# 1982 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1982 season was the 100th season in Philadelphia Phillies franchise history. During the season, Steve Carlton became the last pitcher to win at least twenty games in one season for the Phillies in the 20th century. Carlton also became the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards in a career.
The 1982 Phillies finished the season with an 89–73 record, placing the team in second place in the National League East, three games behind the World Series champions, St. Louis Cardinals.

## Offseason

* 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 6, 1981: Bob Boone was purchased from the Phillies by the California Angels.
* December 8, 1981: Dickie Noles, Dan Larson and Keith Moreland were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Krukow and cash.
* December 9, 1981: the Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (minors) to the Cleveland Indians complete the November 20, 1981 trade.
* January 27, 1982: Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Iván DeJesús.
* February 16, 1982: Bake McBride was traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for Sid Monge.

## Regular season

* July 19, 1982: Tony Gwynn made his major league debut for the San Diego Padres against the Phillies. In a 7–6 Phillies road victory, Gwynn had four at-bats. Gwynn gets two hits, one run, and one RBI.

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 46‍–‍35 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 51‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Montreal Expos | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 | 40‍–‍41 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 78 | .519 | 8 | 42‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Cubs | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 | 38‍–‍43 | 35‍–‍46 |
| New York Mets | 65 | 97 | .401 | 27 | 33‍–‍48 | 32‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1982 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 8–4 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–12 |
| Cincinnati | 4–14 | 6–6 | — | 7–11 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 5–7 |
| Houston | 8–10 | 3–9 | 11–7 | — | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 6–6 |
| Los Angeles | 11–7 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 7–5 |
| Montreal | 7–5 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–8 | — | 11–7 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 10–8 |
| New York | 3–9 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 7–11 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–12 |
| Philadelphia | 6-6 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 10–8 | 11–7 | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| San Diego | 7–11 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 10–8 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 8–10 | — | 5–7 |
| St. Louis | 5–7 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 1982: Tim Corcoran was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* May 14, 1982: Rowland Office was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* June 7, 1982: Bruce Ruffin was drafted by the Phillies in the 31st round of the 1982 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.
* June 8, 1982: Del Unser was released by the Phillies.
* June 15, 1982: Dick Davis was traded by the Phillies to the Toronto Blue Jays for Wayne Nordhagen.
