1882 Chicago White Stockings season

1882 Chicago White Stockings
1882 National League Championship
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Lakefront Park (since 1878)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Albert Spalding
Manager(s)	Cap Anson
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The 1882 Chicago White Stockings season was the 11th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 7th in the National League and the 5th at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings won the National League championship with a record of 55–29, 3 games ahead of the second place Providence Grays.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1882 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1882 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Larry Corcoran Fred Goldsmith Catchers Silver Flint		Infielders Cap Anson Tom Burns King Kelly Joe Quest Milt Scott Ned Williamson		Outfielders Abner Dalrymple George Gore Hugh Nicol		Manager Cap Anson

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	Flint, SilverSilver Flint	81	331	83	.251	4	44
1B	Anson, CapCap Anson	82	348	126	.362	1	83
2B	Burns, TomTom Burns	84	355	88	.248	0	48
3B	Williamson, NedNed Williamson	83	348	98	.282	3	60
SS	Kelly, KingKing Kelly	84	377	115	.305	1	55
OF	Dalrymple, AbnerAbner Dalrymple	84	397	117	.295	1	36
OF	Gore, GeorgeGeorge Gore	84	367	117	.319	3	51
OF	Nicol, HughHugh Nicol	47	186	37	.199	1	16

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
Quest, JoeJoe Quest	42	159	32	.201	0	15
Scott, MiltMilt Scott	1	5	2	.400	0	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
Goldsmith, FredFred Goldsmith	45	405	28	17	2.42	109
Corcoran, LarryLarry Corcoran	39	355.2	27	12	1.95	170

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
Williamson, NedNed Williamson	1	0	0	0	6.00	1

References

• 1882 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference