1982 AL Standings

May 15, 1982

  We're halfway through the month of May in the 1982 MLB season. My Detroit Tigers continue to impress me with their winning ways. They've been well balanced in hitting and pitching (+49 Run Differential). One concern is the recent loss of Dave Rosema for the rest of the season. He may have been the most valuable pitcher on the staff. It's a tight race in the AL East and the Tigers will miss his spot starting and relieving in close games.
 The California Angels have been the most dominate team so far this season. Their 27-9 record is good for 1st place in the AL West and a 5.5 game lead over the 2nd place Seattle Mariners.
 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1982 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1982 Detroit DEA             21  11  .656 ----   128    20  12 .625   83  79 .512
1982 Boston BOA              20  14  .588  2.0          23  11 .676   89  73 .549
1982 Baltimore BAA           18  14  .563  3.0          13  19 .406   94  68 .580
1982 Cleveland CLA           17  15  .531  4.0          14  18 .438   78  84 .481
1982 Milwaukee MLA           16  16  .500  5.0          18  14 .563   95  67 .586
1982 New York NYA            15  17  .469  6.0          15  17 .469   79  83 .488
1982 Toronto TOA             13  20  .394  8.5          14  19 .424   78  84 .481
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1982 California CAA          27   9  .750 ----   121    23  13 .639   93  69 .574
1982 Seattle SEA             22  15  .595  5.5          16  21 .432   76  86 .469
1982 Kansas City KCA         16  16  .500  9.0          18  14 .563   90  72 .556
1982 Oakland OAA             15  21  .417 12.0          19  17 .528   68  94 .420
1982 Chicago CHA             13  19  .406 12.0          20  12 .625   87  75 .537
1982 Texas TEA                9  20  .310 14.5           9  20 .310   64  98 .395
1982 Minnesota MNA           11  26  .297 16.5          11  26 .297   60 102 .370
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     18   14  .563  6- 9 12- 5  6- 4 12-10  3- 0  5- 6     5-5     Won 3
BOA     20   14  .588 12- 5  8- 9  4- 6 16- 8  3- 2  6- 5     6-4     Won 1
CAA     27    9  .750 15- 4 12- 5 10- 2 17- 7  2- 1  7- 4     8-2     Won 1
CHA     13   19  .406  5-11  8- 8  3- 7 10-12  3- 2  4- 5     5-5     Lost 1
CLA     17   15  .531 10- 6  7- 9  3- 9 14- 6  5- 3  6- 4     5-5     Lost 1
DEA     21   11  .656  9- 6 12- 5 11- 4 10- 7  1- 1  3- 1     6-4     Won 5
KCA     16   16  .500 10- 7  6- 9  2- 5 14-11  3- 2  5- 5     6-4     Lost 1
MLA     16   16  .500  7- 7  9- 9  7- 5  9-11  0- 1  3- 7     4-6     Won 1
MNA     11   26  .297  6-11  5-15  6- 4  5-22  1- 3  5- 8     5-5     Lost 3
NYA     15   17  .469  6- 8  9- 9  6- 8  9- 9  2- 1  6- 5     4-6     Lost 1
OAA     15   21  .417  9-10  6-11  9- 9  6-12  1- 2  6- 5     3-7     Won 1
SEA     22   15  .595 13- 7  9- 8  8- 5 14-10  2- 4  8- 8     5-5     Lost 3
TEA      9   20  .310  5-12  4- 8  3- 5  6-15  0- 2  4- 5     3-7     Lost 7
TOA     13   20  .394  9- 8  4-12  6-10  7-10  1- 3  5- 5     6-4     Won 4
TOTAL  233  233  .500
HOME   122  111  .524
ROAD   111  122  .476
LEFT    84   83  .503
RIGHT  149  150  .498
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     11- 7  7- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 1  14-13   164   127  +37
BOA     12- 8  8- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 6  14- 8   165   158   +7
CAA     17- 5 10- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14- 4  13- 5   196   121  +75
CHA      7-12  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0  13-19   137   158  -21
CLA      9- 9  8- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    1- 2  16-13   153   143  +10
DEA     14- 7  7- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 4  14- 7   178   129  +49
KCA      8-11  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0  16-16   154   160   -6
MLA     10- 7  6- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 2  10-14   168   139  +29
MNA      3-19  8- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    2-17   9- 9   147   221  -74
NYA      9- 9  6- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    2- 5  13-12   130   153  -23
OAA     11-11  4-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   8-10   126   165  -39
SEA     15- 8  7- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14- 5   8-10   182   146  +36
TEA      6-11  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0   9-20    97   142  -45
TOA      6-14  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    5-11   8- 9   124   159  -35
 
