1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

1882 Pittsburg Alleghenys
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owners	Denny McKnight
Managers	Al Pratt

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: 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 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	—

Detailed records

American Association
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
Cincinnati Red Stockings	6	10	0.375	70	113
Pittsburg 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

Player stats

Batters

Regular Season

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

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	Template:Sortfrac	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.