* June 15, 1982: Wayne Nordhagen was traded by the Phillies to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Robinson.
* August 10, 1982: Willie Montañez was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
* August 21, 1982: Sparky Lyle was purchased from the Phillies by the Chicago White Sox.
* September 12, 1982: Jerry Reed, Wil Culmer, and Roy Smith were traded by the Phillies to the Cleveland Indians for John Denny.

### 1982 Game Log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1982 Game Log Overall Record: 89–73 :
April (6–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–April 5MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 26 as a traditional double-header
–April 7MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 25 as a traditional double-header
1April 8Mets2–7Randy Jones (1–0)Steve Carlton (0–1)None15,3450–1
2April 9Expos0–2Steve Rogers (1–0)Larry Christenson (0–1)None7,7950–2
3April 10Expos3–11Bill Gullickson (1–0)Dick Ruthven (0–1)None16,7180–3
4April 11Expos1–0Mike Krukow (1–0)Ray Burris (0–1)None15,3971–3
5April 13@ Mets2–5Randy Jones (2–0)Steve Carlton (0–2)Neil Allen (2)40,8451–4
6April 14@ Mets1–8Mike Scott (1–1)Dick Ruthven (0–2)None13,4201–5
7April 15@ Mets8–4 (13)Warren Brusstar (1–0)Charlie Puleo (0–1)None14,6342–5
8April 16@ Cardinals2–3Bob Forsch (2–0)Mike Krukow (1–1)Bruce Sutter (3)15,0032–6
9April 17@ Cardinals0–6Joaquín Andújar (2–1)Steve Carlton (0–3)None17,4572–7
10April 18@ Cardinals5–6 (11)Dave LaPoint (1–0)Warren Brusstar (1–1)None25,2222–8
11April 19@ Expos2–0Larry Christenson (1–1)Scott Sanderson (1–1)Ed Farmer (1)10,1023–8
–April 20@ ExposPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 12 as a traditional double-header
12April 21@ Expos2–5Steve Rogers (2–1)Steve Carlton (0–4)Jeff Reardon (2)6,4483–9
13April 23Cardinals2–9Bob Forsch (3–0)Mike Krukow (1–2)None26,6173–10
14April 24Cardinals4–7Doug Bair (1–0)Ed Farmer (0–1)Bruce Sutter (6)25,2703–11
15April 25Cardinals8–4Steve Carlton (1–4)Andy Rincon (1–1)Ed Farmer (2)30,1984–11
16April 27@ Dodgers0–3Jerry Reuss (2–1)Larry Christenson (1–2)None37,8884–12
17April 28@ Dodgers9–3Ed Farmer (1–1)Steve Howe (1–1)None38,6655–12
18April 29@ Dodgers0–4Burt Hooton (1–1)Dick Ruthven (0–3)None36,1985–13
19April 30@ Padres3–1 (10)Steve Carlton (2–4)Juan Eichelberger (2–3)None23,3836–13 :
May (19–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
20May 1@ Padres6–9Luis DeLeón (2–0)Larry Christenson (1–3)None39,7856–14
21May 2@ Padres3–0Mike Krukow (2–2)John Curtis (2–1)None44,2277–14
22May 3@ Giants5–3Sid Monge (1–0)Dan Schatzeder (0–4)Ed Farmer (3)12,0228–14
23May 4@ Giants9–4Steve Carlton (3–4)Rich Gale (1–2)None5,6569–14
24May 6Padres12–7Larry Christenson (2–3)Juan Eichelberger (2–4)None21,24810–14
25May 7Padres5–2Sparky Lyle (1–0)Gary Lucas (0–2)None26,11311–14
26May 8Padres5–1Dick Ruthven (1–3)John Montefusco (1–4)None24,27012–14
27May 9Padres0–6Tim Lollar (4–0)Steve Carlton (3–5)None36,59312–15
28May 10Dodgers9–8 (10)Warren Brusstar (2–1)Tom Niedenfuer (0–1)None25,26913–15
29May 11Dodgers9–8Porfi Altamirano (1–0)Jerry Reuss (4–2)Warren Brusstar (1)25,26914–15
30May 12Dodgers11–3Ron Reed (1–0)Bob Welch (4–2)None25,97715–15
31May 13Giants8–1Dick Ruthven (2–3)Alan Fowlkes (3–2)None23,05316–15
32May 14Giants2–0Steve Carlton (4–5)Rich Gale (1–3)None33,54117–15
33May 15Giants5–3Larry Christenson (3–3)Greg Minton (2–3)Sparky Lyle (1)29,78518–15
34May 16Giants6–1Mike Krukow (3–2)Atlee Hammaker (2–1)None38,12519–15
35May 17Astros1–8Vern Ruhle (2–2)Ron Reed (1–1)None23,73419–16
