1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

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1882  Pittsburgh Alleghenys
League American Association
Ballpark Exposition Park
City Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Record39–39 (.500)
League place4th
Owner Denny McKnight
Manager Al 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.

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

Season standings

American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Red Stockings 5525.688—31‍–‍1124‍–‍14
Philadelphia Athletics 4134.54711½21‍–‍1820‍–‍16
Louisville Eclipse 4238.5251326‍–‍1316‍–‍25
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3939.5001517‍–‍2022‍–‍19
St. Louis Brown Stockings 3743.4631824‍–‍2013‍–‍23
Baltimore Orioles 1954.26032½7‍–‍2512‍–‍29

Record vs. opponents

1882 American Association record

Sources:
TeamBALCINLOUPHAPITSTL
Baltimore —2–143–134–77–7–13–13
Cincinnati 14–2—11–510–610–610–6
Louisville 13–35–11—5–1110–69–7
Philadelphia 7–46–1011–5—6–1011–5
Pittsburgh 7–7–16–106–1010–6—10–6
St. Louis 13–36–107–95–116–10—

Detailed records

Roster

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

Player stats

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

Transactions

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 logo transparent.svg "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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