 

1982 AL Newspaper Recap with League Leaders

May 15, 1982

 Here are the league leaders in the AL halfway through the month of May:

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1982 American League                 Date: 5/16/1982
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1982 DEA  21  11    L.Sakata  BAA .452  D.Baylor  CAA   11  R.Zisk    SEA   32
1982 BOA  20  14    R.Carew   CAA .400  E.Murray  BAA   11  D.Baylor  CAA   31
1982 BAA  18  14    P.Molitor MLA .394  B.Downing CAA   10  E.Murray  BAA   30
1982 CLA  17  15    E.Murray  BAA .364  D.Evans   BOA   10  R.Jackson CAA   29
1982 MLA  16  16    F.White   KCA .363  OTHERS TIED W    8  OTHERS TIED W   28
1982 NYA  15  17
1982 TOA  13  20    WINS                SAVES               ERA
                    F.Bannist SEA    6  B.Caudill SEA   11  M.Witt    CAA 1.48
1982 CAA  27   9    K.Forsch  CAA    5  G.Gossage NYA    8  L.Barker  CLA 1.60
1982 SEA  22  15    J.Clancy  TOA    5  D.Quisenb KCA    8  P.Vuckovi MLA 1.88
1982 KCA  16  16    L.Barker  CLA    5  R.Fingers MLA    5  B.Kison   CAA 1.93
1982 OAA  15  21    J.Morris  DEA    5  OTHERS TIED W    4  D.Righett NYA 2.06
1982 CHA  13  19
1982 TEA   9  20    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
1982 MNA  11  26    W.Nordhag TOA   14  R.Henders OAA   44  D.Righett NYA   60
                    L.May     KCA   10  J.Cruz    SEA   17  F.Bannist SEA   52
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  M.Dilone  CLA   15  L.Barker  CLA   41
                                        P.Molitor MLA   12  R.Guidry  NYA   39
                                        OTHERS TIED W   11  J.Clancy  TOA   37
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAA  6  at  SEA  5  BAA-Flanaga(3-2, 2.86) at SEA-Perry(1-3, 6.70)
BOA  6  at  KCA  5  BOA-Ojeda(2-2, 4.50) at KCA-Leonard(1-2, 2.73)
CLA  2  at  CAA  7  CLA-Denny(2-2, 3.80) at CAA-Forsch(5-0, 2.86)
MLA  1  at  CHA  0  MLA-Lerch(2-0, 5.47) at CHA-Trout(2-2, 5.40)
MNA  8  at  DEA  9  MNA-Havens(1-5, 4.80) at DEA-Pashnic(2-3, 4.62)
NYA  4  at  OAA  5  NYA-Righett(1-3, 2.06) at OAA-McCatty(1-5, 5.24)
TOA  2  at  TEA  1  TOA-Gott(0-1, 7.04) at TEA-Hough(2-4, 5.88)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
C.Lemon       DEA MNA  5  3  4  4  0  0  2  0
R.Dempsey     BAA SEA  4  2  2  2  1  0  1  0
R.Henderson   OAA NYA  3  1  2  3  0  0  0  2
R.Smalley     NYA OAA  3  1  2  2  1  1  1  0
L.Johnson     TEA TOA  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
M.Haas        MLA CHA  5.1  3  0  0  1  4  0 W  
L.Aponte      BOA KCA  2.1  1  0  0  0  3  0 W  
T.Stoddard    BAA SEA  4.0  2  2  2  3  4  0 W  
G.Zahn        CAA CLA  6.0  5  1  1  1  2  0 W  
R.Fingers     MLA CHA  1.2  0  0  0  0  2  0   S
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
O.Gamble      NYA .450 20  9  5  6  3  D.Aase        CAA  9  2  0  3  7  0 201
R.Jackson     CAA .344 32 11 16  3  5  A.Hassler     CAA  7  3  0  2  4  0 103
J.Lowenstein  BAA .346 26  9  7  5  4  D.Spillner    CLA 11  4  0  6  8  0 001
L.Herndon     DEA .385 26 10  9  2  3  J.Clancy      TOA 27 23  8  7  9  3 200
G.Roenicke    BAA .286 28  8  7  5  3  S.Stewart     BAA 14  9  2  4  5  0 200
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Fisk        CHA .152 33  5  1  0  0  J.Bohnet      CLA 10 13 10  9  3  5 020
G.Hoffman     BOA .161 31  5  0  1  0  S.Rawley      NYA  8 15  9  5 11  2 120
J.Dybzinski   CLA .080 25  2  1  3  0  J.Pacella     MNA  6  7  6  5  4  1 010
R.Hassey      CLA .118 34  4  3  2  0  T.Felton      MNA  7 10  8  9  8  1 000
A.Bumbry      BAA .167 30  5  0  3  0  R.Waits       CLA 10 10  8  6  4  3 020
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

