1882 Providence Grays | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Messer Street Grounds |
City | Providence, Rhode Island |
Owner | C. T. Gardner |
Manager | Harry Wright |
The Providence Grays hired veteran manager Harry Wright to guide the team in 1882 and the team seemed to improve. They held first place until September 17, but then suffered a losing streak that dropped the team into second place.
After the season ended, they played a three-game postseason series against the Boston Red Caps for the "Championship of New England." Providence won the series, two games to one, thanks to shutouts pitched by John Montgomery Ward and Hoss Radbourn.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 55 | 29 | 0.655 | — | 35–10 | 20–19 |
Providence Grays | 52 | 32 | 0.619 | 3 | 30–12 | 22–20 |
Boston Red Caps | 45 | 39 | 0.536 | 10 | 27–15 | 18–24 |
Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 39 | 0.536 | 10 | 26–13 | 19–26 |
Cleveland Blues | 42 | 40 | 0.512 | 12 | 21–19 | 21–21 |
Detroit Wolverines | 42 | 41 | 0.506 | 12½ | 24–18 | 18–23 |
Troy Trojans | 35 | 48 | 0.422 | 19½ | 22–20 | 13–28 |
Worcester Worcesters | 18 | 66 | 0.214 | 37 | 12–30 | 6–36 |
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | PRV | TRO | WOR | |||||||||
Boston | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4–1 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–1 | |||||||||
Chicago | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 4–7–1 | 4–8 | 9–2–1 | 11–1 | |||||||||
Detroit | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–4–1 | — | 3–9 | 8–4–1 | 9–3 | |||||||||
Providence | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | — | 9–3 | 10–2 | |||||||||
Troy | 8–4 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–9–1 | 4–8–1 | 3–9 | — | 9–3 | |||||||||
Worcester | 5–7 | 1–11 | 3–9 | 1–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 3–9 | — |
1882 Providence Grays | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Barney Gilligan | 56 | 201 | 45 | .224 | 0 | 26 |
1B | Joe Start | 82 | 356 | 117 | .329 | 0 | 48 |
2B | Jack Farrell | 84 | 366 | 93 | .254 | 2 | 31 |
3B | Jerry Denny | 84 | 329 | 81 | .246 | 2 | 42 |
SS | George Wright | 46 | 185 | 30 | .162 | 0 | 9 |
OF | Tom York | 81 | 321 | 86 | .268 | 1 | 40 |
OF | Paul Hines | 84 | 379 | 117 | .309 | 4 | 34 |
OF | John Ward | 83 | 355 | 87 | .245 | 1 | 39 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Sandy Nava | 28 | 97 | 20 | .206 | 0 | 7 |
Tim Manning | 21 | 76 | 8 | .105 | 0 | 8 |
Cliff Carroll | 10 | 41 | 5 | .122 | 0 | 2 |
Art Whitney | 11 | 40 | 3 | .075 | 0 | 1 |
Dasher Troy | 4 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Reilley | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Sweeney | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charles Radbourn | 55 | 474.0 | 33 | 20 | 2.09 | 201 |
John Ward | 33 | 278.0 | 19 | 12 | 2.59 | 72 |
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