36May 18Astros1–2 (12)Dave Smith (1–2)Ed Farmer (1–2)None23,86919–17
37May 19Astros3–5Bob Knepper (2–4)Steve Carlton (4–6)Dave Smith (6)20,00719–18
38May 21@ Braves6–7Steve Bedrosian (3–0)Sparky Lyle (1–1)None28,05019–19
39May 22@ Braves5–2Mike Krukow (4–2)Larry McWilliams (2–2)Ed Farmer (4)25,92520–19
40May 23@ Braves2–1Dick Ruthven (3–3)Phil Niekro (2–1)Ed Farmer (5)27,96521–19
41May 24@ Reds9–1Steve Carlton (5–6)Tom Seaver (1–6)None17,11022–19
42May 25@ Reds3–4Greg A. Harris (1–0)Ed Farmer (1–3)Tom Hume (9)16,68822–20
43May 26@ Reds0–2Mario Soto (4–4)Mike Krukow (4–3)None14,09122–21
–May 28BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 30 as a traditional double-header
44May 29Braves1–0Dick Ruthven (4–3)Phil Niekro (2–2)None26,79023–21
45May 30Braves6–2Steve Carlton (6–6)Rick Mahler (4–4)None35,66224–21
46May 31Reds5–4 (15)Sid Monge (2–0)Bob Shirley (2–3)None22,70825–21 :
June (17–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1Reds1–4 (7)Greg A. Harris (2–0)Mike Krukow (4–4)None20,10225–22
48June 2Reds4–2Dick Ruthven (5–3)Bruce Berenyi (4–5)Warren Brusstar (2)22,96026–22
49June 4@ Astros3–8Vern Ruhle (3–3)Ed Farmer (1–4)None23,36226–23
50June 5@ Astros5–3Sparky Lyle (2–1)Dave Smith (1–3)None35,31527–23
51June 6@ Astros6–7Vern Ruhle (4–3)Warren Brusstar (2–2)None21,37427–24
52June 7Cubs7–5Sid Monge (3–0)Lee Smith (1–1)Ed Farmer (6)30,14628–24
53June 8Cubs5–2Marty Bystrom (1–0)Tom Filer (0–1)Sparky Lyle (2)30,28929–24
54June 9Cubs4–2Steve Carlton (7–6)Ferguson Jenkins (3–8)None31,09930–24
55June 11Pirates0–1Kent Tekulve (4–2)Larry Christenson (3–4)None30,87030–25
56June 12Pirates2–9Manny Sarmiento (2–0)Mike Krukow (4–5)None28,66530–26
–June 13PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 9 as a traditional double-header
57June 14@ Cubs11–12Ferguson Jenkins (4–8)Steve Carlton (7–7)None10,79730–27
58June 15@ Cubs5–8Doug Bird (4–6)Dick Ruthven (5–4)Mike Proly (1)8,63930–28
59June 16@ Cubs6–7 (11)Dick Tidrow (2–1)Warren Brusstar (2–3)None9,37730–29
60June 17@ Pirates4–3 (11)Ron Reed (2–1)Rod Scurry (4–4)None9,40531–29
61June 18@ Pirates8–3Mike Krukow (5–5)Manny Sarmiento (2–1)None23,32032–29
62June 19@ Pirates8–3Steve Carlton (8–7)Don Robinson (6–3)None13,06533–29
63June 20@ Pirates1–3Kent Tekulve (5–2)Dick Ruthven (5–5)None25,79133–30
64June 21@ Cardinals5–7Bruce Sutter (6–5)Ron Reed (2–2)None19,14133–31
65June 22@ Cardinals2–3John Stuper (2–0)Sparky Lyle (2–2)None19,67233–32
66June 23@ Cardinals7–1Mike Krukow (6–5)Steve Mura (5–6)None19,88234–32
67June 24@ Cardinals10–2Steve Carlton (9–7)Bob Forsch (8–3)None33,03235–32
68June 25 (1)Mets1–0Dick Ruthven (6–5)Pete Falcone (4–4)Nonesee 2nd game36–32
69June 25 (2)Mets5–3Ed Farmer (2–4)Pat Zachry (4–3)Tug McGraw (1)36,77537–32
70June 26 (1)Mets4–3Marty Bystrom (2–0)Randy Jones (6–7)Nonesee 2nd game38–32
71June 26 (2)Mets7–4Tug McGraw (1–0)Neil Allen (2–4)None45,51339–32
72June 27Mets8–3Mike Krukow (7–5)Craig Swan (5–3)None43,13440–32
73June 28Cardinals1–0Steve Carlton (10–7)Steve Mura (5–7)None34,44041–32
74June 29Cardinals3–15Joaquín Andújar (7–5)Dick Ruthven (6–6)None23,85041–33
75June 30Cardinals6–3Larry Christenson (4–4)Bob Forsch (8–4)Tug McGraw (2)31,40342–33 :
July (16–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 2@ Mets4–8Craig Swan (6–3)Marty Bystrom (2–1)Terry Leach (1)17,52842–34
–July 3@ MetsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 4 as a traditional double-header
77July 4 (1)@ Mets9–7Steve Carlton (11–7)Charlie Puleo (6–5)Nonesee 2nd game43–34
