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League | American Association |
Ballpark | Exposition Park |
City | Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
Owner | Denny McKnight |
Manager | Al Pratt |
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.
1882 Game Log: 39–39 (Home: 17–20; Away: 22–19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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May: 6–5 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–3)
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June: 5–10 (Home: 2–2; Away: 3–8)
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July: 7–8 (Home: 5–7; Away: 2–1)
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August: 11–11 (Home: 3–5; Away: 8–6)
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September: 10–5 (Home: 3–4; Away: 7–1)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie Bold = Pittsburgh Alleghenys team member |
American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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