1982 Milwaukee Brewers season

1982 Milwaukee Brewers
1982 AL East Champions 1982 American League Champions
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Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners	Bud Selig
Managers	Buck Rodgers and Harvey Kuenn
Television	WVTV (Mike Hegan, Steve Shannon)
Radio	WISN (AM) (Bob Uecker, Dwayne Mosley, Kevin Young)
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The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers season resulted in the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball winning their first and only American League Championship.

• October 23, 1981: Rickey Keeton was traded by the Brewers to the Houston Astros for Pete Ladd.^[1]
• January 12, 1982: Tom Pagnozzi was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 24th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[2]
• February 26, 1982: John Flinn was released by the Brewers.^[3]

• August 27, 1982: Against the Milwaukee Brewers, Rickey Henderson broke Lou Broc's record for most stolen bases in one season. Doc Medich was on the mound when Henderson broke the record.^[4]
• September 24, 1982: Robin Yount had 6 RBIs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.
• Paul Molitor’s 136 runs not only led the American League, but they were the most scored in the league since 1949.
• Robin Yount became the first shortstop in American League history to lead the league in slugging percentage. He would go on to lead the league in hits, doubles, and total bases as he was voted the American League Most Valuable Player.

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	—	48‍–‍34	47‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	1	53‍–‍28	41‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	6	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	83	79	.512	12	47‍–‍34	36‍–‍45
New York Yankees	79	83	.488	16	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	17	41‍–‍40	37‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	17	44‍–‍37	34‍–‍47

• May 14, 1982: Rob Picciolo was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Warren and John Evans (minors).^[5]
• June 7, 1982: Dale Sveum was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1982.^[6]
• August 30, 1982: The Brewers traded players to be named later and cash to the Houston Astros for Don Sutton. The Brewers completed the trade by sending Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino, and Mike Madden to the Astros on September 3.^[7]

1982 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 46 Jerry Augustine 47 Dwight Bernard 48 Mike Caldwell 28 Jamie Easterly 34 Rollie Fingers 30 Moose Haas 45,54 Doug Jones 27 Pete Ladd 35 Randy Lerch 10 Bob McClure 33 Doc Medich 43 Chuck Porter 41 Jim Slaton 21 Don Sutton 50 Pete Vukovich		Catchers 23 Ted Simmons  5 Ned Yost Infielders 15 Cecil Cooper 17 Jim Gantner  4 Paul Molitor  8 Rob Picciolo 11 Ed Romero 19 Robin Yount		Outfielders 26 Kevin Bass 29 Mark Brouhard 16 Marshall Edwards 22 Charlie Moore 24 Ben Oglivie 26 Bob Skube 20 Gorman Thomas Designated Hitter  7 Don Money  9 Larry Hisle 13 Roy Howell		Manager 32 Harvey Kuenn (6/2 - ) 37 Buck Rodgers (4/9 - 6/1) Coaches -- Pat Dobson (Pitching) 12 Larry Haney (Bullpen) 18 Ron Hansen (First Base) 32 Harvey Kuenn (Hitting 4/9 - 6/2) 38 Cal McLish (Pitching) 36 Harry Warner (Third Base)

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.	R	HR	RBI
C	Ted Simmons	137	539	145	.269	73	23	97
1B	Cecil Cooper	155	654	205	.313	104	32	121
2B	Jim Gantner	132	447	132	.295	48	4	43
3B	Paul Molitor	160	666	201	.302	136	19	71
SS	Robin Yount	156	635	210	.331	129	29	114
LF	Ben Oglivie	159	602	147	.244	92	34	102
CF	Gorman Thomas	158	567	139	.245	96	39	112
RF	Charlie Moore	133	456	116	.254	53	6	45

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	R	HR	RBI
Kevin Bass	18	9	0	.000	4	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jerry Augustine	20	62	1	3	5.08	22

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Pete Ladd	16	1	3	3	4.00	12

Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	2
California	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	X	8	10	0
W: Tommy John (1-0)   L: Mike Caldwell (0-1)   S: None
HR: MIL – Gorman Thomas (1)  CAL – Fred Lynn (1)
Pitchers: MIL – Caldwell, Slaton (4), Ladd (7), Bernard (8)  CAL – John
Attendance: 64,406

Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
California	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	x	4	6	0
W: Bruce Kison (1-0)   L: Pete Vuckovich (0-1)   S: None
HR: MIL – Paul Molitor (1)  CAL – Reggie Jackson (1)
Pitchers: MIL – Vuckovich  CAL – Kison
Attendance: 64,179

Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
California	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	8	0
Milwaukee	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	0
W: Don Sutton (1-0)   L: Geoff Zahn (0-1)   S: Pete Ladd (1)
HR: CAL – Bob Boone (1)  MIL – Paul Molitor (2)
Pitchers: CAL – Zahn, Witt (4), Hassler (7)  MIL – Sutton, Ladd (8)
Attendance: 50,135

Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
California	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	5	3
Milwaukee	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	9	9	2
W: Moose Haas (1-0)   L: Tommy John (0-1)   S: Jim Slaton (1)
HR: CAL – Don Baylor (1)  MIL – Mark Brouhard (1)
Pitchers: CAL – John, Goltz (4), Sanchez (8)  MIL – Haas, Slaton (8)
Attendance: 51,003

Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
California	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	1
Milwaukee	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	x	4	6	4
W: Bob McClure (1-0)   L: Luis Sánchez (0-1)   S: Pete Ladd (1)
HR: CAL – None  MIL – Ben Oglivie (1)
Pitchers: CAL – Kison, Sanchez (6), Hassler (7)  MIL – Vuckovich, McClure (7), Ladd (9)
Attendance: 54,968

Game 5 proved to be the most dramatic of the series. The Angels got a quick 1-0 lead in the first on a double by Brian Downing and a single by Fred Lynn. But Milwaukee tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Paul Molitor doubled and eventually came home on a sacrifice fly by Ted Simmons. The Angles made it 2-1 in the third on an RBI single from Fred Lynn, and stretched the lead to 3-1 in the fourth on a run-scoring single from Bob Boone. Milwaukee cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth on Ben Oglivie’s homer. The score remained unchanged until the bottom of the seventh, when disaster struck the Angels. Milwaukee loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Cecil Cooper then cracked the series-winning hit, a two-run single that put the Brewers ahead 4-3. The Milwaukee bullpen kept the Angels off the board in the final two innings, and the Brewers took home the franchise’s first American League pennant.

