The 1982 New York Mets season was the 21st regular season for the Mets. They went 65–97 and finished in sixth place in the National League East, twenty-seven games behind the first place St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by George Bamberger. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Beginning that year, to supplement gameday broadcasts for cable viewers, Mets game broadcasts were simulcast on SportsChannel NY in addition to the usual WOR-TV telecast.

Offseason December 11, 1981: Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano were traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for Jim Kern.Jim Kern page at Baseball Reference October 12, 1981: Mike Marshall was released by the New York Mets.Mike Marshall page at Baseball Reference February 10, 1982: Alex Treviño, Jim Kern, and Greg Harris were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for George Foster.George Foster page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 1, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.Ron Darling page at Baseball Reference April 5, 1982: Mike Cubbage was released by the Mets.Mike Cubbage page at Baseball Reference May 10, 1982: Manuel Lee was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.Manuel Lee page at Baseball Reference May 21, 1982: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Mets by the Seattle Mariners.Rick Sweet page at Baseball Reference June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft Dwight Gooden was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (5th pick). Player signed June 10, 1982.Dwight Gooden page at Baseball Reference Tracy Jones was drafted by the Mets in the 4th round.Tracy Jones page at Baseball Reference Randy Myers was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round (9th pick) of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 8, 1982.Randy Myers page at Baseball Reference August 4, 1982: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the trade by sending Tom Gorman to the Mets on August 16.Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference

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 Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 John Stearns 98 352 103 .293 4 28 1B Dave Kingman 149 535 109 .204 37 99 2B Wally Backman 96 261 71 .272 3 22 SS Ron Gardenhire 141 384 92 .240 3 33 3B Hubie Brooks 126 457 114 .249 2 40 LF 151 550 136 .247 13 70 CF Mookie Wilson 159 639 178 .279 5 55 RF Ellis Valentine 111 337 97 .288 8 48

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 Bob Bailor 110 376 104 .277 0 31 Ron Hodges 80 228 56 .246 5 27 Rusty Staub 112 219 53 .242 3 37 80 202 52 .257 3 21 80 162 42 .259 2 12 45 138 29 .210 3 10 Mike Jorgensen 120 114 29 .254 2 14 Tom Veryzer 40 54 18 .333 0 4 Bruce Bochy 17 49 15 .306 2 8 Mike Howard 33 39 7 .179 1 3 Phil Mankowski 13 35 8 .229 0 4 12 13 2 .154 0 0 Ronn Reynolds 2 4 0 .000 0 0 3 3 1 .333 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 8 50.1 1 2 3.75 28 4 26.2 2 1 2.36 11 3 21.0 0 3 3.43 8

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 40 171.0 8 10 3.84 101 Charlie Puleo 36 171.0 9 9 4.47 98 Craig Swan 37 166.1 11 7 3.35 67 Mike Scott 37 147.0 7 13 5.14 63 Ed Lynch 43 139.1 4 8 3.55 51 Pat Zachry 36 137.2 6 9 4.05 69 Randy Jones 28 107.2 7 10 4.60 44 Brent Gaff 7 31.2 0 3 4.55 14 3 9.1 0 1 0.96 7

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 50 3 7 19 3.06 59 Jesse Orosco 54 4 10 4 2.72 89 Terry Leach 21 2 1 3 4.17 30 Tom Hausman 21 1 2 0 4.42 16 Doug Sisk 8 0 1 1 1.04 4 4 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater

Notes

References

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