1982 World Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season St. Louis Cardinals (4) Whitey Herzog 92–70, .568, GA: 3 Milwaukee Brewers (3) Harvey Kuenn 95–67, .586, GA: 1
Dates	October 12–20
Venue(s)	Busch Stadium (St. Louis) Milwaukee County Stadium (Milwaukee)
MVP	Darrell Porter (St. Louis)
Umpires	Lee Weyer (NL),Bill Haller (AL),John Kibler (NL),Dave Phillips (AL),Satch Davidson (NL),Jim Evans (AL)
Hall of Famers	Cardinals: Whitey Herzog (manager) Jim Kaat Ozzie Smith Bruce Sutter Brewers: Rollie Fingers (DNP) Paul Molitor Ted Simmons Don Sutton Robin Yount
Broadcast
Television	NBC
TV announcers	Joe Garagiola,Dick Enberg, andTony Kubek
Radio	CBS KMOX (STL) WISN (MIL)
Radio announcers	Vin Scully andSparky Anderson (CBS) Jack Buck andMike Shannon (KMOX) Bob Uecker and Dwayne Mosley (WISN)
ALCS	Milwaukee Brewers overCalifornia Angels (3–2)
NLCS	St. Louis Cardinals overAtlanta Braves (3–0)
World Series program
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The1982 World Series was thechampionship series ofMajor League Baseball's (MLB)1982 season. The 79th edition of the World Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff played between theNational League (NL) championSt. Louis Cardinals and theAmerican League (AL) championMilwaukee Brewers. The Cardinals won the series, four games to three.

The Cardinals had last been in the World Series in1968, while a Milwaukee team, theBraves, had last contended in1958. The Milwaukee team of 1982 started as an expansion club, theSeattle Pilots, in 1969, which then moved to Milwaukee in1970 and changed their name to the Brewers.^[1]

The Cardinals made it to the Series by winning theNL East division by three games over thePhiladelphia Phillies, and then defeating theAtlanta Braves, three games to none, in theNL Championship Series. The Brewers made it by winning theAL East division by one game over theBaltimore Orioles, and then defeating theCalifornia Angels, three games to two, in theAL Championship Series. 1982 is the Brewers' only World Series appearance to date, and remains their only American League pennant winning season: ironically, the Brewers would join the Cardinals as a member of theNational League Central Division in1998.

The Cardinals' victory helped the National League win four straight World Series from1979 to 1982, the longest streak of consecutive titles by the National League in World Series history. The National League would not again win consecutive titles until the2010 Giants, the2011 Cardinals and the2012 Giants.

Though the teams had never met before, their home cities had a commercial rivalry in the beer market, as St. Louis is the home ofAnheuser–Busch, which owned the Cardinals at the time, while Milwaukee is the home ofMiller Brewing and other past major competitors of Anheuser–Busch. This led the media to refer to the series as the "Suds Series".^[2]

To date, this is the Brewers’ sole appearance in the World Series, and they have the second longest pennant drought in the National League behind thePittsburgh Pirates (1979).

The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers hit 216 home runs during the regular season, thus earning them thenickname "Harvey's Wallbangers" (after manager and Milwaukee native,Harvey Kuenn). In sharp contrast, the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals only hit 67 home runs, fewer than the Brewers'Gorman Thomas (with 39 homers) andBen Oglivie (34 homers) combined. The Cardinals had built their reputation and won their division behind solid pitching, exceptional defense, and aggressive base running, manufacturing runs in a style that would come to be called "Whiteyball," named for team managerWhitey Herzog. This style would be the hallmark of the Cardinals through the 1980s and see them into two more World Series (in1985 and1987, both of which they lost in seven games).

The Brewers and Cardinals each boasted a dominant closer, with veteranRollie Fingers holding the role for Milwaukee andBruce Sutter for St. Louis. Fingers did not pitch in this series, which would have been his fourth, due to a muscle tear in his arm.

The two teams had made a trade in December 1980 that was expected to benefit both clubs. Milwaukee traded pitchersDave LaPoint andLary Sorensen and outfieldersSixto Lezcano andDavid Green to the Cardinals, with pitcherPete Vuckovich and catcherTed Simmons comprising two-thirds of St. Louis' return.

