1882 Philadelphia Athletics season

1882 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American Association
Ballpark	Oakdale Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager	Juice Latham

The 1882 season was the first season for the brand new Philadelphia Athletics (no relation, except by name, to the previous Philadelphia Athletics team). They finished with a 41–34 record and a third-place position in the brand new American Association league.

Regular season

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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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	—

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jack O'Brien	62	241	73	.303	3	37
1B	Juice Latham	74	323	92	.285	0	38
2B	Cub Stricker	72	272	59	.217	0	18
3B	Fred Mann	29	121	28	.231	0	?
SS	Lou Say	49	199	45	.226	1	28
OF	John Mansell	31	126	30	.238	0	17
OF	Jud Birchall	75	338	89	.263	0	27
OF	Bob Blakiston	72	281	64	.228	0	20

Other batters

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
Jerry Dorgan	44	181	51	.282	0	24
Jimmy Say	22	82	17	.207	1	?
Pop Smith	20	65	6	.092	0	2
John Richmond	18	65	12	.185	0	4
Bill Kienzle	9	33	11	.333	0	9
Joe Straub	8	32	6	.188	0	1
Bill Greenwood	7	30	9	.300	0	1
Bill Farrell	2	7	2	.286	0	1
Tug Arundel	1	5	0	.000	0	?

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sam Weaver	42	371.0	26	15	2.74	104
Bill Sweeney	20	170.0	9	10	2.91	48
Frank Mountain	8	69.0	2	6	3.91	15
Doc Landis	2	17.0	1	1	3.18	13
Charlie Reynolds	2	12.0	1	1	5.25	4
George Snyder	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	0
Ed Halbriter	1	8.0	0	1	7.88	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Cub Stricker	2	1	0	0	1.29	2

References

• 1882 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference