1882 Pittsburg Alleghenys season

1882 Pittsburg 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 1882 season was the first as a major league club for the Alleghenys, which had previously played as an independent team. They finished at exactly a .500 record, 39 wins and 39 losses, good for fourth place in the new American Association.

The team was based in Allegheny City, across the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh. Only later, around 1887, would the team become officially known as the "Pittsburg Alleghenys", but the name was applied retroactively by sports historians.

Game log

1882 Game Log[1]
May: 6–5 (Home: 5–3 ; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Record 1 Tuesday, May 2 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 10–9 1–0 2 Wednesday, May 3 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 3–7 1–1 3 Thursday, May 4 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 10–19 1–2 4 Monday, May 8 St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–0 2–2 5 Wednesday, May 10 St. Louis Brown Stockings 9–5 3–2 6 Tuesday, May 16 Cincinnati Red Stockings 4–9 3–3 7 Thursday, May 18 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2–3 3–4 8 Friday, May 19 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8–7 4–4 9 Saturday, May 20 Cincinnati Red Stockings 5–3 5–4 10 Monday, May 29 Louisville Eclipse 7–15 5–5 11 Tuesday, May 30 Louisville Eclipse 10–8 6–5
June: 5–10 (Home: 2–3 ; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Record 12 Thursday, Jun 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings 11–4 7–5 13 Sunday, Jun 4 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 3–7 7–6 14 Tuesday, Jun 6 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 15–6 8–6 15 Thursday, Jun 8 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 5–6 8–7 16 Saturday, Jun 10 @ Louisville Eclipse 9–3 9–7 17 Monday, Jun 12 @ Louisville Eclipse 4–8 9–8 18 Thursday, Jun 15 @ Louisville Eclipse 0–5 9–9 19 Saturday, Jun 17 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 0–10 9–10 20 Tuesday, Jun 20 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 1–6 9–11 21 Thursday, Jun 22 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 2–5 9–12 22 Friday, Jun 23 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 8–5 10–12 23 Saturday, Jun 24 Philadelphia Athletics 4–21 10–13 24 Tuesday, Jun 27 Philadelphia Athletics 4–6 10–14 25 Thursday, Jun 29 Philadelphia Athletics 11–1 11–14 26 Friday, Jun 30 Philadelphia Athletics 1–7 11–15
July: 7–8 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Record 27 Saturday, Jul 1 Philadelphia Athletics 6–8 11–16 28 Tuesday, Jul 4 Baltimore Orioles 6–5 12–16 29 Thursday, Jul 6 Baltimore Orioles 8–9 12–17 30 Friday, Jul 7 Baltimore Orioles 6–8 12–18 31 Monday, Jul 10 Baltimore Orioles 11–0 13–18 32 Tuesday, Jul 11 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6–1 14–18 33 Wednesday, Jul 12 St. Louis Brown Stockings 6–1 15–18 34 Thursday, Jul 13 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1–3 15–19 35 Saturday, Jul 15 St. Louis Brown Stockings 10–1 16–19 36 Wednesday, Jul 19 Cincinnati Red Stockings 6–12 16–20 37 Thursday, Jul 20 Cincinnati Red Stockings 3–2 17–20 38 Friday, Jul 21 Cincinnati Red Stockings 0–2 17–21 39 Saturday, Jul 22 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2–3 17–22 40 Thursday, Jul 27 @ Baltimore Orioles 2–3 17–23 41 Monday, Jul 31 @ Philadelphia Athletics 5–1 18–23
August: 11–11 (Home: 4–6 ; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Record 42 Tuesday, Aug 1 @ Philadelphia Athletics 3–2 19–23 43 Thursday, Aug 3 @ Philadelphia Athletics 3–2 20–23 44 Friday, Aug 4 @ Philadelphia Athletics 2–4 20–24 45 Saturday, Aug 5 Baltimore Orioles 6–5 21–24 46 Wednesday, Aug 9 Baltimore Orioles 5–8 21–25 47 Thursday, Aug 10 Baltimore Orioles 5–10 21–26 48 Friday, Aug 11 Baltimore Orioles 0–1 21–27 49 Saturday, Aug 12 Baltimore Orioles 7–8 21–28 50 Monday, Aug 14 Baltimore Orioles 14–1 22–28 51 Wednesday, Aug 16 @ Louisville Eclipse 1–3 22–29 52 Thursday, Aug 17 @ Louisville Eclipse 2–3 22–30 53 Friday, Aug 18 @ Louisville Eclipse 8–4 23–30 54 Saturday, Aug 19 @ Louisville Eclipse 6–4 24–30 55 Sunday, Aug 20 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 3–1 25–30 56 Tuesday, Aug 22 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 6–7 25–31 57 Wednesday, Aug 23 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 10–3 26–31 58 Thursday, Aug 24 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 7–2 27–31 59 Saturday, Aug 26 @ St. Louis Brown Stockings 1–4 27–32 60 Sunday, Aug 27 Philadelphia Athletics 2–3 27–33 61 Tuesday, Aug 29 Philadelphia Athletics 2–1 28–33 62 Wednesday, Aug 30 Philadelphia Athletics 4–1 29–33 63 Thursday, Aug 31 Philadelphia Athletics 2–4 29–34
September: 10–5 (Home: 4–3 ; Away: 6–1) # Date Opponent Score Record 64 Friday, Sep 1 Philadelphia Athletics 4–3 30–34 65 Tuesday, Sep 5 @ Baltimore Orioles 3–1 31–34 66 Wednesday, Sep 6 @ Baltimore Orioles 14–7 32–34 67 Thursday, Sep 7 @ Baltimore Orioles 7–5 33–34 68 Friday, Sep 8 @ Baltimore Orioles 8–2 34–34 69 Saturday, Sep 9 @ Philadelphia Athletics 7–7 34–34 70 Tuesday, Sep 12 @ Philadelphia Athletics 8–6 35–34 71 Thursday, Sep 14 @ Philadelphia Athletics 13–1 36–34 72 Friday, Sep 15 @ Philadelphia Athletics 6–10 36–35 73 Saturday, Sep 16 Louisville Eclipse 6–3 37–35 74 Monday, Sep 18 Louisville Eclipse 3–5 37–36 75 Tuesday, Sep 19 Louisville Eclipse 1–3 37–37 76 Thursday, Sep 21 Louisville Eclipse 6–4 38–37 77 Friday, Sep 22 Louisville Eclipse 6–20 38–38 78 Saturday, Sep 23 Louisville Eclipse 3–13 38–39 79 Saturday, Sep 23 Louisville Eclipse 7–1 39–39
Legend:           = Win           = Loss