The Cardinals built their team on speed, clutch hitting and pitching. The Cardinals made additional trades forWillie McGee,Ozzie Smith,George Hendrick,Joaquín Andújar, and Sutter, all designed to craft a well balanced championship level team.^[3]

The Brewers combined a productive farm system with additional trades as well to build their heavy hitting ball club. Thomas,Moose Haas,Robin Yount, andPaul Molitor came through the system, while the aforementioned Vukovich, Simmons, Fingers, and Oglivie, plusCecil Cooper andDon Money, all arrived via the trade route. On June 1, with the team 23–24 and floundering in fifth place, Brewer GMHarry Dalton replaced managerBuck Rodgers withHarvey Kuenn. The Brewers responded by winning at a .626 clip the rest of the way, taking first place for good on July 31 and never looking back.^[4]

NLSt. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. ALMilwaukee Brewers (3)

This was the Brewers' first ever game in the World Series.

The Brewers' left-handerMike Caldwell pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing only three hits. The Brewers' offense was led byPaul Molitor, who had a World Series-record five hits and two RBIs.Robin Yount added four hits and two RBIs.

The Brewers went up 2–0 in the first when Cardinals' first basemanKeith Hernandez's error onBen Oglivie ground ball with two on scored a run, thenGorman Thomas's RBI single scored another.Charlie Moore doubled to lead off the fourth and scored on Molitor's single while former CardinalTed Simmons homered next inning. Cardinals starterBob Forsch allowed consecutive two-out singles toJim Gantner and Molitor in the sixth before both scored on Yount's double and knocked Forsch out of the game. In the ninth, Oglivie walked with one out off ofDave LaPoint, moved to second on a groundout, and scored onDon Money's single.Jeff Lahti relieved LaPoint and allowed a single to Moore. Gantner's triple then scored two before Gantner himself scored on Molitor's single to cap the scoring at 10–0.

This was their last post-season win on the road until October 13, 2011, also against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Brew Crew drew first blood in the second with an RBI double byCharlie Moore. They followed that in the third whenPaul Molitor singled, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch by Cardinals starterJohn Stuper, and scored on aRobin Yount groundout.Ted Simmons stretched the lead to 3–0 with his second homer in two games.The Cardinals scratched back in their half of the third when rookieWillie McGee singled, stole second, and scored on aTom Herr double.Ken Oberkfell singled in Herr to cut the Brewer lead to 3–2. The Brewers made it 4–2 in the fifth when Yount doubled andCecil Cooper singled him in.

Darrell Porter tied it in the sixth by doubling in two runs. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, the Brewers felt the effects of not havingRollie Fingers in the bullpen. With one out,Pete Ladd, pressed into service as the closer, walkedLonnie Smith with two on to load the bases and then walked pinch-hitterSteve Braun to force in the go-ahead run. The Cardinals could have made it worse, but McGee lined out to short for out #2, and an apparent base hit byOzzie Smith struck Braun as he was running to second for the third out.

Bruce Sutter pitched the ninth and got credit for the win.

Longtime American League umpireBill Haller called his final game behind home plate in this contest. He also was the last umpire to wear a tie on the field, and the last to work home plate in the World Series wearing the "balloon" style outside chest protector.

Joaquín Andújar andPete Vuckovich, each team's pitching aces, were locked in a scoreless pitching duel until the top half of the fifth, whenWillie McGee belted a three-run homer for the Cards.

The Redbirds added two more in the seventh off Vuckovich.Lonnie Smith doubled to right-center and tried to stretch it to a triple. Smith scored whenJim Gantner's relay throw to third went wild. McGee followed with a home run later in the inning, his second.

McGee also had a couple of defensive gems, running down a deepPaul Molitor drive in the first and robbingGorman Thomas of a home run in the ninth.

In the seventh with one out, Andújar had to leave the game when a line drive fromTed Simmons struck his kneecap. The Brewers loaded the bases in that inning, but ace relieverBruce Sutter got the final out to squelch the threat.

Cecil Cooper accounted for the Brewers' only runs with a two-run homer in the eighth off Sutter.Ozzie Smith drove in the Cardinals final run with a bases-loaded walk afterGeorge Hendrick reached first on catcher's interference byTed Simmons and went to third on a ground-rule double byLonnie Smith with two outs. Cardinals managerWhitey Herzog argued that Hendrick reached second as he was running with the pitch with two outs and should have been allowed to score on the double, but to no avail. McGee was walked intentionally, loading the bases, followed by Ozzie Smith's walk.