1982 NL Standings and League Leaders

May 15, 1982

  Halfway through the month of May here are the NL League Leaders. The 1st place Pittsburgh Pirates have the top 2 hitters (BA) in the league, Bill Madlock and Johnny Ray. Montreal's Tim Wallach leads the NL in homeruns with 12 and San Francisco's Darrell Evans leads in RBI with 32. Of note, Houston's Phil Garner is currently on a 30 game hitting streak.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1982 National League                 Date: 5/15/1982
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1982 PIN  20  11    B.Madlock PIN .390  T.Wallach MON   12  D.Evans   SFN   32
1982 MON  19  12    J.Ray     PIN .380  C.Davis   SFN   10  G.Matthew PHN   28
1982 SLN  20  15    G.Carter  MON .357  D.Kingman NYN   10  S.Lezcano SDN   28
1982 PHN  17  16    T.Kennedy SDN .355  D.Evans   SFN    9  D.Murphy  ATN   26
1982 NYN  16  18    L.Durham  CHN .349  J.Clark   SFN    9  L.Durham  CHN   26
1982 CHN  16  18
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1982 SDN  20  12    S.Carlton PHN    5  L.Deleon  SDN    6  A.Rincon  SLN 1.29
1982 HON  19  16    C.Swan    NYN    5  G.Garber  ATN    5  N.Ryan    HON 1.45
1982 SFN  17  18    OTHERS TIED W    4  R.Scurry  PIN    5  J.Niekro  HON 1.70
1982 ATN  15  19                        K.Tekulve PIN    5  M.Soto    CIN 1.76
1982 CIN  11  22                        G.Lucas   SDN    5  S.Sanders MON 1.85
1982 LAN  11  24
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    P.Garner  HON   30  B.Wills   CHN   18  M.Soto    CIN   77
                    T.O'Malle SFN    7  M.Wilson  NYN   18  S.Carlton PHN   57
                    J.Youngbl NYN    7  S.Sax     LAN   17  N.Ryan    HON   55
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  L.Smith   SLN   17  F.Valenzu LAN   50
                                        OTHERS TIED W   14  S.Sanders MON   45
 

