1982 Pacific Coast League season

The 1982 Pacific Coast League season was the 80th season in the league's history. It ended with the Albuquerque Dukes winning their third straight league title. The Dukes became the first PCL team to win three straight titles since the San Francisco Seals won four straight from 1943 to 1946.

The playoff format was modified slightly this season. If a team won its division in both halves, then it would face the team with the second-best overall record in the first round. Also, the championship series was expanded to a best-of-seven format.

Despite making the finals, this was the final season for the Spokane Indians.

Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tacoma Tigers	42	28	.600	--	Ed Nottle	Oakland Athletics
Vancouver Canadians	38	33	.535	4½	Dick Phillips	Milwaukee Brewers
Spokane Indians	35	36	.493	7½	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Edmonton Trappers	35	36	.493	7½	Gordy Lund	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	32	39	.451	10½	Tom Trebelhorn	Pittsburgh Pirates

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	46	25	.648	--	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Hawaii Islanders	36	35	.507	10	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Salt Lake City Gulls	34	36	.486	11½	Bobby Floyd	Seattle Mariners
Phoenix Giants	29	42	.408	17	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants
Tucson Toros	27	44	.380	19	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros

Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Spokane Indians	43	29	.597	--	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Tacoma Tigers	42	31	.575	1½	Ed Nottle	Oakland Athletics
Edmonton Trappers	35	38	.479	8½	Gordy Lund	Chicago White Sox
Vancouver Canadians	34	39	.466	9½	Dick Phillips	Milwaukee Brewers
Portland Beavers	33	40	.452	10½	Tom Trebelhorn	Pittsburgh Pirates

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	39	33	.542	--	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Salt Lake City Gulls	39	34	.534	½	Bobby Floyd	Seattle Mariners
Hawaii Islanders	37	36	.507	2½	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Tucson Toros	31	42	.425	8½	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Phoenix Giants	29	44	.397	10½	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	85	58	.594	--	Del Crandall	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tacoma Tigers	84	59	.587	1	Ed Nottle	Oakland Athletics
Spokane Indians	78	65	.545	7	Moose Stubing	California Angels
Salt Lake City Gulls	73	70	.510	12	Bobby Floyd	Seattle Mariners
Hawaii Islanders	73	71	.507	12½	Doug Rader	San Diego Padres
Vancouver Canadians	72	72	.500	13½	Dick Phillips	Milwaukee Brewers
Edmonton Trappers	70	74	.486	14½	Gordy Lund	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	65	79	.451	19½	Tom Trebelhorn	Pittsburgh Pirates
Tucson Toros	59	83	.415	25½	Jimmy Johnson	Houston Astros
Phoenix Giants	58	86	.403	27½	Rocky Bridges	San Francisco Giants

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Championship Finals
	N1	Tacoma Tigers	1
	N2	Spokane Indians	2
						N2	Spokane Indians	2
						S1	Albuquerque Dukes	4
	S1	Albuquerque Dukes	2
	S2	Salt Lake City Gulls	0

First Round

Tacoma vs. Spokane Date Away Home September 3 Tacoma 1 Spokane 3 September 4 Tacoma 6 Spokane 1 September 5 Tacoma 2 Spokane 4 Spokane wins series 2-1

Albuquerque vs. Salt Lake Date Away Home September 3 Salt Lake 1 Albuquerque 9 September 4 Salt Lake 10 Albuquerque 12 Albuquerque wins series 2-0

Championship Finals

Albuquerque vs. Spokane Date Away Home September 6 Spokane 3 Albuquerque 11 September 7 Spokane 2 Albuquerque 3 September 8 Spokane 10 Albuquerque 3 September 10 Albuquerque 5 Spokane 2 September 11 Albuquerque 3 Spokane 5 September 12 Albuquerque 5 Spokane 2 Albuquerque wins series 4-2

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 1982 PCL - The Baseball Cube