Sutter qualified for the save in this game (even though the Cards had a 5–0 lead when he entered the game), since he entered with the bases loaded, meaning the potential tying run was on deck.

Game 4 of the 1982 World Series pitted Dave LaPoint (9–3) against Moose Haas (11–8). Haas was a veteran of six major league campaigns while LaPoint had just completed his first full season.

For six innings, the Cardinals seemed on the verge of taking a commanding 3–1 Series lead.Dave LaPoint held the Brewers to three hits in that time span, while his hitters plated him a 5–1 lead.

In the top of the first inning, Ken Oberkfell doubled down the right-field line and George Hendrick hit a high chopper over the middle which handcuffed Yount and bounced into center-field, allowing Oberkfell to score. In the bottom of the first, Oberkfell dropped a bare-handed grounder from Yount. Both teams had trouble at times fielding, and the Brewers errors in Game 3 may have cost them three runs.^[12]

Two Cardinal runs came in the second on an unusual way. WithWillie McGee on first and attempting to steal, Brewers catcher Ted Simmons took a pitch-out but bobbled the ball allowing McGee to steal second. After a walk toOzzie Smith, Moose Haas' wild pitch moved McGee to third and Smith to second.Tommy Herr hit a deep fly. McGee scored easily and Smith took advantage of center fielderGorman Thomas slipping and falling on the warning track and never stopped, scoring behind McGee for a two-run sacrifice fly for Herr. Ken Oberkfell followed with a walk, stole second and came home when a Keith Hernandez grounder went through Gantner's legs. The Cardinals scored three times despite only one base hit.

In the Brewers half of the fifth, with none out and runners at first and third, Ozzie Smith made one of his famousWizard of Oz^[12] plays. Gantner hit a ground ball through the middle towards center field. Smith, though off-balance, stabbed at the ball while simultaneously stepping on second base, recovered and fired to first to double up Gantner.

In the seventh, things fell apart. With one out, Oglivie reached first when first basemanKeith Hernandez's toss to LaPoint was dropped. LaPoint was relieved byDoug Bair after giving up a two-out RBI (unearned) double to Gantner. Before relieved byJim Kaat, Bair walked Molitor and gave up a bases-loaded, two-run (both unearned) checked-swing single to Yount. An RBI infield hit byCecil Cooper and a wild pitch brought in the fourth Cardinals pitcher,Jeff Lahti. Lahti intentionally walked (charged to Kaat) Simmons and gave up another bases-loaded, two-run single to Thomas. Lahti issued another intentional walk to Oglivie then induced a fly out to left field to end this inning. In this inning, six runs (three earned) crossed the plate for the Brewers on five hits and one error.

Jim Slaton started the eighth by walkingDarrell Porter and giving up a one-out single toDane Iorg.Bob McClure relieved Slaton and ended the threat by getting McGee to bounce into a double play. McClure went the rest of the way for the save.

Cardinals managerWhitey Herzog made some lineup changes for this game, droppingTom Herr from leadoff to eighth andKen Oberkfell from second to seventh. He led off with hot-hittingLonnie Smith at DH, startedDavid Green in centerfield and batted him second in place ofDane Iorg, and movedWillie McGee from eighth to sixth.

Mike Caldwell pitched his second win of the Series and almost went the distance. The Brewers struck first onTed Simmons's bases loaded groundout in the first off ofBob Forsch, but the Cardinals tied the game in the third onKeith Hernandez's RBI double. The Brewers took a 2–1 lead in the bottom half onCecil Cooper's groundout with runners on first and third and added to their lead onPaul Molitor's RBI single in the fifth.George Hendrick's RBI single in the seventh cut the Brewers lead to 3–2, but they got that run back in the bottom of the inning onRobin Yount's home run, then added to their lead in the eighth on back-to-back RBI singles byCharlie Moore andJim Gantner off ofBruce Sutter. The Cardinals staged a late rally in the ninth asKeith Hernandez doubled in a run andGeorge Hendrick singled him in with two outs.Bob McClure came in and allowed a single toDarrell Porter, putting the tying run on base. McClure, however, struck outWillie McGee, then retired pinch-hitterGene Tenace to end the game.Robin Yount set a World Series record by recording his second four-hit game, his first came in Game 1. To this day, Yount remains the only player to have multiple 4-hit games in one World Series.