1982 NL Standings

May 15, 1982

  The Pittsburgh Pirates have been red-hot lately and now lead the NL East. Going 9-1 their last 10 games has allowed the Pirates to pass the Montreal Expos for the top spot in the division. It looks to be a very competitive division as only 5.5 games separate all the teams. The San Diego Padres still hold 1st place in the NL West. The Houston Astros continue to surprise everyone and are in 2nd place, only 2.5 games behind. The LA Dodgers have gotten off to a bad start on the season and if they don't get their offense going they'll be struggling all year.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1982 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1982 Pittsburgh PIN          20  11  .645 ----   131    14  17 .452   84  78 .519
1982 Montreal MON            19  12  .613  1.0          15  16 .484   86  76 .531
1982 St. Louis SLN           20  15  .571  2.0          22  13 .629   92  70 .568
1982 Philadelphia PHN        17  16  .515  4.0          18  15 .545   89  73 .549
1982 New York NYN            16  18  .471  5.5          18  16 .529   65  97 .401
1982 Chicago CHN             16  18  .471  5.5          14  20 .412   73  89 .451
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1982 San Diego SDN           20  12  .625 ----   127    17  15 .531   81  81 .500
1982 Houston HON             19  16  .543  2.5          15  20 .429   77  85 .475
1982 San Francisco SFN       17  18  .486  4.5          15  20 .429   87  75 .537
1982 Atlanta ATN             15  19  .441  6.0          22  12 .647   89  73 .549
1982 Cincinnati CIN          11  22  .333  9.5          14  19 .424   61 101 .377
1982 Los Angeles LAN         11  24  .314 10.5          17  18 .486   88  74 .543
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     15   19  .441 11- 7  4-12  4- 1 11-18  1- 1  5- 6     3-7     Won 1
CHN     16   18  .471 11- 6  5-12  4- 2 12-16  2- 1  5- 6     6-4     Won 1
CIN     11   22  .333  6-11  5-11  2- 6  9-16  0- 3  4- 7     1-9     Lost 8
HON     19   16  .543  8- 9 11- 7  2- 4 17-12  2- 5  8- 9     5-5     Lost 1
LAN     11   24  .314  3-12  8-12  3- 4  8-20  3- 7  4- 9     3-7     Lost 1
MON     19   12  .613 10- 7  9- 5  8- 5 11- 7  4- 2  7- 6     6-4     Lost 3
NYN     16   18  .471  7-10  9- 8  5- 6 11-12  7- 1 11- 2     5-5     Won 1
PHN     17   16  .515 10- 7  7- 9  6- 2 11-14  2- 3  4- 6     6-4     Lost 2
PIN     20   11  .645 12- 3  8- 8  3- 0 17-11  5- 0 10- 4     9-1     Won 3
SDN     20   12  .625 12- 5  8- 7  6- 4 14- 8  4- 4  6- 5     6-4     Won 4
SFN     17   18  .486  8- 9  9- 9  7- 3 10-15  2- 4  4- 9     5-5     Won 2
SLN     20   15  .571 10- 7 10- 8  3- 6 17- 9  2- 3  7- 6     6-4     Lost 1
TOTAL  201  201  .500
HOME   108   93  .537
ROAD    93  108  .463
LEFT    53   43  .552
RIGHT  148  158  .484
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
ATN     10-11  5- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6-10   9- 9   145   165  -20
CHN     10-11  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-10   8- 8   140   163  -23
CIN     10-10  1-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9- 8   2-14   116   168  -52
HON     13-10  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 9  11- 7   148   115  +33
LAN      7-14  4-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6-11   5-13   129   182  -53
MON     11- 6  8- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 5  11- 7   164   125  +39
NYN      8-12  8- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6-10  10- 8   132   177  -45
PHN      8-11  9- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 9  11- 7   152   147   +5
PIN      9- 9 11- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 5  12- 6   183   161  +22
SDN     12- 7  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 5  10- 7   162   139  +23
SFN     12- 8  5-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 6   7-12   177   143  +34
SLN     10-11 10- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 7  10- 8   150   113  +37
 
 

