1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

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.

1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1882) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Denny McKnight
Manager(s)	Al Pratt
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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) # 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

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 Records Sources:
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 Harry Arundel Morrie Critchley Denny Driscoll Jack Leary Harry Salisbury Jake Seymour

Catchers Jim Keenan Rudy Kemmler Billy Taylor

Infielders Joe Battin Jake Goodman Chappy Lane Jack Leary John Peters George Strief

Outfielders Mike Mansell Russ McKelvy Bill Morgan Charlie Morton Ed Swartwood Manager Al Pratt

Player stats

Batters

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

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 18​^2⁄3 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. "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.