78July 4 (2)@ Mets7–2Mike Krukow (8–5)Randy Jones (6–8)None20,89744–34
79July 5Giants1–3Bill Laskey (7–5)Dick Ruthven (6–7)None63,50144–35
80July 6Giants3–2Sparky Lyle (3–2)Fred Breining (4–2)Tug McGraw (3)22,47045–35
81July 7Padres3–5Tim Lollar (9–2)Marty Bystrom (2–2)Luis DeLeón (7)26,69545–36
82July 8Padres3–5John Montefusco (7–4)Mike Krukow (8–6)Eric Show (3)24,76545–37
83July 9Dodgers4–6 (11)Dave Stewart (5–4)Tug McGraw (1–1)None40,03745–38
84July 10Dodgers4–2Dick Ruthven (7–7)Bob Welch (9–6)None41,26846–38
85July 11Dodgers4–3Larry Christenson (5–4)Fernando Valenzuela (12–7)Ron Reed (1)48,77347–38
–July 131982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal
86July 15@ Giants2–1Mike Krukow (9–6)Rich Gale (3–9)Tug McGraw (4)8,00448–38
87July 16@ Giants1–0Steve Carlton (12–7)Bill Laskey (7–7)None7,72049–38
88July 17@ Giants5–3 (11)Ron Reed (3–2)Fred Breining (4–3)Sid Monge (1)30,79050–38
89July 18@ Giants3–4Atlee Hammaker (7–5)Larry Christenson (5–5)None15,65750–39
90July 19@ Padres7–6Sid Monge (4–0)John Curtis (6–6)Ron Reed (2)33,55851–39
91July 20@ Padres0–2John Montefusco (8–5)Steve Carlton (12–8)Luis DeLeón (9)16,02051–40
92July 21@ Padres7–1Dick Ruthven (8–7)Tim Lollar (10–4)None16,98452–40
93July 23@ Dodgers6–3Porfi Altamirano (2–0)Dave Stewart (5–5)Ron Reed (3)47,68453–40
94July 24@ Dodgers2–3Bob Welch (10–7)Marty Bystrom (2–3)Steve Howe (10)49,11053–41
95July 25@ Dodgers1–0Steve Carlton (13–8)Jerry Reuss (10–8)None46,62354–41
96July 27@ Pirates0–4Larry McWilliams (7–4)Dick Ruthven (8–8)Rod Scurry (7)23,60954–42
97July 28@ Pirates4–3Larry Christenson (6–5)Rick Rhoden (6–9)Ron Reed (4)31,86755–42
98July 29Cubs3–2Mike Krukow (10–6)Dick Tidrow (4–2)Ron Reed (5)33,72456–42
99July 30Cubs3–1Steve Carlton (14–8)Ferguson Jenkins (6–12)None33,16557–42
100July 31Cubs2–0Marty Bystrom (3–3)Allen Ripley (3–4)Porfi Altamirano (1)50,20358–42 :
August (15–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1Cubs2–7Dickie Noles (7–9)Dick Ruthven (8–9)None57,65258–43
102August 2Expos2–1Larry Christenson (7–5)Bill Gullickson (8–9)Tug McGraw (5)34,54259–43
103August 3Expos3–2Mike Krukow (11–6)David Palmer (5–4)Ron Reed (6)34,30660–43
104August 4Expos5–4Steve Carlton (15–8)Scott Sanderson (6–10)None36,81461–43
105August 5Expos2–9Charlie Lea (8–6)Marty Bystrom (3–4)Bryn Smith (2)52,32761–44
106August 6@ Cubs2–4Allen Ripley (4–4)Dick Ruthven (8–10)Lee Smith (4)17,16361–45
107August 7@ Cubs2–3Dickie Noles (8–9)Larry Christenson (7–6)Lee Smith (5)25,87161–46
108August 8@ Cubs5–8Dick Tidrow (5–2)Tug McGraw (1–2)Lee Smith (6)28,27961–47
109August 9 (1)Pirates4–3Steve Carlton (16–8)Kent Tekulve (7–6)Nonesee 2nd game62–47
110August 9 (2)Pirates6–9Enrique Romo (7–2)Ron Reed (3–3)Kent Tekulve (17)51,56862–48
111August 10Pirates9–5Marty Bystrom (4–4)Manny Sarmiento (5–2)None36,82563–48
112August 11Pirates4–1Sid Monge (5–0)Rick Rhoden (6–11)Ron Reed (7)27,20264–48
113August 12 (1)@ Expos3–6Bill Gullickson (9–9)Larry Christenson (7–7)Jeff Reardon (18)see 2nd game64–49
114August 12 (2)@ Expos7–8Woodie Fryman (7–2)Sparky Lyle (3–3)None55,09764–50
115August 13@ Expos2–3Bryn Smith (1–1)Mike Krukow (11–7)Jeff Reardon (19)48,23764–51
116August 14@ Expos15–11Jerry Reed (1–0)Jeff Reardon (4–2)None50,57265–51
117August 15@ Expos3–1Marty Bystrom (5–4)Steve Rogers (14–6)Ron Reed (8)59,09466–51
118August 17@ Astros0–2Vern Ruhle (7–8)Larry Christenson (7–8)None19,72566–52
119August 18@ Astros5–3 (15)Tug McGraw (2–2)Mike LaCoss (4–5)None18,44967–52
120August 19@ Astros6–7 (11)Dave Smith (2–4)Sid Monge (5–1)None18,79767–53
