1982 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersJohn McHale
ManagersJim Fanning
TelevisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Raymond Lebrun)
RadioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Duke Snider, Tommy Hutton, Ron Reusch)
CKAC (French)
(Claude Raymond, Jacques Doucet)
Seasons

The 1982 Montreal Expos season was the 14th season in franchise history. They finished 86–76, 6 games back of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League East.

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their sixth season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9270 0.568 — 46–35 46–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8973 0.549 3 51–30 38–43
Montreal Expos 8676 0.531 6 40–41 46–35
Pittsburgh Pirates 8478 0.519 8 42–39 42–39
Chicago Cubs 7389 0.451 19 38–43 35–46
New York Mets 6597 0.401 27 33–48 32–49

Record vs. opponents

1982 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–414–410–87–115–79–36–64–811–78–107–5
Chicago 4–8—6–69–35–76–129–99–99–94–86–66–12
Cincinnati 4–146–6—7–117–114–87–55–74–86–126–125–7
Houston 8–103–911–7—7–114–88–47–59–39–95–136–6
Los Angeles 11–77–511–711–7—8–46–64–85–79–99–97–5
Montreal 7–512–68–48–44–8—11–78–107–117–54–810–8
New York 3–99–95–74–86–67–11—7–118–106–64–86–12
Philadelphia 6-69–97–55–78–410–811–7—9–97–510–27–11
Pittsburgh 8–49–98–43–97–511–710–89–9—6–66–67–11
San Diego 7–118–412–69–99–95–76–65–76–6—10–84–8
San Francisco 10–86–612–613–59–98–48–42–106–68–10—5–7
St. Louis 5–712–67–56–65–78–1012–611–711–78–47–5—

Notable transactions

All-Star game

On July 13, 1982, the All-Star Game moved across the border and was played in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. It was the first Midsummer Classic ever to be held outside of the United States. The National League won 4–1 before a crowd of 59 057. Steve Rogers was the winning pitcher and Dennis Eckersley took the loss. Dave Concepción was named MVP. Five players represented the Expos on the National League squad: Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Al Oliver and Rogers.

Roster

1982 Montreal Expos
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
CGary Carter154557163.2932997
1BAl Oliver160617204.33122109
2BDoug Flynn5819347.244020
SSChris Speier156530136.257760
3BTim Wallach158596160.2682897
LFTim Raines156647179.277443
CFAndre Dawson148608183.3012383
RFWarren Cromartie144497126.2541462

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
Terry Francona4613142.32109
Mike Gates3612128.23108
Jerry White6911528.243213
Joel Youngblood409018.20008
Frank Taveras488714.16104
Brad Mills546715.22412
Dan Norman536614.21227
Wallace Johnson365711.19302
Bryan Little29429.21403
Tim Blackwell23428.19003
Roy Johnson17327.21902
John Milner26283.10702
Rodney Scott14255.20001
Ken Phelps1082.25000
Mike Phillips1481.12501
Brad Gulden560.00000
Rowland Office331.33300
Chris Smith220.00000
Mike Stenhouse110.00000

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
Steve Rogers35277.01982.40179
Bill Gullickson34236.212143.57155
Scott Sanderson32224.012123.46158
Charlie Lea27177.212103.24115
David Palmer1373.2643.1846

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
Ray Burris37123.24144.7355
Randy Lerch623.2203.424

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
Jeff Reardon7574262.0686
Woodie Fryman6094123.7546
Bryn Smith472434.2050
Dan Schatzeder260203.5015
Bill Lee70004.388
Bob James70006.0011
Tom Gorman51005.146
Dave Tomlin10004.502

Award winners

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Gary Carter, catcher
  • Andre Dawson, outfield
  • Tim Raines, outfield
  • Al Oliver, first baseman
  • Steve Rogers, pitcher

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Felipe Alou
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Rick Renick
A San Jose Expos California League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Moby Benedict
Rookie Calgary Expos Pioneer League Bob Reece

Notes

  1. ↑ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Al Oliver page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Bill Lee at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by Jim Prime, Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Bobby Ramos page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Rowland Office page at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 Jerry Manuel page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Giants send Schatzeder to Expos
  8. ↑ Joel Youngblood page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Casey Candaele page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Stolen Bases Single Season National League Leaders by Baseball Almanac

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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