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
Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg	7–7–1	6–10	6–10	10–6	—	10–6
St. Louis	13–3	6–10	7–9	5–11	6–10	—

Roster

1882 Pittsburg 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 Swartwood, E.E. Swartwood 76 325 107 0.329 4 0 Goodman, J.J. Goodman 10 41 13 0.317 0 0 Leary, J.J. Leary 60 257 75 0.292 1 0 Peters, J.J. Peters 78 333 96 0.288 0 0 Morton, C.C. Morton 25 103 29 0.282 0 0 Taylor, B.B. Taylor 70 299 84 0.281 3 0 Mansell, M.M. Mansell 79 347 96 0.277 2 0 Morgan, B.B. Morgan 17 66 17 0.258 0 0 Kemmler, R.R. Kemmler 24 99 25 0.253 0 0 Keenan, J.J. Keenan 25 96 21 0.219 1 0 Battin, J.J. Battin 34 133 28 0.211 1 0 Strief, G.G. Strief 79 297 58 0.195 2 0 Arundel, H.H. Arundel 14 53 10 0.189 0 0 Lane, C.C. Lane 57 214 38 0.178 3 0 Salisbury, H.H. Salisbury 39 145 22 0.152 0 0 Driscoll, D.D. Driscoll 23 80 11 0.138 1 0 Critchley, M.M. Critchley 1 5 0 0.000 0 0 McKelvy, R.R. McKelvy 1 4 0 0.000 0 0 Seymour, J.J. Seymour 1 4 0 0.000 0 0 Wylie, R.R. Wylie 1 3 0 0.000 0 0

Pitchers

Regular Season[4] Player G IP W L ERA SO Critchley, M.M. Critchley 1 9 1 0 0.00 3 Driscoll, D.D. Driscoll 23 201 13 9 1.21 59 Salisbury, H.H. Salisbury 38 335 20 18 2.63 135 Arundel, H.H. Arundel 14 120 4 10 4.65 47 Leary, J.J. Leary 3 18^2⁄3 1 0 6.27 5 Seymour, J.J. Seymour 1 8 0 1 7.88 2 Taylor, B.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. "1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.
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.