The 1982 Major League Baseball season concluded with the St. Louis Cardinals winning their ninth World Series championship, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series after seven games, after making up for their playoff miss of the year before.
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Team name |
Wins |
%± |
Home attendance |
%± |
Per game |
Los Angeles Dodgers[1] |
88 |
39.7% |
3,608,881 |
51.6% |
44,554 |
California Angels[2] |
93 |
82.4% |
2,807,360 |
94.7% |
34,659 |
Philadelphia Phillies[3] |
89 |
50.8% |
2,376,394 |
45.0% |
29,338 |
Montreal Expos[4] |
86 |
43.3% |
2,318,292 |
51.1% |
28,621 |
Kansas City Royals[5] |
90 |
80.0% |
2,284,464 |
78.6% |
28,203 |
St. Louis Cardinals[6] |
92 |
55.9% |
2,111,906 |
109.0% |
26,073 |
New York Yankees[7] |
79 |
33.9% |
2,041,219 |
26.4% |
25,200 |
Milwaukee Brewers[8] |
95 |
53.2% |
1,978,896 |
126.3% |
24,133 |
Boston Red Sox[9] |
89 |
50.8% |
1,950,124 |
83.9% |
24,076 |
Atlanta Braves[10] |
89 |
78.0% |
1,801,985 |
236.6% |
22,247 |
Oakland Athletics[11] |
68 |
6.3% |
1,735,489 |
33.1% |
21,426 |
Detroit Tigers[12] |
83 |
38.3% |
1,636,058 |
42.4% |
20,198 |
Baltimore Orioles[13] |
94 |
59.3% |
1,613,031 |
57.5% |
19,671 |
San Diego Padres[14] |
81 |
97.6% |
1,607,516 |
209.6% |
19,846 |
Chicago White Sox[15] |
87 |
61.1% |
1,567,787 |
65.6% |
19,597 |
Houston Astros[16] |
77 |
26.2% |
1,558,555 |
18.0% |
19,241 |
Cincinnati Reds[17] |
61 |
-7.6% |
1,326,528 |
21.3% |
16,377 |
New York Mets[18] |
65 |
58.5% |
1,323,036 |
87.9% |
16,334 |
Toronto Blue Jays[19] |
78 |
110.8% |
1,275,978 |
69.0% |
15,753 |
Chicago Cubs[20] |
73 |
92.1% |
1,249,278 |
120.9% |
15,423 |
San Francisco Giants[21] |
87 |
55.4% |
1,200,948 |
89.9% |
14,827 |
Texas Rangers[22] |
64 |
12.3% |
1,154,432 |
35.8% |
14,252 |
Seattle Mariners[23] |
76 |
72.7% |
1,070,404 |
68.2% |
13,215 |
Cleveland Indians[24] |
78 |
50.0% |
1,044,021 |
57.9% |
12,889 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[25] |
84 |
82.6% |
1,024,106 |
89.0% |
12,643 |
Minnesota Twins[26] |
60 |
46.3% |
921,186 |
96.4% |
11,373 |
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Network | Day of week | Announcers |
ABC |
Monday nights Sunday afternoons |
Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Don Drysdale, Al Michaels, Bob Uecker, Jim Palmer, Tommy Lasorda |
NBC |
Saturday afternoons |
Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek, Dick Enberg, Bob Costas, Sal Bando |
USA |
Thursday nights |
Eddie Doucette, Nelson Briles, Monte Moore, Wes Parker |
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a Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1959, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005.