1982 California Angels season

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1982 California Angels
1982 AL West Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1982 Information
Owner(s) Gene Autry
Manager(s) Gene Mauch
Local television KTLA
Local radio KMPC
(Ron Fairly, Bob Starr, Joe Buttitta)

The California Angels 1982 season involved the Angels finishing 1st in the American League west with a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • January 22, 1982: Reggie Jackson signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Transactions

  • August 2, 1982: Luis Tiant was purchased by the California Angels from the Tabasco (Mexican). [1]
  • August 31, 1982: Tommy John was traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Dennis Rasmussen (November 24, 1982) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

[edit] Season standings

American League West
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st California Angels 93   69 .574    --
2nd Kansas City Royals 90   72 .556   3.0
3rd Chicago White Sox 87   75 .537   6.0
4th Seattle Mariners 76   86 .469 17.0
5th Oakland Athletics 68   94 .420 25,0
6th Texas Rangers 64   98 .395 29.0
7th Minnesota Twins 60 102 .370 33.0

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Reggie Jackson 153 530 146 .275 39 101

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] ALCS

[edit] Game 1, October 5

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: MILGorman Thomas (1)  CALFred Lynn (1)
Pitchers: MIL – Caldwell, Slaton (4), Ladd (7), Bernard (8)  CAL – John
Attendance: 64,406

[edit] Game 2, October 6

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: MILPaul Molitor (1)  CALReggie Jackson (1)
Pitchers: MIL – Vuckovich  CAL – Kison
Attendance: 64,179

[edit] Game 3, October 8

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: CALBob Boone (1)  MILPaul Molitor (2)
Pitchers: CAL – Zahn, Witt (4), Hassler (7)  MIL – Sutton, Ladd (8)
Attendance: 50,135

[edit] Game 4, October 9

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: CALDon Baylor (1)  MILMark Brouhard (1)
Pitchers: CAL – John, Goltz (4), Sanchez (8)  MIL – Haas, Slaton (8)
Attendance: 51,003

[edit] Game 5, October 10

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  MILBen Oglivie (1)
Pitchers: CAL – Kison, Sanchez (6), Hassler (7)  MIL – Vuckovich, McClure (7), Ladd (9)
Attendance: 54,968

[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Fred Lynn, American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
  • Reggie Jackson, OF, American League Leader Home Runs (39)

All-Star Game

  • Rod Carew
  • Bobby Grich (Starting 2B)
  • Reggie Jackson (Starting RF)
  • Fred Lynn (Starting CF)

[edit] References

Preceded by
Oakland Athletics
1981
AL West Championship Season
1982
Succeeded by
Chicago White Sox
1983