1882 Worcester Worcesters season

1882 Worcester Worcesters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1880)
Location
Worcester Driving Park Grounds (since 1880)
Worcester, Massachusetts (since 1880)
Results
Record	18–66 (.214)
League place	8th
Other information
Manager(s)	Freeman Brown, Tommy Bond, Jack Chapman
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The 1882 Worcester Worcesters finished with an 18–66 record, last place in the National League. The team folded after the season. In a game on September 6, the team had only six fans in attendance a number that held the record for the smallest crowd in Major League history until 2015 when the Baltimore riots caused a game to be held "closed to the public."^{[1] [2]}

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 Worcester Worcesters
Roster
Pitchers John Clarkson Frank Mountain Lee Richmond Catchers Doc Bushong		Infielders Ed Cogswell Fred Corey George Creamer Jim Halpin Arthur Irwin John Irwin Fred Mann Frank McLaughlin Ed Merrill John Smith Harry Stovey		Outfielders Tommy Bond Jim Clinton Jake Evans Jackie Hayes Tom O'Brien Dan O'Leary		Manager Tommy Bond Freeman Brown Jack Chapman

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	Bushong, DocDoc Bushong	69	253	40	.158	1	15
1B	Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	84	360	104	.289	5	26
2B	Creamer, GeorgeGeorge Creamer	81	286	65	.227	1	29
3B	Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin	84	333	73	.219	0	30
SS	Corey, FredFred Corey	64	255	63	.247	0	29
OF	Evans, JakeJake Evans	80	334	71	.213	0	25
OF	Hayes, JackieJackie Hayes	78	326	88	.270	4	54
OF	Clinton, JimJim Clinton	26	98	16	.163	0	3

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
O'Brien, TomTom O'Brien	22	89	18	.202	0	7
Mann, FredFred Mann	19	77	18	.234	0	7
Smith, JohnJohn Smith	19	70	17	.243	0	5
Cogswell, EdEd Cogswell	13	51	7	.137	0	1
McLaughlin, FrankFrank McLaughlin	15	55	12	.218	1	4
Bond, TommyTommy Bond	8	30	4	.133	0	2
O'Leary, DanDan O'Leary	6	22	4	.182	0	2
Halpin, JimJim Halpin	2	8	0	.000	0	0
Merrill, EdEd Merrill	2	8	1	.125	0	4
Irwin, JohnJohn Irwin	1	4	0	.000	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
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond	48	411	14	33	3.74	23
Mountain, FrankFrank Mountain	18	144	2	16	3.69	29
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson	3	24	1	2	4.50	3
Bond, TommyTommy Bond	2	12.1	0	1	4.38	2
Evans, JakeJake Evans	1	8	0	1	5.62	2

Other 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
Corey, FredFred Corey	21	139	1	13	3.56	36

References

1. the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 251. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.
2. "MLB record for lowest attendance, 6 people, to be broken by White Sox and Orioles". Chicago Sun-Times. April 28, 2015.

• 1882 Worcester Worcesters season at Baseball Reference