1982 AL Game: Bsn. @ Min.

May 12, 1982

 In the wildest game this year in the AL, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Boston Red Sox 14-13 in 10 innings. The lead changed hands 8 times and 7 homeruns were hit in the game. An AL record 27 runs were scored in the contest. The Twins Randy Bush (pictured) clubbed 3 of the homers, good for 5 RBI. After a see-saw 8 innings Boston scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th to take a 11-8 lead. But Minnesota came right back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the 9th to send the game to extra innings tied 11-11. The Red Sox tallied 2 runs in the top of the 10th, but once again the Twins came back in the bottom of the 10th. This time Minnesota scored 3 runs to finally win the game 14-13.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Boston Red Sox At 1982 Minnesota Twins               5/12/1982
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Remy 2B           5  0  1  0 .294     B.Mitchell CF       5  1  2  1 .237  
  D.Evans RF          5  0  0  1 .280     J.Castino 2B        5  0  0  0 .149  
  J.Rice LF           5  3  2  0 .304   G-T.Brunansky PH      1  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Yastrzemski DH    5  2  2  0 .341   H-L.Milbourne 2B      0  0  0  0 .259  
  C.Lansford 3B       3  3  1  1 .339     R.Johnson DH        6  1  3  1 .250  
  D.Stapleton 1B      3  0  2  1 .312     K.Hrbek 1B          5  3  3  4 .347  
B-W.Boggs PR,1B       1  1  0  1 .556     G.Ward RF           6  1  2  0 .238  
  G.Hoffman SS        2  1  0  0 .208     R.Bush LF           4  4  3  5 .250  
A-G.Allenson PH       0  1  0  0 .119     G.Gaetti 3B         5  0  0  0 .287  
C-J.Valdez SS         2  0  1  2 .500   D-D.Engle PR          0  0  0  0 .195  
  R.Gedman C          5  1  1  4 .236   E-M.Hatcher 3B        0  1  0  0 .160  
  R.Miller CF         4  1  3  3 .198     S.Butera C          5  1  1  0 .229  
                                        I-T.Laudner PH        1  1  1  11.000  
                                          R.Washington SS     4  0  3  0 .361  
                                        F-L.Faedo PH,SS       2  1  2  2 .262  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40 13 13 13                 Totals      49 14 20 14
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hoffman In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Stapleton In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Allenson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Gaetti In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Engle In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Washington In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Castino In 9th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Brunansky In 10th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Butera In 10th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 1 0  0 2 0  0 5 3  2 - 13 13  2
Twins........... 0 2 0  0 4 0  0 2 3  3 - 14 20  0
 
Red Sox (19-13)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Eckersley               7 2/3  16   8   8   1   6   5   6.53
L.Aponte                  1       2   3   3   1   0   1   6.62
M.Clear LOSS(2-2)         0 1/3   2   3   3   2   0   0   6.57
Totals                    9      20  14  14   4   6   6
 
Twins (11-23)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Williams                4 1/3   4   3   3   3   0   0   4.97
B.Castillo                3       2   2   2   1   2   0   5.17
R.Davis BS(4th)           0 1/3   2   3   3   2   0   1   6.27
T.Felton                  0 1/3   1   3   3   3   0   0   5.97
D.Jackson WIN(2-4)        2       4   2   2   2   3   0   9.35
Totals                   10      13  13  13  11   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 11,477 DATE- Wednesday, May 12th 1982 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Ken Kaiser, Bill Haller, Jerry Neudecker, George Maloney
T- 3:55
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10  Twins:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Twins: 1
ERRORS- J.Remy, D.Stapleton
DOUBLES- C.Lansford(8th), G.Ward(11th), S.Butera(3rd), T.Laudner(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Rice(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Gedman(2nd), R.Johnson(5th), K.Hrbek-2(8th), R.Bush-3(3rd)
RBIs- D.Evans(26th), C.Lansford(16th), D.Stapleton(21st), W.Boggs(7th),
      J.Valdez-2(2nd), R.Gedman-4(12th), R.Miller-3(12th), B.Mitchell(5th),
      R.Johnson(14th), K.Hrbek-4(23rd), R.Bush-5(5th), T.Laudner(1st),
      L.Faedo-2(8th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Lansford(2nd), R.Miller(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Gedman
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Evans
WALKS- J.Remy, J.Rice, C.Yastrzemski, C.Lansford-3, D.Stapleton, W.Boggs,
       G.Hoffman, G.Allenson, R.Miller, B.Mitchell, K.Hrbek, R.Bush, M.Hatcher
HIT BY PITCH- R.Bush
STRIKE OUTS- J.Remy, D.Evans, G.Hoffman, J.Valdez, R.Gedman, J.Castino,
             K.Hrbek-2, G.Ward, R.Bush, S.Butera
GIDP- D.Evans
2-out RBI- B.Mitchell, R.Gedman-4, R.Bush-2, R.Miller-2, K.Hrbek-3, J.Valdez-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Castino-2, S.Butera-3, R.Bush, D.Evans, J.Remy, R.Gedman
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 5 for 12  Twins: 6 for 14
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: John Castino robbed Dwight Evans of a base hit.
 
