1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnerDenny McKnight
ManagerAl Pratt
1883 →

The 1882 season was the first for the Alleghenys, later known as the Pittsburgh Pirates. They finished at exactly a .500 record, 39 wins and 39 losses, good for fourth place in the new American Association.

The team played its home games in Allegheny City, across the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh. Chartered as the Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh,[1] the team appeared as "Allegheny" in the standings and was often referred to in the plural as the Alleghenys. The club was not related to the earlier Alleghenys of the International Association.

Game log

1882 Game Log: 39–39 (Home: 17–20; Away: 22–19)
May: 6–5 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 May 2 @ Red Stockings 10–9 — — 1–0
2 May 3 @ Red Stockings 3–7 — — 1–1
3 May 4 @ Red Stockings 10–19 — — 1–2
4 May 8 @ Red Stockings 2–0 — — 2–2
5 May 10 Brown Stockings 9–5 — — 3–2
6 May 16 @ Red Stockings 4–9 — — 3–3
7 May 18 Red Stockings 2–3 — — 3–4
8 May 19 Red Stockings 8–7 — — 4–4
9 May 20 Red Stockings 5–3 — — 5–4
10 May 29 Eclipse 7–15 — — 5–5
11 May 30 Eclipse 10–8 — — 6–5
June: 5–10 (Home: 2–2; Away: 3–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
12 June 1 Brown Stockings 11–4 — — 7–5
13 June 4 @ Brown Stockings 3–7 — — 7–6
14 June 6 @ Brown Stockings 15–6 — — 8–6
15 June 8 @ Brown Stockings 5–6 — — 8–7
16 June 10 @ Brown Stockings 9–3 — — 9–7
17 June 12 @ Eclipse 4–8 — — 9–8
18 June 15 @ Eclipse 0–5 — — 9–9
19 June 17 @ Eclipse 0–10 — — 9–10
20 June 20 @ Red Stockings 1–6 — — 9–11
21 June 22 @ Red Stockings 2–5 — — 9–12
22 June 23 @ Red Stockings 8–5 — — 10–12
23 June 24 @ Red Stockings 4–21 — — 10–13
24 June 27 Athletics 4–6 — — 10–14
25 June 29 Athletics 11–1 — — 11–14
26 June 30 Athletics 1–7 — — 11–15
July: 7–8 (Home: 5–7; Away: 2–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27 July 1 Athletics 6–8 — — 11–16
28 July 4 @ Brown Stockings 6–5 — — 12–16
29 July 6 Orioles 8–9 — — 12–17
30 July 7 Orioles 6–8 — — 12–18
31 July 10 Orioles 11–0 — — 13–18
32 July 11 Brown Stockings 6–1 — — 14–18
33 July 12 Brown Stockings 6–1 — — 15–18
34 July 13 Brown Stockings 1–3 — — 15–19
35 July 15 Brown Stockings 10–1 — — 16–19
36 July 19 Red Stockings 6–12 — — 16–20
37 July 20 Red Stockings 3–2 — — 17–20
38 July 21 Red Stockings 0–2 — — 17–21
39 July 22 Red Stockings 2–3 — — 17–22
40 July 27 @ Orioles 2–3 — — 17–23
41 July 31 @ Orioles 5–1 — — 18–23
August: 11–11 (Home: 3–5; Away: 8–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
42 August 1 @ Athletics 3–2 — — 19–23
43 August 3 @ Athletics 3–2 — — 20–23
44 August 4 @ Athletics 2–4 — — 20–24
45 August 5 @ Athletics 6–5 — — 21–24
46 August 9 Orioles 5–8 — — 21–25
47 August 10 Orioles 5–10 — — 21–26
48 August 11 Orioles 0–1 — — 21–27
49 August 12 Orioles 7–8 — — 21–28
50 August 14 Orioles 14–1 — — 22–28
51 August 16 @ Eclipse 1–3 — — 22–29
52 August 17 @ Eclipse 2–3 — — 22–30
53 August 18 @ Eclipse 8–4 — — 23–30
54 August 19 @ Eclipse 6–4 — — 24–30
55 August 20 @ Eclipse 3–1 — — 25–30
56 August 22 @ Brown Stockings 6–7 — — 25–31
57 August 23 @ Brown Stockings 10–3 — — 26–31
58 August 24 @ Brown Stockings 7–2 — — 27–31
59 August 26 @ Brown Stockings 1–4 — — 27–32
60 August 27 @ Brown Stockings 2–3 — — 27–33
61 August 29 Athletics 2–1 — — 28–33
62 August 30 Athletics 4–1 — — 29–33
63 August 31 Athletics 2–4 — — 29–34
September: 10–5 (Home: 3–4; Away: 7–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
64 September 1 Athletics 4–3 — — 30–34
65 September 5 @ Orioles 3–1 — — 31–34
66 September 6 @ Orioles 14–7 — — 32–34
67 September 7 @ Orioles 7–5 — — 33–34
68 September 8 @ Orioles 8–2 — — 34–34
69 September 9 @ Orioles 7–7 — — 34–34
70 September 12 @ Athletics 8–6 — — 35–34
71 September 14 @ Athletics 13–1 — — 36–34
72 September 15 @ Athletics 6–10 — — 36–35
73 September 16 @ Athletics 6–3 — — 37–35
74 September 18 Eclipse 3–5 — — 37–36
75 September 19 Eclipse 1–3 — — 37–37
76 September 21 Eclipse 6–4 — — 38–37
77 September 22 Eclipse 6–20 — — 38–38
78 September 23 Eclipse 3–13 — — 38–39
79 September 23 Eclipse 7–1 — — 39–39
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pittsburgh Alleghenys team member