Though the teams had never met, the cities had an existing commercial rivalry in the beer market, as St. Louis is the home of Anheuser Busch while Milwaukee is the home of Miller Brewing. This led to the Series being nicknamed the "Suds Series".

Paul Molitor set a World Series record with his fifth hit in the 9th inning of Game 1. Robin Yount would set another record in the 7th inning of Game 5 by becoming the first player in Series history to have two four-hit games.

Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter was given the Series MVP award. Brewers pitcher Mike Caldwell, who won two games, would have been a strong candidate, as well as Molitor. Paul Molitor would eventually win the Series MVP Award 11 years later as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. As it was, the winning team won the MVP. The only player on the losing team to win the MVP was Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees.

Both participants are currently in the NL Central, due to the transfer of the Brewers from the American League to the National League in 1998. This raises the possibility of the Brewers eventually playing a World Series in two different leagues. That has happened twice before, taking the 19th Century contests into account: The Brooklyn Dodgers of 1889 and 1890, and the Cardinals, who won the 1886 Series when they were in the Association.

October 12, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Brewers	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	10	17	0
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: Mike Caldwell (1-0)   L: Bob Forsch (0-1)
HR: MIL Ted Simmons (1)

October 13, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Brewers	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	10	1
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	X	5	8	0
W: Bruce Sutter (1-0)   L: Bob McClure (0-1)
HR: MIL Ted Simmons (2)

October 15, 1982 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	6	6	1
Milwaukee Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	3
W: Joaquín Andújar (1-0)   S: Bruce Sutter (1)   L: Pete Vuckovich (0-1)
HR: STL Willie McGee 2, (2)    MIL Cecil Cooper (1)

October 16, 1982 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	8	1
Milwaukee Brewers	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	X	7	10	2
W: Jim Slaton (1-0)   S: Bob McClure (1)   L: Doug Blair (0-1)

October 17, 1982 at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	15	2
Milwaukee Brewers	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	X	6	11	1
W: Mike Caldwell (2-0)   S: Bob McClure (2)   L: Bob Forsch (0-2)
HR: MIL Robin Yount (1)

October 19, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4
St. Louis Cardinals	0	2	0	3	2	6	0	0	X	13	12	1
W: John Stuper (1-0)   L: Don Sutton (0-1)
HR: STL Darrell Porter (1)    Keith Hernandez (1)

October 20, 1982 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Brewers	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	7	0
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	X	6	15	1
W: Joaquín Andújar (2-0)   S: Bruce Sutter (2)  L: Bob McClure (0-2)
HR: MIL Ben Oglivie (1)

Joaquín Andújar and Pete Vuckovich opposed each other once again. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when the Cardinals scored first on a Lonnie Smith RBI single. Ben Oglivie tied it for the Brew Crew in the fifth with a solo homer, and they took a 3-1 lead in the sixth when Jim Gantner scored on an error and Cecil Cooper hit a sacrifice fly.

But, in the bottom of the sixth, Vuckovich began to run into trouble. With one out, Ozzie Smith singled and Lonnie Smith doubled him to third. Brewers manager Harvey Kuenn then pulled Vuckovich in favor of Bob McClure, who intentionally walked pinch-hitter Gene Tenace to load the bases. Keith Hernandez then tied the game with a two-run single. George Hendrick then gave the Cardinals the lead with an RBI single.

The Cardinals punctuated the scoring with two runs in the eighth on RBI singles by Series MVP Darrell Porter and Steve Braun. Andujar pitched seven strong innings and Bruce Sutter pitched the eighth and ninth for his second save.

1982 World Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Milwaukee Brewers (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St Louis Cardinals	1	5	3	4	5	12	3	3	3	39	67	7
Milwaukee Brewers	3	1	3	1	5	4	7	4	5	33	64	11
Total Attendance: 384,570   Average Attendance: 54,939
Winning Player’s Share: – $43,280,   Losing Player’s Share – $31,935 * Includes Playoffs and World Series

• Cecil Cooper, Silver Slugger Award
• Harvey Kuenn, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year
• Paul Molitor – American League Leader At-Bats (666)
• Paul Molitor – American League Leader Runs (136)
• Robin Yount – American League Most Valuable Player
• Robin Yount – American League Leader Hits (210)
• Robin Yount – American League Leader Doubles (46)
• Robin Yount – American League Leader Slugging Percentage (.578)
• Robin Yount – American League Leader Total Bases (367)

All-Star Game

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Dick Phillips
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Tony Muser
A	Stockton Mudville Nine	California League	Duane Espy
A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Terry Bevington
Rookie	Pikeville Brewers	Appalachian League	Tim Nordbrook

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• 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Preceded by New York Yankees 1981	AL East Championship Season 1982	Succeeded by Baltimore Orioles 1983
Preceded by New York Yankees 1981	American League Championship 1982	Succeeded by Baltimore Orioles 1983