1982 Detroit Tigers season


The 1982 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 83-79, 12 games behind the Brewers. The Tigers outscored their opponents 729 to 685. The Tigers drew 1,636,058 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1982, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

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
CLance Parrish133486138.2843287
1BEnos Cabell125464121.261237
2BLou Whitaker152560160.2861565
3BTom Brookens14039892.231958
SSAlan Trammell157489126.258957
LFLarry Herndon157614179.2922388
RFChet Lemon125436116.2661952
CFGlenn Wilson8432294.2921234
DHMike Ivie8025960.2321438

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Kirk Gibson6926674.278835
Rick Leach8221852.239312
Jerry Turner8521052.248827
John Wockenfuss7019358.301832
Richie Hebner6817949.274818
Howard Johnson5415549.316414
Lynn Jones5813931.223014

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Morris37266.117164.06135
Dan Petry352461593.22132
Milt Wilcox29193.212103.62112
Jerry Ujdur2517810103.6986

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Underwood3399484.7343
Larry Pashnick2894.1444.0119

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVGFERASO
Dave Tobik51499313.5663
Elías Sosa38334274.4324
Kevin Saucier31315143.1223
Dave Rucker2756083.3831
Aurelio López1931395.2726

Award winners and league leaders

Larry Herndon
Chet Lemon
Jack Morris
Lance Parrish
Dan Petry
  • #4 in AL in ERA
  • #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed
  • #5 in AL in wild pitches
Jerry Ujdur
Milt Wilcox'''
The following members of the 1982 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: