1982 New York Mets season

The 1982 New York Mets season was the 21st regular season for the Mets. They went 65–97 and finished in sixth place in the National League East, twenty-seven games behind the first place St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by George Bamberger. They played home games at Shea Stadium.
Beginning that year, to supplement gameday broadcasts for cable viewers, Mets game broadcasts were simulcast on SportsChannel NY in addition to the usual WOR-TV telecast.

Offseason

December 11, 1981: Doug Flynn and Dan Boitano were traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for Jim Kern.
October 12, 1981: Mike Marshall was released by the New York Mets.
February 10, 1982: Alex Treviño, Jim Kern, and Greg Harris were traded by the Mets to the Cincinnati Reds for George Foster.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 1, 1982: Lee Mazzilli was traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.
April 5, 1982: Mike Cubbage was released by the Mets.
May 10, 1982: Manuel Lee was signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets.
May 21, 1982: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Mets by the Seattle Mariners.
June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
*Dwight Gooden was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round. Player signed June 10, 1982.
*Tracy Jones was drafted by the Mets in the 4th round.
*Randy Myers was drafted by the Mets in the 1st round of the Secondary Phase. Player signed June 8, 1982.
August 4, 1982: Joel Youngblood was traded by the Mets to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the trade by sending Tom Gorman to the Mets on August 16.

Joel Youngblood

On August 4, 1982, Youngblood became the first player in history to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. Youngblood had driven in the winning run for the Mets in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs, and then singled in a night game for the Montreal Expos in Philadelphia after he had been traded. The two pitchers he hit safely against, Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs and Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies, are both in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	John Stearns	98	352	103	.293	4	28
1B	Dave Kingman	149	535	109	.204	37	99
2B	Wally Backman	96	261	71	.272	3	22
SS	Ron Gardenhire	141	384	92	.240	3	33
3B	Hubie Brooks	126	457	114	.249	2	40
LF		151	550	136	.247	13	70
CF	Mookie Wilson	159	639	178	.279	5	55
RF	Ellis Valentine	111	337	97	.288	8	48

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bob Bailor	110	376	104	.277	0	31
Ron Hodges	80	228	56	.246	5	27
Rusty Staub	112	219	53	.242	3	37
	80	202	52	.257	3	21
	80	162	42	.259	2	12
	45	138	29	.210	3	10
Mike Jorgensen	120	114	29	.254	2	14
Tom Veryzer	40	54	18	.333	0	4
Bruce Bochy	17	49	15	.306	2	8
Mike Howard	33	39	7	.179	1	3
Phil Mankowski	13	35	8	.229	0	4
	12	13	2	.154	0	0
Ronn Reynolds	2	4	0	.000	0	0
	3	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	8	50.1	1	2	3.75	28
	4	26.2	2	1	2.36	11
	3	21.0	0	3	3.43	8

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	40	171.0	8	10	3.84	101
Charlie Puleo	36	171.0	9	9	4.47	98
Craig Swan	37	166.1	11	7	3.35	67
Mike Scott	37	147.0	7	13	5.14	63
Ed Lynch	43	139.1	4	8	3.55	51
Pat Zachry	36	137.2	6	9	4.05	69
Randy Jones	28	107.2	7	10	4.60	44
Brent Gaff	7	31.2	0	3	4.55	14
	3	9.1	0	1	0.96	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	50	3	7	19	3.06	59
Jesse Orosco	54	4	10	4	2.72	89
Terry Leach	21	2	1	3	4.17	30
Tom Hausman	21	1	2	0	4.42	16
Doug Sisk	8	0	1	1	1.04	4
	4	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tidewater