121August 20@ Reds9–2Dick Ruthven (9–10)Greg A. Harris (2–4)None17,63868–53
122August 21@ Reds3–10Bob Shirley (5–9)Marty Bystrom (5–5)None24,09968–54
123August 22@ Reds8–2Larry Christenson (8–8)Mario Soto (10–9)None21,67069–54
124August 23@ Braves3–4Rick Camp (9–7)Ron Reed (3–4)None16,22469–55
125August 24@ Braves7–9Phil Niekro (12–3)Steve Carlton (16–9)Gene Garber (24)22,70969–56
126August 25@ Braves11–9 (10)Ron Reed (4–4)Gene Garber (6–7)None23,95570–56
127August 27Reds1–8Mario Soto (11–9)Larry Christenson (8–9)None34,42970–57
128August 28Reds7–1Mike Krukow (12–7)Frank Pastore (7–10)None38,33371–57
129August 29Reds3–1Steve Carlton (17–9)Bruce Berenyi (8–14)None39,23772–57
130August 30 (1)Braves6–1Dick Ruthven (10–10)Pascual Pérez (0–3)Nonesee 2nd game73–57
131August 30 (2)Braves9–11 (12)Steve Bedrosian (7–6)Tug McGraw (2–3)Donnie Moore (1)43,85473–58
132August 31Braves0–3Tommy Boggs (2–0)Ed Farmer (2–5)Gene Garber (26)29,38073–59 :
September (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Braves0–4Rick Camp (11–7)Mike Krukow (12–8)Gene Garber (27)24,78873–60
134September 3Astros2–1Steve Carlton (18–9)Joe Niekro (13–10)None28,32074–60
135September 4Astros4–2Sid Monge (6–1)Bob Knepper (5–14)Ron Reed (9)35,74775–60
136September 5Astros4–3Porfi Altamirano (3–0)Nolan Ryan (14–10)Ron Reed (10)33,98376–60
137September 6@ Cubs3–4Doug Bird (9–11)Mike Krukow (12–9)Lee Smith (12)23,51076–61
138September 7@ Cubs7–5Tug McGraw (3–3)Bill Campbell (3–5)None7,00377–61
139September 8@ Cubs4–3Steve Carlton (19–9)Dick Tidrow (6–3)Ron Reed (11)8,23378–61
140September 10@ Pirates7–5Dick Ruthven (11–10)John Candelaria (12–6)Sid Monge (2)15,59679–61
141September 11@ Pirates9–10Kent Tekulve (11–8)Ron Reed (4–5)None19,84279–62
142September 12@ Pirates2–4Rick Rhoden (10–12)Larry Christenson (8–10)Kent Tekulve (19)19,08979–63
143September 13Cardinals2–0Steve Carlton (20–9)Bob Forsch (14–9)None40,10980–63
144September 14Cardinals0–2John Stuper (7–6)Mike Krukow (12–10)Bruce Sutter (32)32,85480–64
145September 15Cardinals0–8Joaquín Andújar (13–10)John Denny (6–12)None33,33780–65
146September 17Pirates2–4Rick Rhoden (11–12)Steve Carlton (20–10)Kent Tekulve (20)37,26280–66
147September 18Pirates5–4Sid Monge (7–1)Don Robinson (15–11)Ron Reed (12)31,46881–66
148September 19Pirates1–8Manny Sarmiento (8–3)Mike Krukow (12–11)None37,35281–67
149September 20@ Cardinals1–4Joaquín Andújar (14–10)John Denny (6–13)Bruce Sutter (34)35,89981–68
150September 21@ Cardinals5–2Steve Carlton (21–10)Eric Rasmussen (0–1)None38,94282–68
151September 22@ Expos4–11Bill Gullickson (12–12)Dick Ruthven (11–11)None18,12382–69
152September 23@ Expos2–0 (11)Ron Reed (5–5)Steve Rogers (17–8)Porfi Altamirano (2)14,76283–69
153September 24@ Mets2–1Mike Krukow (13–11)Walt Terrell (0–2)Ron Reed (13)7,66184–69
154September 25@ Mets1–2Craig Swan (11–7)Steve Carlton (21–11)None8,87084–70
155September 26@ Mets4–6Charlie Puleo (9–9)Ed Farmer (2–6)None16,38484–71
156September 27Cubs1–8Randy Martz (11–10)Marty Bystrom (5–6)None15,74484–72
157September 28Cubs3–2Larry Christenson (9–10)Doug Bird (9–14)Ron Reed (14)14,43185–72
158September 29Expos4–0Steve Carlton (22–11)Bryn Smith (2–4)None16,02486–72
159September 30Expos5–4Porfi Altamirano (4–0)Jeff Reardon (7–4)None15,43987–72 :
October (2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Mets0–1 (10)Terry Leach (2–1)Porfi Altamirano (4–1)None16,07287–73
161October 2Mets4–3Porfi Altamirano (5–1)Pat Zachry (6–9)None32,72988–73
