The New York Yankees’ 1982 season was the 80th season for the Yankees….as the team finished in fifth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 79-83….finishing 16 games behind the AL Champion Milwaukee Brewers….resulting in the Yankees enduring their first losing season since going 80-82 in 1973….the team’s final season at the original Yankee Stadium before the 1976 renovations. The Yankees were managed by Gene Michael, Bob Lemon, and Clyde King…..playing their home games at Yankee Stadium.
In the off-season prior to the 1982 campaign….the Yanks released 1B-DH Eric Soderholm….and 6 days later….they traded OF Willie McGee to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Sykes.…then on November 4, 1981, they traded Brian Ryder (minors) and OF Freddie Toliver to the Cincinnati Reds for Ken Griffey (Sr.). On November 17, 1981, 3B Aurelio Rodríguez was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for OF Mike Lebo (minors)….followed by a March 30, 1982 trade of Andy McGaffigan and Ted Wilborn to the San Francisco Giants for P Doyle Alexander.
During the regular season on April 27, 1982, Reggie Jackson returned to Yankee Stadium with the Angels….where he broke out of a terrible season-starting slump to hit a home run off former teammate Ron Guidry….as the at-bat began with Yankee fans who were angry at Yankee owner George Steinbrenner for letting Jackson get away….starting the “REG-GIE” chant…. and ended it with the fans chanting “Steinbrenner sucks!”. By the time of Jackson’s election to the Hall of Fame, Steinbrenner had begun to say that letting him go was the biggest mistake he has made as Yankee owner. On September 5, 1982, SS Roy Smalley hit home runs from both sides of plate for New York Yankees….and during the 1982 season….future NFL Hall of Fame QB John Elway played baseball for the New York Yankees’ Oneonta single-A farm club….posting a .318 average and knocking in a team-high 24 runs with no errors in 42 games.
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