1982 California Angels season

Offseason

• December 6, 1981: Bob Boone was purchased by the Angels from the Philadelphia Phillies.
• December 7, 1981: José Moreno was selected by the Angels from the San Diego Padres in the rule 5 draft.
• December 8, 1981: Dave Smith was selected by the Angels from the New York Mets in the minor league draft.
• December 11, 1981: Brian Harper was traded by the Angels to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tim Foli.
• January 22, 1982: Reggie Jackson was signed as a free agent by the California Angels.
• January 28, 1982: Dan Ford was traded by the California Angels to the Baltimore Orioles for Doug DeCinces and Jeff Schneider.

  Regular season

• April 27, 1982: Reggie Jackson returned to Yankee Stadium with the Angels. He broke out of a terrible season-starting slump to hit a home run off former teammate Ron Guidry. The at-bat began with Yankee fans, angry at owner George Steinbrenner for letting Jackson get away, starting the "Reg-GIE!" chant, and ended it with the fans chanting "Steinbrenner sucks!" By the time of Jackson's election to the Hall of Fame, Steinbrenner had begun to say that letting him go was the biggest mistake he has made as Yankee owner.

  Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

• April 11, 1982: Ron Jackson was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
• May 12, 1982: Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters, and $400,000 were traded by the Angels to the Minnesota Twins for Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong.
• August 2, 1982: Luis Tiant was purchased by the Angels from Tabasco of the Mexican League.
• August 31, 1982: The Angels traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Tommy John. The Angels completed the trade by sending Dennis Rasmussen to the Yankees on November 24.

  Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ALCS

Game 1, October 5

Game 2, October 6

Game 3, October 8

Game 4, October 9

Game 5, October 10

Awards and honors

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

• Rod Carew
• Bobby Grich
• Reggie Jackson
• Fred Lynn

  Farm system