm system

References

External links

• 1982 San Diego Padres team at Baseball-Reference
• 1982 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac