1982 San Diego Padres season

Offseason

• December 10, 1981: Ozzie Smith, Steve Mura and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Sixto Lezcano, Garry Templeton and a player to be named later.
• January 27, 1982: Craig Stimac was purchased from the Padres by the Cleveland Indians.
• February 19, 1982: The Padres and Cardinals completed their December 10 deal, with the Padres sending Al Olmsted to the Cardinals and the Cardinals sending Luis DeLeón to the Padres.
• February 22, 1982: Barry Evans was purchased from the Padres by the New York Yankees.
• February 25, 1982: John Littlefield was released by the Padres.

  Regular season

• In 1982, Sixto Lezcano became the only player to hit grand slams on two different opening day games. He hit the first grand slam in 1980.
• July 19, 1982: Tony Gwynn made his Major League Baseball debut. In a 7-6 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, Gwynn had four at-bats with two hits, one run scored, and one RBI.

  Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

• Juan Bonilla
• Juan Eichelberger
• Ruppert Jones
• Terry Kennedy
• Sixto Lezcano
• Broderick Perkins
• Gene Richards
• Luis Salazar
• Garry Templeton

  Notable transactions

• May 22, 1982: Kim Seaman was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos for Jerry Manuel.
• June 7, 1982: Mark Wasinger was drafted by the Padres in the 3rd round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.
• June 8, 1982: Danny Boone was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Joe Pittman.
• June 8, 1982: Jerry Manuel was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Mike Griffin to the Padres on August 30.
• September 1, 1982: Benito Santiago was signed by the Padres as an amateur free agent.

  Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Award winners

• Ruppert Jones, Reserve

  Farm system