The 1982 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 82nd season and the 71st season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 83–79 (.512), 12 games behind the AL Champion Brewers. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 685. The Tigers drew 1,636,058 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1982, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.
Offseason October 5, 1981: Mark Fidrych was released by the Tigers.Mark Fidrych at Baseball Reference December 9, 1981: Dan Schatzeder and Mike Chris were traded by the Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for Larry Herndon.Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference December 14, 1981: Dennis Kinney was released by the Tigers.Dennis Kinney at Baseball Reference March 4, 1982: Champ Summers was traded by the Tigers to the San Francisco Giants for Enos Cabell and cash.Champ Summers at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1982 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters
Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Lance Parrish 133 486 138 .284 32 87 1B Enos Cabell 125 464 121 .261 2 37 2B Lou Whitaker 152 560 160 .286 15 65 3B Tom Brookens 140 398 92 .231 9 58 SS Alan Trammell 157 489 126 .258 9 57 LF Larry Herndon 157 614 179 .292 23 88 RF Chet Lemon 125 436 116 .266 19 52 CF Glenn Wilson 84 322 94 .292 12 34 DH Mike Ivie 80 259 60 .232 14 38
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 RBIKirk Gibson 69 266 74 .278 8 35Rick Leach 82 218 52 .239 3 12Jerry Turner 85 210 52 .248 8 27John Wockenfuss 70 193 58 .301 8 32Richie Hebner 68 179 49 .274 8 18Howard Johnson 54 155 49 .316 4 14Lynn Jones 58 139 31 .223 0 14Mike Laga 27 88 23 .261 3 11Bill Fahey 28 67 10 .149 0 4Eddie Miller 14 25 1 .040 0 0Mark DeJohn 24 21 4 .190 0 1Mick Kelleher 2 1 0 .000 0 0Manny Castillo 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOJack Morris 37 266.1 17 16 4.06 135Dan Petry 35 246.0 15 9 3.22 132Milt Wilcox 29 193.2 12 10 3.62 112Jerry Ujdur 25 178.0 10 10 3.69 86
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 SOPat Underwood 33 99.0 4 8 4.73 43Larry Pashnick 28 94.1 4 4 4.01 19Dave Rozema 8 27.2 3 0 1.63 15Juan Berenguer 2 6.2 0 0 6.75 8
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV GF ERA SODave Tobik 51 4 9 9 31 3.56 63Elías Sosa 38 3 3 4 27 4.43 24Kevin Saucier 31 3 1 5 14 3.12 23Dave Rucker 27 5 6 0 8 3.38 31Aurelio López 19 3 1 3 9 5.27 26Bob James 12 0 2 0 6 5.03 20Howard Bailey 8 0 0 1 5 0.00 3Dave Gumpert 5 0 0 1 2 27.00 0 Larry Rothschild 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 0
Award winners and league leaders
Larry Herndon #2 in MLB in triples (13) #5 in AL in outs (470) #8 in MLB in times grounded into double plays (20)
Chet Lemon MLB leader in times hit by pitch (15)
Jack Morris #2 in AL in complete games (17) #2 in MLB in home runs allowed (37) #2 in MLB in earned runs allowed (120) #2 in AL in wild pitches (10) #2 in AL in batters faced (1107) #3 in AL in innings pitched (266-1/3) #4 in AL in shutouts (3) #4 in AL in losses (16) #5 in AL in wins (17) #5 in AL in games started (37) #8 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (96)
Lance Parrish AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher AL All Star Team, catcher Tiger of the Year Award, by Detroit baseball writers #4 in AL in at bats per home run (15.2) #5 in AL in home runs (32) #10 in MLB in slugging percentage (.529)
Dan Petry #4 in AL in ERA (3.22) #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (100) #5 in AL in wild pitches (9)
Jerry Ujdur #2 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.58)
Milt Wilcox #3 in AL in hit batsmen (7)
Players ranking among top 100 all time at position The following members of the 1982 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time Kirk Gibson: 36th best left fielder of all time
Farm system
Notes
References
1982 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics