1982 Minnesota Twins season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Minnesota Twins

| season = 1982

| league = American League

| division = West

| ballpark = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

| city = Minneapolis, Minnesota

| record = 60–102 ({{winpct|60|102}})

| divisional_place = 7th

| owners = Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)

| general_managers = Calvin Griffith

| managers = Billy Gardner

| television = KMSP-TV
(Bob Kurtz, Larry Osterman)

| radio = 830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, Frank Quilici)

|}}

The 1982 Minnesota Twins season was the 22nd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, and the 82nd overall in the American League. It was also the 1st season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which they would continue to play in until 2009.

The team finished 60–102, seventh in the American League West. It was the first time the Twins lost more than 100 games since moving to Minnesota. This feat of more than 100 losses would be matched in 2016 and was surpassed by one game as that record was 59-103.

Despite the Twins' new stadium, only 921,186 fans attended Twins games, the lowest total in the American League.

Offseason

October 23, 1981: Mike Kinnunen was traded by the Twins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Little.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kinnumi01.shtml|title=Mike Kinnunen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2018}}
January 12, 1982: Kirby Puckett was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/puckeki01.shtml|title=Kirby Puckett Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2018}}

Regular season

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome debuted with an April 3 exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Philadelphia's Pete Rose had the first unofficial Metrodome hit, and Minnesota's Kent Hrbek homered twice.

In the regular-season home opener, outfielder Dave Engle had the Twins' first hit and home run in the Metrodome. Third baseman Gary Gaetti homered twice and was thrown out at home trying to stretch a triple for an inside-the-park home run. The Seattle Mariners beat the Twins 11-7.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198204060.shtml|title=Seattle Mariners 11, Minnesota Twins 7|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2016-02-01}}

On May 29, for the only time in Twins history, a catcher nabbed four base stealers in a single game: Sal Butera threw out Ken Griffey, Graig Nettles, Bobby Murcer and Willie Randolph of the New York Yankees.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198205290.shtml|title=Butera Nabs Four|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2016-02-01}} Otherwise, May was not a good month as the Twins went 3-26, the worst major league month in baseball since the Philadelphia Athletics posted a 2–28 record in June of 1916. The Twins record slide of fourteen consecutive losses ended with a June 4 shutout win over Baltimore.

Only one Twins player made the All-Star Game in Montreal, first baseman Kent Hrbek.

On July 19, outfielder Tom Brunansky hit what will be the Twins only inside-the-park grand slam home run, ever. Jerry Augustine of the Milwaukee Brewers threw the pitch.

Pitcher Terry Felton – who'd gone 0-3 in 1980 – finished this season 0-13, and would not pitch in the majors again. His 0-16 career record is a major league record for futility.

=Offense=

Kent Hrbek hit .301 with 23 HR and 92 RBI.

Gary Ward hit .289 with 28 HR and 91 RBI.

Gary Gaetti hit 25 HR and 84 RBI.

Tom Brunansky hit 20 HR and 46 RBI.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Team Leaders ! Statistic !! Player !! Quantity
align="left" \|HR	Gary Ward	28
align="left" \|RBI	Kent Hrbek	92
align="left" \|BA	Kent Hrbek	.301
align="left" \|Runs	Gary Ward	85

=Pitching=

Reliever Ron Davis had 22 saves.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Team Leaders ! Statistic !! Player !! Quantity
align="left" \|ERA	Bobby Castillo	3.66
align="left" \|Wins	Bobby Castillo	13
align="left" \|Saves	Ron Davis	22
align="left" \|Strikeouts	Brad Havens	129

=Defense=

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

March 26, 1982: Tim Corcoran was released by the Minnesota Twins.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/corcoti01.shtml|title=Tim Corcoran Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2018}}
April 10, 1982: Roy Smalley III was traded by the Twins to the New York Yankees for Ron Davis, Greg Gagne and Paul Boris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisro02.shtml|title=Ron Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=April 9, 2023}}
May 12, 1982: Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong were traded by the Twins to the California Angels for Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters, and $400,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/corbedo01.shtml|title=Doug Corbett Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2018}}
May 12, 1982: Butch Wynegar and Roger Erickson were traded by the Twins to the New York Yankees for Larry Milbourne, Pete Filson, John Pacella and cash.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wynegbu01.shtml|title=Butch Wynegar Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=April 9, 2023}}
July 21, 1982: Houston Jiménez was purchased by the Twins from the Broncos de Reynosa.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jimenho01.shtml|title=Houston Jimenez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=April 20, 2018}}