This was the tenth and final World Series game at Milwaukee County Stadium (1957,1958 and 1982) as well as the final playoff game at Milwaukee County Stadium.

Busch Stadium's lack of a dome caused two delays that totaled over2+1⁄2 hours. The Cardinals staved off elimination with a blowout win. In the second,Dane Iorg doubled with two outs off ofDon Sutton and scored on an error onWillie McGee's ground ball.Tom Herr's double then made it 2–0 Cardinals.

The Cardinals appeared to get a third run in the bottom of the third whenLonnie Smith walked, stole second, and went to third on aKeith Hernandez groundout. WithGeorge Hendrick batting, Smith attempted to steal home and appeared to have clearly slid headfirst underTed Simmons' tag, but he was ruled out by home plate umpireJim Evans.

In the fourth,Darrell Porter hit a two-run home run, then Iorg tripled and scored on Herr's groundout.Keith Hernandez's two-run home run in the fifth made it 7–0 and knocked Sutton out of the game. After Sutton was removed, rains came and delayed the game for 26 minutes beforeJim Slaton came in and retired the next two hitters.

In the sixth, Iorg hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a wild pitch byDoc Medich, and scored on McGee's single. Herr reached on a bloop single and Medich threw another wild pitch, sending McGee to third and Herr to second. AfterOzzie Smith was retired,David Green, who replaced Lonnie Smith due to an injured wrist, walked to load the bases. Another rain delay, this time for two hours, occurred in the middle of Green's at-bat. AfterKen Oberkfell grounded into a force-out at home, Hernandez's single then scored two, Hendrick's single scored another, and an error on Porter's ground ball scored two more.

The Brewers avoided a shutout in the ninth whenJim Gantner, who doubled to lead off the inning, scored on a passed ball by Cardinals backup catcherGlenn Brummer.John Stuper went the distance for the Cardinals (helped by the rain delays), scattering four hits.

The Cardinals’ twelve-run margin of victory in Game 6 was the largest in a World Series game sinceGame 6 of the 1968 World Series (which, ironically, was a Cardinals loss), and is tied for the third largest margin of victory in a World Series game overall.^[13]

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Joaquín Andújar andPete Vuckovich opposed each other once again, and both had injuries. Andujar had decreased mobility after the line drive he had taken off the kneecap in Game 3, while Vuckovich was suffering from severe shoulder pain which would be diagnosed the following spring as a torn rotator cuff. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when the Cardinals scored first on aLonnie Smith RBI single.Ben Oglivie tied it for the Brewers in the fifth with a solo home run, and they took a 3–1 lead in the sixth whenJim Gantner scored on an error andCecil Cooper hit a sacrifice fly.

However, starting in the bottom of the sixth, with one out, the Cardinals mounted a comeback and held the Brewers scoreless for the rest of the game.Ozzie Smith singled andLonnie Smith doubled him to third. Brewers managerHarvey Kuenn then pulled Vuckovich in favor ofBob McClure, who walked pinch-hitterGene Tenace to load the bases.Keith Hernandez then tied the game with a two-run single (off McClure, who was a high-school teammate of Hernandez')George Hendrick then gave the Cardinals the lead with an RBI single.

Series MVPDarrell Porter andSteve Braun delivered the key blows in the eighth with RBI singles, giving the Cardinals a 6–3 lead. Andújar pitched seven strong innings. After recording the final out of the seventh on Gantner, the two men appeared as if they were going to physically fight after Andujar made a gesture of exuberance, and home plate umpireLee Weyer had to step between them and move Andujar towards the dugout to prevent a fist fight. Manager Herzog, concerned that his unpredictable starter would allow himself to lose concentration after the incident, then turned to closerBruce Sutter for a two-inning save, his second save of the series. This was the first time since1964 that a National League team had won a seventh game of the World Series at home, when the Cardinals themselves defeated theNew York Yankees in seven games. It was also the only World Series championship that the Cardinals ever clinched at home during their 40-year tenure at the 2nd Busch Stadium (1966–2005).