162October 3Mets4–1Steve Carlton (23–11)Ed Lynch (4–8)None19,38389–73 :
The August 9 game was suspended in the bottom of the 8th with the score 6–9 and was completed August 10, 1982. :

### Roster
## 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 | Bo Díaz | 144 | 525 | 151 | .288 | 18 | 85 |
| 1B | Pete Rose | 162 | 634 | 172 | .271 | 3 | 54 |
| 2B | Manny Trillo | 149 | 549 | 149 | .271 | 0 | 39 |
| 3B | Mike Schmidt | 148 | 514 | 144 | .280 | 35 | 87 |
| SS | Iván DeJesús | 161 | 536 | 128 | .239 | 3 | 59 |
| LF | Gary Matthews | 162 | 616 | 173 | .281 | 19 | 83 |
| CF | Garry Maddox | 119 | 412 | 117 | .284 | 8 | 61 |
| RF | George Vukovich | 123 | 335 | 91 | .272 | 6 | 42 |

#### 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 Dernier | 122 | 370 | 92 | .249 | 4 | 21 |
| Greg Gross | 119 | 134 | 40 | .299 | 0 | 10 |
| Ozzie Virgil | 49 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 3 | 8 |
| Bill Robinson | 35 | 69 | 18 | .261 | 3 | 19 |
| Dick Davis | 28 | 68 | 19 | .279 | 2 | 7 |
| Luis Aguayo | 50 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 3 | 7 |
| Len Matuszek | 25 | 39 | 3 | .077 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Roberts | 28 | 33 | 6 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
| Julio Franco | 16 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 3 |
| Willie Montañez | 18 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Molinaro | 19 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Del Unser | 19 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Sánchez | 7 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 2 | 4 |

### 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 |
| Steve Carlton | 38 | 295.2 | 23 | 11 | 3.10 | 286 |
| Larry Christenson | 33 | 223.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.47 | 145 |
| Mike Krukow | 33 | 208.0 | 13 | 11 | 3.12 | 138 |
| Dick Ruthven | 33 | 204.1 | 11 | 11 | 3.79 | 115 |
| Marty Bystrom | 19 | 89.0 | 5 | 6 | 4.85 | 50 |
| John Denny | 4 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 4.03 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Jay Baller | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 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 |
| Ron Reed | 57 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2.66 | 57 |
| Ed Farmer | 47 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4.86 | 58 |
| Sid Monge | 47 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3.75 | 43 |
| Tug McGraw | 34 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.31 | 25 |
| Sparky Lyle | 34 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5.15 | 12 |
| Porfi Altamirano | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.15 | 26 |
| Warren Brusstar | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4.76 | 11 |
| Stan Bahnsen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 9 |
| Jerry Reed | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Pete Rose, first base, starter
* Mike Schmidt, third base, starter
* Manny Trillo, second base, starter
* Steve Carlton, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma City 89ers | American Association | Ron Clark, Cot Deal and Tony Taylor |
| AA | Reading Phillies | Eastern League | John Felske |
| A | Peninsula Pilots | Carolina League | Bill Dancy |
| A | Spartanburg Traders | South Atlantic League | Tony Taylor and P. J. Carey |
| A-Short Season | Bend Phillies | Northwest League | Roly de Armas |
| Rookie | Helena Phillies | Pioneer League | Ron Smith |