Randy Bush rocketed 3 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Metrodome where the Minnesota
Twins beat the Boston Red Sox in 10 innings by the score of 14 to 13.
 
Both teams were tied at 11 runs apiece after nine innings.  Minnesota won the
hard fought contest in the 10th inning.  Bush led off and started the rally
when he drew a walk.  Mickey Hatcher stepped up to the plate and he drew a
walk.  Tim Laudner then doubled scoring a run.  Lenny Faedo followed and he
stroked a single giving Minnesota the win and sending the home town fans into
a frenzy.  Minnesota bats were hot in the 5th inning when they had 4 runs on
5 hits.  The game was a wild affair with the lead changing hands 8 times.
 
The victory went to Darrell Jackson(2-4) who went 2 innings, allowing 2 runs.
Mark Clear(2-2) was hit with the loss in relief.  Minnesota now has a record
of 11-23.  With the loss, the Boston ballclub's record is 19-13.

1982 AL Game and Player of Note: Oak. @ Clv. Henderson Swipes 4

May 1, 1982

 Oakland's Rickey Henderson has been stealing bases at a record pace this season. Today in the 2nd inning he stole home for the 2nd time this year. Henderson had 4 stolen bases in the A's 8-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians. He is 2 for 4 trying to steal home so far this season and now has 25 steals total, on pace to get 176.

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1982 American League                Date: 5/1/1982
 

OAKLAND AT CLEVELAND
A's............. 0 5 0  0 0 0  1 1 1  -  8 10  1
Indians......... 0 2 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  5  5  0
Win:Beard(1-0) Loss:Whitson(1-1)
Homeruns- D.Murphy(5th), J.Burroughs-2(2nd), F.Stanley(1st)
 
Right fielder Jeff Burroughs ripped 2 homeruns and Dave Beard went 3 and one
third strong innings as the Oakland A's bested the Cleveland Indians 8 to 5
at Municipal Stadium.
 
Burroughs had a big day against Cleveland.  He hit a bases-empty home run in
the 2nd inning, laced a base-knock in the 3rd inning, doubled in the 5th
inning and clubbed a solo home run in the 8th inning. The Cleveland offense
proved no trouble in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
The win went to Beard(1-0) who allowed no runs in 3 and 1/3 innings. The
losing pitcher was Ed Whitson(1-1) in relief.  He gave up 3 hits and 3 walks
in 4 innings.
 
CONDENSED PLAY LOG
TOP 1- Henderson-G, Murphy-W, SB(Murphy), Meyer-G, Gross-K
BOT 1- Dilone-Si, Harrah-G, Hargrove-G, Thornton-W, McBride-F
TOP 2- Spencer-G, Burroughs-HR, Heath-Si, McKay-W, Stanley-HR, Henderson-W
SB(Henderson), SB(Henderson), Murphy-K, SB(Henderson), Meyer-G
BOT 2- Hassey-Si, Manning-Do, Perconte-SF, Dybzinski-G, Dilone-W, Harrah-K
TOP 3- Gross-L, Spencer-F, Burroughs-Si, Heath-G
BOT 3- Hargrove-G, Thornton-W, McBride-K, Hassey-G
TOP 4- McKay-G, Stanley-W, Henderson-F, Murphy-P
BOT 4- Manning-L, Perconte-G, Dybzinski-G
TOP 5- Meyer-F, Gross-W, Spencer-K, Burroughs-Do
BOT 5- Dilone-K, Harrah-F, Hargrove-G
TOP 6- Heath-G, McKay-W, Stanley-F, CS(McKay)
BOT 6- Thornton-Si, McBride-F, Hassey-W, Manning-F, Perconte-W, Dybzinski-HBP
       Dilone-Si, Harrah-K
TOP 7- Henderson-Do, SB(Henderson), Murphy-G, Meyer-SF, Gross-Si, SB(Gross)
       Spencer-G
BOT 7- Hargrove-E-3B, Thornton-G-DP, McBride-F
TOP 8- Burroughs-HR, Heath-K, McKay-L, Stanley-G
BOT 8- Hassey-G, Manning-G, Perconte-G
TOP 9- Henderson-F, Murphy-HR, Meyer-G, Gross-Si, Spencer-K
BOT 9- Bando-K, Dilone-L, Harrah-K
 

