1982 Cincinnati Reds season

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1982  Cincinnati Reds
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Riverfront Stadium
City Cincinnati
Record61–101 (.377)
Divisional place6th
Owners William & James Williams
General managers Dick Wagner
Managers John McNamara, Russ Nixon
Television WLWT
(Ray Lane, Bill Brown, Dick Carlson)
Radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Lindsey Nelson)
  1981 Seasons 1983  

The Cincinnati Reds' 1982 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Reds finishing in sixth place in the National League West, with a record of 61 wins and 101 losses, 28 games behind the Atlanta Braves. The Reds played their home games at Riverfront Stadium. John McNamara managed the club to a 34–58 start before being replaced in late July by Russ Nixon, who compiled a 27–43 record the rest of the year. 1982 was the first time that the Reds finished in last place since 1937, as well as their first losing season since 1971, the team's first full season at Riverfront. It was also the first 100-loss season in franchise history. They would not have another 100-loss season until 40 years later in 2022.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 89730.54942–3947–34
Los Angeles Dodgers 88740.543143–3845–36
San Francisco Giants 87750.537245–3642–39
San Diego Padres 81810.500843–3838–43
Houston Astros 77850.4751243–3834–47
Cincinnati Reds 611010.3772833–4828–53

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 8–414–410–87–115–79–36–64–811–78–107–5
Chicago 4–86–69–35–76–129–99–99–94–86–66–12
Cincinnati 4–146–67–117–114–87–55–74–86–126–125–7
Houston 8–103–911–77–114–88–47–59–39–95–136–6
Los Angeles 11–77–511–711–78–46–64–85–79–99–97–5
Montreal 7–512–68–48–44–811–78–107–117–54–810–8
New York 3–99–95–74–86–67–117–118–106–64–86–12
Philadelphia 6-69–97–55–78–410–811–79–97–510–27–11
Pittsburgh 8–49–98–43–97–511–710–89–96–66–67–11
San Diego 7–118–412–69–99–95–76–65–76–610–84–8
San Francisco 10–86–612–613–59–98–48–42–106–68–105–7
St. Louis 5–712–67–56–65–78–1012–611–711–78–47–5

Notable transactions

Roster

1982 Cincinnati Reds roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Alex Treviño 12035589.251133
1B Dan Driessen 149516139.2691757
2B Ron Oester 151549143.260947
SS Dave Concepción 147572164.287553
3B Johnny Bench 119399103.2581338
LF Eddie Milner 113407109.268431
CF César Cedeño 138492142.289857
RF Paul Householder 13841788.211934

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Duane Walker 8623952.218522
Mike Vail 7818948.254429
Wayne Krenchicki 9418753.283221
Larry Biittner 9718457.310224
Tom Lawless 4916535.21204
Dave Van Gorder 5113725.18207
Rafael Landestoy 7311121.18919
Gary Redus 208318.21717
Germán Barranca 465113.25502
Mike O'Berry 214510.22203
Clint Hurdle 19347.20601

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mario Soto 35257.214132.79274
Bruce Berenyi 34222.19183.36157
Frank Pastore 31188.18133.9794
Tom Seaver 21111.15135.5062

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Shirley 41152.28133.6089
Charlie Leibrandt 36107.2575.1034
Greg A. Harris 3491.1264.8367
Bill Scherrer 517.1012.607

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Hume 4626173.1122
Joe Price 593432.8571
Jim Kern 503522.8443
Brad Lesley 280242.5829
Ben Hayes 262021.9738
Joe Edelen 90008.8011

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association George Scherger
AA Waterbury Reds Eastern League Jim Lett
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Jim Hoff
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Randy Davidson
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Jimmy Stewart
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Marc Bombard

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis

Notes

  1. Ken Griffey page at Baseball Reference
  2. Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  3. Ray Knight page at Baseball Reference
  4. Randy Myers page at Baseball Reference
  5. Wayne Krenchicki page at Baseball Reference
  6. George Foster page at Baseball Reference
  7. Dallas Williams page at Baseball Reference

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