As of 2025, this remains the Brewers' only World Series appearance.

1982 World Series(4–3):St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) overMilwaukee Brewers (A.L.)

Paul Molitor set aWorld Series record with his fifth hit, in the ninth inning of Game 1.Robin Yount would set another record in the seventh inning of Game 5 by becoming the first player in Series history to have two four-hit games in a single Series.

Cardinals catcherDarrell Porter was given the Series MVP award. Paul Molitor would eventually win the Series MVP Award11 years later as a member of theToronto Blue Jays.

Both participants are currently in theNL Central, due to the transfer of the Brewers from the American League to the National League in 1998. This raises the possibility of the Brewers eventually representing two different leagues in World Series competition. That has happened three times before, taking the 19th Century contests into account: TheBrooklyn Dodgers of 1889 and 1890; the Cardinals, who won the 1886 Series when they were in theAmerican Association; and theHouston Astros, who played in the2005 World Series against theChicago White Sox as a National League team, as well as the2017 World Series against theLos Angeles Dodgers, the2019 World Series against theWashington Nationals, the2021 World Series against theAtlanta Braves and the2022 World Series against thePhiladelphia Phillies as an American League team. This also makes this one of two World Series in the modern era (1903–present) that is not possible to have a rematch, the other being the Astros and White Sox, due to the Astros moving to the American League in 2013.

The Brewers and Cardinals would later meet in the2011 National League Championship Series, with the Cardinals winning that series four games to two. As in 1982, the Cardinals won the2011 World Series in seven games, this time against theTexas Rangers. As of today, the Cardinals' 11 championships are the most won by any National League team, and second only to theNew York Yankees, who have 27. As of the 1982 World Series victory, the Cardinals had 9 championships compared to the Yankees' 22.

The Cardinals would remain competitive for the rest of the decade and returned to the World Series in1985 and1987 but lost both times in seven games. St. Louis wouldn't get back to the fall classic until2004 (losing toBoston) and would not win another World Championship until2006 when they beatDetroit in five games.

The Brewers have not returned to the World Series as of today. This would be the last championship series of thefour major North American sports leagues to feature a team from Milwaukee until theMilwaukee Bucks made and won the2021 NBA Finals, and the last Wisconsin-based team to play in a championship game until theGreen Bay Packers (who at the time of the 1982 World Series played two home games a year at Milwaukee County Stadium and remainsde facto supported by Milwaukee today) wonSuper Bowl XXXI in 1997.

This would be the final World Series where both teams wore pullover style uniforms. From 1984-87, at least one team wore pullovers (although in 1984, the Tigers only wore them on the road). No team has worn pullover uniforms in the fall classic since the Cincinnati Reds in1990. The Brewers, who started wearing pullovers in 1972, switched to button-downs in 1990; the Cardinals, one of the earliest adopters of pullovers (1971), were the second-to-last team to ditch them, doing so in 1992 to celebrate the franchise's centennial (the Reds were the last team to wear pullovers, switching in 1993).

This was the final World Series telecast for longtimeNBC analystTony Kubek, and the only one for veteran announcerDick Enberg. Enberg hosted the pregame shows and alternated play-by-play duties (Enberg called the middle innings) withJoe Garagiola, who was himself working his last World Series in that role before moving to the color commentator position alongsideVin Scully (who called the 1982 World Series alongsideSparky Anderson forCBS Radio) the following season. Conversely, this was NBC's first World Series telecast to featureBob Costas (who served as a field reporter and hosted theWorld Series Trophy presentation following Game 7). Costas and Kubek would subsequently team up as NBC's secondary MLB announcing team from 1983 to 1989. This included the June 23, 1984, game between St. Louis andChicago otherwise known as the Ryne Sandberg game.^[15]Tom Seaver provided pregame analysis and also contributed occasional in-game commentary throughout the series, broadcasting from field level rather than in the booth.

Locally, the World Series was broadcast by the teams'flagship radio stations using their own announcers. In Milwaukee,WISN aired the games withBob Uecker and Dwayne Mosley announcing, while in St. Louis,KMOX aired the games withJack Buck andMike Shannon announcing.

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