Batter            Avg  AB   H  2B  3B  HR RBI  BB IBB   K    OBP  Slug   OPS
R.Henderson      .226  84  19   5   0   1   4  20   1  19   .381  .321  .702
                  Run  SB  CS  SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH BRC BRA BRO
Baserunning        15  25   6  .81  15   3   8   1   2   2   3   3   0
 

1982 AL Standings and League Leaders

May 1, 1982

 The month of April is in the books for the 1982 MLB season. The California Angels have gotten off to the best start of any team this year. The Angels have had the best pitching and scored the most runs of any team in the AL. Their run differential is  +63. Don Baylor (.287, 9 HR, 23 RBI), Brian Downing (.270, 8, 21), Doug Decinces (.329, 4, 21), and Rod Carew (.431 BA, 15 RS) have led the offense. Mike Witt (4-1, 1.76 ERA), Ken Forsch (3-0, 2.86) and Luis Sanchez ( 3-0, 2.87, 2 Saves) head a very good pitching staff. As well as the Angels have played, the Seattle Mariners aren't letting them get too far ahead. The Mariners are off to a 15-8 start, 2.5 games behind.
 My Detroit Tigers have also gotten off to a fine start. They lead the AL East with a 14-7 record. All the teams in the AL East, except for Toronto, are into the thick of a good pennant race. Baltimore's Eddie Murray (.444 BA, 10 HR, 26 RBI) has been the overall best hitter in MLB so far this year.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1982 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1982 Detroit DEA             14   7  .667 ----   142    13   8 .619   83  79 .512
1982 Baltimore BAA           11   7  .611  1.5           6  12 .333   94  68 .580
1982 Boston BOA              12   8  .600  1.5          13   7 .650   89  73 .549
1982 Milwaukee MLA           10   7  .588  2.0           9   8 .529   95  67 .586
1982 Cleveland CLA            9   9  .500  3.5           8  10 .444   78  84 .481
1982 New York NYA             9   9  .500  3.5           7  11 .389   79  83 .488
1982 Toronto TOA              6  14  .300  7.5           8  12 .400   78  84 .481
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1982 California CAA          17   5  .773 ----   138    15   7 .682   93  69 .574
1982 Seattle SEA             15   8  .652  2.5          11  12 .478   76  86 .469
1982 Oakland OAA             11  11  .500  6.0          11  11 .500   68  94 .420
1982 Kansas City KCA          8  11  .421  7.5          11   8 .579   90  72 .556
1982 Chicago CHA              7  12  .368  8.5          11   8 .579   87  75 .537
1982 Texas TEA                6  11  .353  8.5           6  11 .353   64  98 .395
1982 Minnesota MNA            3  19  .136 14.0           9  13 .409   60 102 .370
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     11    7  .611  4- 7  7- 0  6- 2  5- 5  1- 0  2- 1     4-6     Lost 6
BOA     12    8  .600  9- 3  3- 5  0- 4 12- 4  1- 1  3- 3     5-5     Won 3
CAA     17    5  .773  7- 2 10- 3  4- 2 13- 3  1- 0  1- 2     8-2     Won 3
CHA      7   12  .368  2- 7  5- 5  3- 6  4- 6  1- 2  1- 3     5-5     Lost 1
CLA      9    9  .500  7- 5  2- 4  2- 7  7- 2  3- 3  3- 3     4-6     Lost 1
DEA     14    7  .667  5- 2  9- 5 10- 3  4- 4  1- 1  2- 0     8-2     Won 1
KCA      8   11  .421  6- 4  2- 7  0- 3  8- 8  2- 1  3- 3     6-4     Won 2
MLA     10    7  .588  5- 2  5- 5  3- 1  7- 6  0- 1  2- 3     6-4     Lost 1
MNA      3   19  .136  3- 9  0-10  0- 4  3-15  0- 3  1- 6     1-9     Won 1
NYA      9    9  .500  4- 6  5- 3  4- 4  5- 5  1- 0  3- 2     5-5     Won 1
OAA     11   11  .500  6- 3  5- 8  6- 3  5- 8  1- 0  4- 3     7-3     Won 4
SEA     15    8  .652  8- 2  7- 6  4- 2 11- 6  2- 2  7- 3     6-4     Lost 3
TEA      6   11  .353  4- 5  2- 6  2- 3  4- 8  0- 1  3- 3     4-6     Lost 2
TOA      6   14  .300  6- 5  0- 9  3- 6  3- 8  1- 0  2- 2     3-7     Lost 2
TOTAL  138  138  .500
HOME    76   62  .551
ROAD    62   76  .449
LEFT    47   50  .485
RIGHT   91   88  .508
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv  RUNS AGNST DIFF
BAA     11- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 1   7- 6   106    82  +24
BOA     12- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 6   6- 2    98    96   +2
CAA     17- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14- 4   3- 1   136    73  +63
CHA      7-12  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0   7-12    88   102  -14
CLA      9- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    1- 2   8- 7    88    86   +2
DEA     14- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 4   7- 3   121    89  +32
KCA      8-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0   8-11    84   103  -19
MLA     10- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6- 2   4- 5   101    79  +22
MNA      3-19  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    2-17   1- 2    74   133  -59
NYA      9- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    2- 5   7- 4    70    85  -15
OAA     11-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   4- 0    81    90   -9
SEA     15- 8  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   14- 5   1- 3   117    86  +31
TEA      6-11  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0   6-11    64    90  -26
TOA      6-14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    5-11   1- 3    62    96  -34
 
