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26 teams in AL, NL · 2107 regular-season games · 1982-04-05 to 1982-10-03 · attendance 44,587,874

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World Series champion

St. Louis Cardinals

MVP

Robin Yount AL
Dale Murphy NL

Cy Young

Pete Vuckovich AL
Steve Carlton NL

Rookie of the Year

Cal Ripken AL
Steve Sax NL

All-Star Game

1982-07-13 at Stade Olympique

Hall of Fame class of 1982

Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, Happy Chandler, Travis Jackson

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Milwaukee Brewers 3–2 California Angels	5
League Championship	St. Louis Cardinals 3–0 Atlanta Braves	3
World Series	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 Milwaukee Brewers	7

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	—	717	1,978,896	Buck Rodgers, Harvey Kuenn	Pennant Division
2	Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	1	687	1,613,031	Earl Weaver
3	Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	6	713	1,950,124	Ralph Houk
4	Detroit Tigers	83	79	.512	12	685	1,636,058	Sparky Anderson
5	New York Yankees	79	83	.488	16	716	2,041,219	Bob Lemon, Gene Michael, Clyde King
6	Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	17	748	1,044,021	Dave Garcia
6	Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	17	701	1,275,978	Bobby Cox

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	California Angels	93	69	.574	—	670	2,807,360	Gene Mauch	Division
2	Kansas City Royals	90	72	.556	3	717	2,284,464	Dick Howser
3	Chicago White Sox	87	75	.537	6	710	1,567,787	Tony LaRussa
4	Seattle Mariners	76	86	.469	17	712	1,070,404	Rene Lachemann
5	Oakland Athletics	68	94	.420	25	819	1,735,489	Billy Martin
6	Texas Rangers	64	98	.395	29	749	1,154,432	Don Zimmer, Darrell Johnson
7	Minnesota Twins	60	102	.370	33	819	921,186	Billy Gardner

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	92	70	.568	—	609	2,111,906	Whitey Herzog	World Series Division
2	Philadelphia Phillies	89	73	.549	3	654	2,376,394	Pat Corrales
3	Montreal Expos	86	76	.531	6	616	2,318,292	Jim Fanning
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	84	78	.519	8	696	1,024,106	Chuck Tanner
5	Chicago Cubs	73	89	.451	19	709	1,249,278	Lee Elia
6	New York Mets	65	97	.401	27	723	1,323,036	George Bamberger

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Atlanta Braves	89	73	.549	—	702	1,801,985	Joe Torre	Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	.543	1	612	3,608,881	Tom Lasorda
3	San Francisco Giants	87	75	.537	2	687	1,200,948	Frank Robinson
4	San Diego Padres	81	81	.500	8	658	1,607,516	Dick Williams
5	Houston Astros	77	85	.475	12	620	1,558,555	Bill Virdon, Bob Lillis
6	Cincinnati Reds	61	101	.377	28	661	1,326,528	John McNamara, Russ Nixon

Leaders

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