=Roster=

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #072764; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" \| 1982 Minnesota Twins
colspan="10" style="background-color: #c6011f; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|30\|Fernando Arroyo}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Paul Boris}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Bobby Castillo}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Don Cooper}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Doug Corbett}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Ron Davis}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Roger Erickson}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Terry Felton}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Pete Filson}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Brad Havens}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Darrell Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Jeff Little}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Jack O'Connor}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|John Pacella}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Pete Redfern}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Frank Viola}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Albert Williams}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|11\|Sal Butera}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Tim Laudner}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Ray Smith}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Butch Wynegar}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 2\|John Castino}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Lenny Faedo}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Gary Gaetti}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Kent Hrbek}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Larry Milbourne}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Roy Smalley}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Ron Washington}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Greg Wells}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Rob Wilfong}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|24\|Tom Brunansky}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Jim Eisenreich}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Dave Engle}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Mickey Hatcher}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Bobby Mitchell}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Gary Ward}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|25\|Randy Bush}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Randy Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Jesús Vega}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|42\|Billy Gardner}} Coaches} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Karl Kuehl}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Jim Lemon}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Johnny Podres}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Rick Stelmaszek}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #c6011f; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches}

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Tim Laudner	93	306	78	.255	7	33
align=center \| 1B	Kent Hrbek	140	532	160	.301	23	92
align="center" \| 2B	John Castino	117	410	99	.241	6	37
align=center \| 3B	Gary Gaetti	145	508	117	.230	25	84
align="center" \| SS	Lenny Faedo	90	255	62	.243	3	22
align="center" \| LF	Gary Ward	152	570	165	.289	28	91
align="center" \| CF	Bobby Mitchell	124	454	113	.249	2	28
align=center \| RF	Tom Brunansky	127	463	126	.272	20	46
align="center" \| DH	Randy Johnson	89	234	58	.248	10	33

==Other batters==

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ron Washington	119	451	122	.271	5	39
align=center \| Mickey Hatcher	84	277	69	.249	3	26
align=center \| Jesús Vega	71	199	53	.266	5	29
align="center" \| Dave Engle	58	186	42	.226	4	16
align=center \| Sal Butera	54	126	32	.254	0	8
align=center \| Randy Bush	55	119	29	.244	4	13
align=center \| Jim Eisenreich	34	99	30	.303	2	9
align=center \| Larry Milbourne	29	98	23	.235	0	1
align=center \| Butch Wynegar	24	86	18	.209	1	8
align=center \| Rob Wilfong	25	81	13	.160	0	5
align=center \| Greg Wells	15	54	11	.204	0	3
align=center \| Ray Smith	9	23	5	.217	0	1
align=center \| Roy Smalley	4	13	2	.154	0	0

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Brad Havens	33	208.2	10	14	4.31	129
align=center \| Albert Williams	26	153.2	9	7	4.22	61
align="center" \| Frank Viola	22	126.0	4	10	5.21	84
align=center \| Jack O'Connor	23	126.0	8	9	4.29	56
align="center" \| Roger Erickson	7	40.2	4	3	4.87	12

==Other pitchers==

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bobby Castillo	40	218.2	13	11	3.66	125
align="center" \| Terry Felton	48	117.1	0	13	4.99	92
align=center \| Pete Redfern	27	94.1	5	11	6.58	40
align="center" \| Darrell Jackson	13	44.2	0	5	6.25	16
align="center" \| Pete Filson	5	12.1	0	2	8.76	10
align=center \| Don Cooper	6	11.1	0	1	9.53	5

==Relief pitchers==

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Ron Davis	63	3	9	22	4.42	89
align="center" \| Jeff Little	33	2	0	0	4.21	26
align="center" \| Paul Boris	23	1	2	0	3.99	30
align=center \| John Pacella	21	1	2	2	7.32	20
align=center \| Doug Corbett	10	0	2	3	5.32	15
align=center \| Fernando Arroyo	6	0	1	0	5.27	4

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Toledo Mud Hens|league16=International League|manager16=Cal Ermer

|level17=AA |team17=Orlando Twins|league17=Southern League|manager17=Tom Kelly

|level18=A |team18=Visalia Oaks|league18=California League|manager18=Phil Roof

|level19=A |team19=Wisconsin Rapids Twins|league19=Midwest League|manager19=Ken Staples

|level20=Rookie|team20=Elizabethton Twins|league20=Appalachian League|manager20=Fred Waters

}}

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1982.shtml Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1982&t=MIN Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com]

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