1882 Providence Grays season

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1882  Providence Grays
League National League
Ballpark Messer Street Grounds
City Providence, Rhode Island
OwnerC. T. Gardner
Manager Harry Wright
  1881
1883  

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.

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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.

Regular season

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The 1882 Providence Grays

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 55290.65535–1020–19
Providence Grays 52320.619330–1222–20
Boston Red Caps 45390.5361027–1518–24
Buffalo Bisons 45390.5361026–1319–26
Cleveland Blues 42400.5121221–1921–21
Detroit Wolverines 42410.50612½24–1818–23
Troy Trojans 35480.42219½22–2013–28
Worcester Worcesters 18660.2143712–306–36

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBUFCHICLEDETPRVTROWOR
Boston 7–56–67–58–4–16–64–87–5
Buffalo 5–76–66–65–76–66–611–1
Chicago 6–66–69–38–48–49–39–3
Cleveland 5–76–63–94–7–14–89–2–111–1
Detroit 4–8–17–54–87–4–13–98–4–19–3
Providence 6–66–64–88–49–39–310–2
Troy 8–46–63–92–9–14–8–13–99–3
Worcester 5–71–113–91–113–92–103–9

Roster

1882 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Barney Gilligan 5620145.224026
1B Joe Start 82356117.329048
2B Jack Farrell 8436693.254231
3B Jerry Denny 8432981.246242
SS George Wright 4618530.16209
OF Tom York 8132186.268140
OF Paul Hines 84379117.309434
OF John Ward 8335587.245139

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Sandy Nava 289720.20607
Tim Manning 21768.10508
Cliff Carroll 10415.12202
Art Whitney 11403.07501
Dasher Troy 4174.23501
Charlie Reilley 3112.18202
Charlie Sweeney 140.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charles Radbourn 55474.033202.09201
John Ward 33278.019122.5972

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