Season standings

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American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Red Stockings 55 25 0.688 — 31–11 24–14
Louisville Eclipse 42 38 0.525 13 26–13 16–25
Philadelphia Athletics 41 34 0.547 11½ 21–18 20–16
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 39 39 0.500 15 17–20 22–19
St. Louis Brown Stockings 37 43 0.463 18 24–20 13–23
Baltimore Orioles 19 54 0.260 32½ 7–25 12–29

Record vs. opponents

1882 American Association record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team BAL CIN LOU PHI PIT STL
Baltimore — 2–14 3–13 4–7 7–7–1 3–13
Cincinnati 14–2 — 11–5 10–6 10–6 10–6
Louisville 13–3 5–11 — 5–11 10–6 9–7
Philadelphia 7–4 6–10 11–5 — 6–10 11–5
Pittsburgh 7–7–1 6–10 6–10 10–6 — 10–6
St. Louis 13–3 6–10 7–9 5–11 6–10 —


Detailed records

American Association
Opponent W L WP RS RA
Cincinnati Red Stockings 6 10 0.375 70 113
Pittsburgh Alleghenys
St. Louis Brown Stockings 10 6 0.625 107 61
Baltimore Orioles 7 7 0.500 102 71
Louisville Eclipse 6 10 0.375 67 107
Philadelphia Athletics 10 6 0.625 81 64
Total 39 39 0.500 427 416
Season Total 39 39 0.500 427 416
Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
May 11 6 5 0.545 70 85
June 15 5 10 0.333 78 100
July 15 7 8 0.467 78 59
August 22 11 11 0.500 99 81
September 15 10 5 0.667 102 91
Total 78 39 39 0.500 427 416
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
Home 37 17 20 0.459 202 192
Away 41 22 19 0.537 218 217
Total 78 39 39 0.500 427 416

Roster

1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys roster[2]
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
  • Al Pratt

Player stats

Batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season[3]
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
E. Swartwood 76 325 107 0.329 4 0
J. Goodman 10 41 13 0.317 0 0
J. Leary 60 257 75 0.292 1 0
J. Peters 78 333 96 0.288 0 0
C. Morton 25 103 29 0.282 0 0
B. Taylor 70 299 84 0.281 3 0
M. Mansell 79 347 96 0.277 2 0
B. Morgan 17 66 17 0.258 0 0
R. Kemmler 24 99 25 0.253 0 0
J. Keenan 25 96 21 0.219 1 0
J. Battin 34 133 28 0.211 1 0
G. Strief 79 297 58 0.195 2 0
H. Arundel 14 53 10 0.189 0 0
C. Lane 57 214 38 0.178 3 0
H. Salisbury 39 145 22 0.152 0 0
D. Driscoll 23 80 11 0.138 1 0
M. Critchley 1 5 0 0.000 0 0
R. McKelvy 1 4 0 0.000 0 0
J. Seymour 1 4 0 0.000 0 0
R. Wylie 1 3 0 0.000 0 0

Pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Regular Season[4]
Player G IP W L ERA SO
M. Critchley 1 9 1 0 0.00 3
D. Driscoll 23 201 13 9 1.21 59
H. Salisbury 38 335 20 18 2.63 135
H. Arundel 14 120 4 10 4.65 47
J. Leary 3 182⁄3 1 0 6.27 5
J. Seymour 1 8 0 1 7.88 2
B. Taylor 1 5 0 1 16.20 1

Transactions

  • June 1882 – released Morrie Critchley
  • June 1882 – released Jake Goodman
  • July 1882 – released Harry Arundel
  • July 1882 – released Charlie Morton

References

  1. ^ "Charter of Incorporation of Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pgh. Penna." 11 March 1882. Pennsylvania Department of State, Business Entity Search, entity number 6131816. Retrieved 28 March 2018. Closed access icon "The association shall be known by the name, style and title of The Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
  2. ^ "1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac.
  3. ^ "Sortable Player Stats | MLB.com". MLB.com.
  4. ^ "Sortable Player Stats | MLB.com". MLB.com.
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