 
NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1982 American League                 Date: 5/1/1982
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1982 DEA  14   7    L.Sakata  BAA .538  E.Murray  BAA   10  E.Murray  BAA   26
1982 BAA  11   7    P.Molitor MLA .466  D.Baylor  CAA    9  R.Zisk    SEA   24
1982 BOA  12   8    E.Murray  BAA .444  B.Downing CAA    8  D.Baylor  CAA   23
1982 MLA  10   7    R.Carew   CAA .431  D.Evans   BOA    8  OTHERS TIED W   21
1982 CLA   9   9    G.Roenick BAA .391  G.Gaetti  MNA    7
1982 NYA   9   9
1982 TOA   6  14    WINS                SAVES               ERA
                    M.Witt    CAA    4  B.Caudill SEA    8  D.Rozema  DEA 0.82
1982 CAA  17   5    OTHERS TIED W    3  G.Gossage NYA    4  L.Barker  CLA 1.25
1982 SEA  15   8                        R.Fingers MLA    3  B.Kison   CAA 1.40
1982 OAA  11  11                        D.Quisenb KCA    3  M.Witt    CAA 1.76
1982 KCA   8  11                        D.Rozema  DEA    3  M.Torrez  BOA 1.80
1982 CHA   7  12
1982 TEA   6  11    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
1982 MNA   3  19    C.Cooper  MLA   14  R.Henders OAA   21  F.Bannist SEA   38
                    K.Gibson  DEA   12  J.Cruz    SEA   11  D.Righett NYA   37
                    W.Randolp NYA   11  R.Leflore CHA    8  L.Barker  CLA   28
                    H.Baines  CHA   10  M.Dilone  CLA    8  M.Witt    CAA   25
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  OTHERS TIED W    6  OTHERS TIED W   24