1982 Chicago White Sox season

The 1982 Chicago White Sox season was their 82nd season in the major leagues, and 83rd season overall. The White Sox finished at 87–75 (.537), third in the American League West, six games behind the division champion California Angels.

1982 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Roland Hemond
Managers	Tony La Russa
Television	WFLD (Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson) Sportsvision (Don Drysdale, Early Wynn, Ken Harrelson, Joe McConnell)
Radio	WMAQ (AM) (Early Wynn, Joe McConnell)
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Offseason

• December 11, 1981: Todd Cruz, Rod Allen, and Jim Essian were traded to the Seattle Mariners for Tom Paciorek.^[1][2][3]
• March 21, 1982: Ross Baumgarten and Butch Edge were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vance Law and Ernie Camacho.^[4]
• March 29, 1982: George Riley was released.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
California Angels	93	69	.574	—	52‍–‍29	41‍–‍40
Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	3	56‍–‍25	34‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	87	75	.537	6	49‍–‍31	38‍–‍44
Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	17	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47
Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	25	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49
Texas Rangers	64	98	.395	29	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55
Minnesota Twins	60	102	.370	33	37‍–‍44	23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	5–7	6–7	7–6	4–8	9–4–1	8–4	11–2	7–5	7–5	9–3	10–3
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	6–6	7–6	8–4	7–5	10–2	7–6
California	5–7	5–7	—	8–5	8–4	5–7	7–6	6–6	7–6	7–5	9–4	10–3	8–5	8–4
Chicago	7–5	8–4	5–8	—	6–6	9–3	3–10	3–9	7–6	8–4	9–4	6–7	8–5	8–4
Cleveland	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	6–7	2–10	7–6	8–4	4–9	4–8	9–3	7–5	7–6
Detroit	6–7	5–8	7–5	3–9	7–6	—	6–6	3–10	9–3	8–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	8–4	6–6	6–7	10–3	10–2	6–6	—	7–5	7–6	5–7	7–6	7–6	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	4–9–1	9–4	6–6	9–3	6–7	10–3	5–7	—	7–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	9–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	6–7	6–7	4–8	3–9	6–7	5–7	—	2–10	3–10	5–8	5–8	5–7
New York	2–11	6–7	5–7	4–8	9–4	5–8	7–5	5–8	10–2	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	4–9	4–9	8–4	3–9	6–7	5–7	10–3	5–7	—	6–7	5–8	3–9
Seattle	5–7	5–7	3–10	7–6	3–9	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	6–6	7–6	—	9–4	7–5
Texas	3–9	2–10	5–8	5–8	5–7	4–8	6–7	5–7	8–5	5–7	8–5	4–9	—	4–8
Toronto	3–10	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	7–6	8–4	4–9	7–5	7–6	9–3	5–7	8–4	—

Opening Day lineup

• Ron LeFlore, CF
• Tony Bernazard, 2B
• Steve Kemp, LF
• Greg Luzinski, DH
• Tom Paciorek, 1B
• Carlton Fisk, C
• Harold Baines, RF
• Jim Morrison, 3B
• Bill Almon, SS
• Jerry Koosman, P

Notable transactions

• April 2: Wayne Nordhagen was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Aurelio Rodríguez.^[6]
• June 7: Kenny Williams was selected in the third round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]
• August 21: Sparky Lyle was purchased from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[8]

Roster

1982 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 50 Juan Agosto 52 Rich Barnes 30 Salome Barojas 46 Warren Brusstar 40 Britt Burns 49 Richard Dotson 23 Chico Escárrega 45 Kevin Hickey 31 LaMarr Hoyt 67 Jim Kern 36 Jerry Koosman 53 Dennis Lamp 28 Sparky Lyle 54 Jim Siwy 27 Eddie Solomon 33 Steve Trout		Catchers 72 Carlton Fisk 16 Marv Foley  7 Marc Hill Infielders 34 Bill Almon 14 Tony Bernazard 12 Steve Dillard 27 Lorenzo Gray  5 Vance Law  1 Jay Loviglio 12 Jim Morrison 23 Chris Nyman 44 Tom Paciorek 20 Aurelio Rodríguez 25 Mike Squires		Outfielders  3 Harold Baines 17 Jerry Hairston 22 Steve Kemp 42 Ron Kittle 47 Rusty Kuntz 11 Rudy Law  8 Ron LeFlore Other batters 19 Greg Luzinski 29 Greg Walker		Manager 10 Tony La Russa Coaches 42 Loren Babe 15 Art Kusnyer  6 Charley Lau 28 Jim Leyland (third base) 38 Dave Nelson 37 Ron Schueler

