1982 Cleveland Indians season

The Cleveland Indians' 1982 season was the 82nd for the franchise. The team finished with a 78–84 record, placing them in sixth place in the American League East, 17 games behind the eventual AL champion Milwaukee Brewers.

Offseason

November 14, 1981: Duane Kuiper was traded by the Indians to the San Francisco Giants for Ed Whitson.
November 20, 1981: Bo Diaz was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a three-team trade. The Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Indians. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Lary Sorensen and Silvio Martinez to the Indians. The Phillies sent Lonnie Smith to the Cardinals.
December 9, 1981: the Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff to complete the November 20, 1981 trade.
January 15, 1982: Rick Waits was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
February 13, 1982: Mike Stanton was released by the Indians.
February 16, 1982: Sid Monge was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bake McBride.
March 26, 1982: Dave Rosello was released by the Indians.

Regular season

Notable transactions

September 12, 1982: John Denny was traded by the Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jerry Reed, Wil Culmer, and Roy Smith.

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	66	184	13	39	6	1	3	16	.212	0
	101	348	40	93	16	1	4	41	.267	18
	47	120	11	25	4	0	2	11	.208	0
	22	56	7	12	2	1	2	9	.214	0
	49	65	7	15	2	0	0	1	.231	3
	104	379	50	89	12	3	3	25	.235	33
	80	212	19	49	6	2	0	22	.231	3
	112	276	34	74	12	1	0	21	.268	9
	160	591	67	160	26	1	4	65	.271	2
	162	602	100	183	29	4	25	78	.304	17
	113	323	33	81	18	0	5	34	.251	3
	150	527	65	132	25	3	14	82	.250	32
	152	562	71	152	18	2	8	44	.270	12
	27	85	8	31	3	3	0	13	.365	2
	82	291	29	80	11	4	2	25	.275	2
	39	94	6	21	5	1	4	18	.223	0
	23	18	3	3	0	0	0	2	.167	0
	93	219	27	52	4	4	0	15	.237	9
	16	18	3	6	0	0	1	1	.333	0
	161	589	90	161	26	1	32	116	.273	6
Team Totals	162	5559	683	1458	225	32	109	639	.262	151

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	3	4	3.35	25	5	0	80.2	84	37	30	30	44
	15	11	3.90	33	33	0	244.2	211	117	106	88	187
	2	2	4.87	4	4	0	20.1	16	14	11	11	19
	0	0	6.94	3	3	0	11.2	11	9	9	7	4
	4	2	4.27	30	4	2	92.2	112	51	44	10	46
	6	11	5.01	21	21	0	138.1	126	80	77	73	94
	5	2	4.17	47	0	4	49.2	43	27	23	30	54
	0	2	5.23	8	4	0	31.0	32	21	18	16	14
	0	1	6.97	4	0	0	10.1	13	8	8	1	3
	1	1	3.45	6	1	0	15.2	15	6	6	3	10
	10	15	5.61	32	30	0	189.1	251	130	118	55	62
	12	10	2.49	65	0	21	133.2	117	44	37	45	90
	14	8	2.96	34	27	1	216.0	174	81	71	98	142
	2	13	5.40	25	21	0	115.0	128	74	69	57	44
	4	2	3.26	40	9	2	107.2	91	43	39	58	61
	0	0	4.63	6	0	0	11.2	9	6	6	7	8
Team Totals	78	84	4.11	162	162	30	1468.1	1433	748	670	589	882

Awards and honors

Andre Thornton, Hutch Award

'''All-Star Game'''