1982 Chicago White Sox season

Major League Baseball team 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.

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

Record vs. opponents

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

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

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

Farm system

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