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Bill Almon, SS	111	308	40	79	10	4	4	26	25	49	.256	10
Harold Baines, RF	161	608	89	165	29	8	25	105	49	95	.271	10
Tony Bernazard, 2B	137	540	90	138	25	9	11	56	67	88	.256	11
Steve Dillard, 2B	16	41	1	7	3	1	0	5	1	5	.171	0
Carlton Fisk, C	135	476	66	127	17	3	14	65	46	60	.267	17
Marv Foley, C	27	36	1	4	0	0	0	1	6	4	.111	0
Lorenzo Gray, 3B	17	28	4	8	1	0	0	0	2	4	.286	1
Jerry Hairston, OF	85	90	11	21	5	0	5	18	9	15	.233	0
Marc Hill, C	53	88	9	23	2	0	3	13	6	13	.261	0
Steve Kemp, LF	160	580	91	166	23	1	19	98	89	83	.286	7
Ron Kittle, RF	20	29	3	7	2	0	1	7	3	12	.241	0
Rusty Kuntz, CF	21	26	4	5	1	0	0	3	2	8	.192	0
Rudy Law, CF	121	336	55	107	15	8	3	32	23	41	.318	36
Vance Law, SS,3B,2B	114	359	40	101	20	1	5	54	26	46	.281	4
Ron LeFlore, CF	91	334	58	96	15	4	4	25	22	91	.287	28
Jay Loviglio, 2B	15	31	5	6	0	0	0	2	1	4	.194	2
Greg Luzinski, DH	159	583	87	170	37	1	18	102	89	120	.292	1
Jim Morrison, 3B	51	166	17	37	7	3	7	19	13	15	.223	0
Chris Nyman, 1B	28	65	6	16	1	0	0	2	3	9	.246	3
Tom Paciorek, 1B,LF	104	382	49	119	27	4	11	55	24	53	.312	3
Aurelio Rodriguez, 3B	118	257	24	62	15	1	3	31	11	35	.241	0
Mike Squires, 1B	116	195	33	52	9	3	1	21	14	13	.267	3
Greg Walker, DH	11	17	3	7	2	1	2	7	2	3	.412	0
Team Totals	162	5575	786	1523	266	52	136	747	533	866	.273	136

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
Juan Agosto	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	2.0	7	4	4	0	0	1
Rich Barnes	0	2	4.76	6	2	1	17.0	21	15	9	1	4	6
Salome Barojas	6	6	3.54	61	0	21	106.2	96	43	42	9	52	56
Warren Brusstar	2	0	3.44	10	0	0	18.1	19	7	7	2	3	8
Britt Burns	13	5	4.04	28	28	0	169.1	168	89	76	12	68	116
Richard Dotson	11	15	3.84	34	31	0	196.2	219	97	84	19	77	109
Chico Escárrega	1	3	3.67	38	2	1	73.2	73	33	30	3	18	33
Kevin Hickey	4	4	3.00	60	0	6	78.0	73	32	26	4	36	38
LaMarr Hoyt	19	15	3.53	39	32	0	239.2	248	104	94	17	51	124
Jim Kern	2	1	5.14	13	1	3	28.0	20	16	16	3	12	23
Jerry Koosman	11	7	3.84	42	19	3	173.1	194	81	74	9	41	88
Dennis Lamp	11	8	3.99	44	27	5	189.2	206	96	84	9	62	78
Sparky Lyle	0	0	3.00	11	0	1	12.0	11	4	4	0	7	6
Jim Siwy	0	0	10.29	2	1	0	7.0	10	8	8	1	5	3
Eddie Solomon	1	0	3.68	6	0	0	7.1	7	5	3	1	2	2
Steve Trout	6	9	4.26	25	19	0	120.1	130	76	57	9	52	62
Team Totals	87	75	3.87	162	162	41	1439.0	1502	710	618	99	460	753

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Gordon Lund
AA	Glens Falls White Sox	Eastern League	Jim Mahoney
A	Appleton Foxes	Midwest League	Adrian Garrett
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Sox	New York–Penn League	Fred Nelson
Rookie	GCL White Sox	Gulf Coast League	John Boles

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Appleton, Niagara Falls^[9]

Notes

1. Todd Cruz at Baseball Reference
2. "Baseball: Mariners reject demands by Paciorek". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 5, 1981. p. 3B.
3. "Goodbye: Seattle makes Paciorek an offer he could refuse". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 12, 1981. p. 5B.
4. Vance Law at Baseball Reference
5. George Riley at Baseball Reference
6. Wayne Nordhagen at Baseball Reference
7. Kenny Williams at Baseball Reference
8. Sparky Lyle at Baseball Reference
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1982 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference