1982 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1982
misc = 1982 NL East Champions
1982 NL Champions
1982 World Series Champions

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Whitey Herzog
television = KSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Dan Kelly)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1982 season was the team's 101st season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 91st season in the National League. Making up for the previous year's near-miss, the Cardinals went 92-70 during the season and won their first-ever National League East Division title by three games over the Philadelphia Phillies. They defeated the National League West champion Atlanta Braves in three straight games to claim their first NL pennant since by|1968. From there, they went on to win the World Series in seven games over the American League champion Milwaukee Brewers. It was the Cardinals' first World Championship since by|1967, and their last until they opened the current Busch Stadium in 2006.

Offseason

*October 21, 1981: Bob Sykes was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Willie McGee. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcgeewi01.shtml Willie McGee page at Baseball Reference] ]
*November 20, 1981: Silvio Martínez and Lary Sorensen were traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians as part of a three-team trade. The Philadelphia Phillies traded Lonnie Smith to the Cardinals. The Indians traded Bo Díaz to the Phillies. The Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Indians. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Scott Munninghoff to the Indians on December 9. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martisi01.shtml Silvio Martínez page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 10, 1981: Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and a player to be named later were traded by the Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Ozzie Smith, Steve Mura and a player to be named later. The deal was completed on February 19, with the Padres sending Al Olmsted to the Cardinals and the Cardinals sending Luis DeLeón to the Padres. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithoz01.shtml Ozzie Smith page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 29, 1981: Joaquín Andújar was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/andujjo01.shtml Joaquin Andujar page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

First baseman Keith Hernandez and shortstop Ozzie Smith won Gold Gloves this year.

Opening Day starters

eason standings

Transactions

*June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball Draft
**Terry Pendleton was drafted by the Cardinals in the 7th round. Player signed June 12, 1982. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pendlte01.shtml Terry Pendleton page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Vince Coleman was drafted by the Cardinals in the 10th round. Player signed June 9, 1982. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colemvi01.shtml Vince Coleman page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 25, 1982: Joe Boever was signed by the Cardinals as an amateur free agent. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml Joe Boever page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

Starting pitchers

NLCS

Game 1

October 7, Busch Stadium

World Series

Awards and Honors

* Darrell Porter, World Series Most Valuable Player
* Bruce Sutter, Babe Ruth Award

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1982.shtml 1982 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1982&t=SLN 1982 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]