1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	37–43 (.463)
Owners	Chris von der Ahe
Managers	Ned Cuthbert
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference

The 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings season was the first played by the professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri now known as the St. Louis Cardinals in the American Association. However, this team had roots in the earlier St. Louis Brown Stockings franchise that played in the National Association in 1875 and the National League from 1876 to 1877. After a scandal over game-fixing and financial problems, the Brown Stockings continued to play as an independent barnstorming team from 1878 to 1881. Chris von der Ahe purchased the team prior to the 1882 season and placed them in the new American Association. The Brown Stockings posted a 37–43 record in their new league and finished in 5th place.

The Brown Stockings played at the Grand Avenue Grounds, which would eventually be renamed Sportsman's Park, at the corner of Grand Avenue and Dodier Street in north St. Louis City.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Red Stockings	55	25	.688	—	31‍–‍11	24‍–‍14
Louisville Eclipse	42	38	.525	13	26‍–‍13	16‍–‍25
Philadelphia Athletics	41	34	.547	11½	21‍–‍18	20‍–‍16
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	39	39	.500	15	17‍–‍20	22‍–‍19
St. Louis Brown Stockings	37	43	.463	18	24‍–‍20	13‍–‍23
Baltimore Orioles	19	54	.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

Pos=Position, G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, HR=Home runs, SB=Stolen bases, BB=Base on balls, Avg.=Batting average, Slg=Slugging percentage

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	SB	BB	Slg
C	Sleeper Sullivan	51	188	24	34	3	3	.181	0	0	3	.229
1B	Charles Comiskey	78	329	58	80	9	5	.243	1	0	4	.310
2B	Bill Smiley	59	240	30	51	4	2	.213	0	0	6	.246
3B	Jack Gleason	78	331	53	84	10	1	.254	2	0	27	.308
SS	Bill Gleason	79	347	63	100	11	6	.288	1	0	6	.363
OF	Oscar Walker	76	318	48	76	15	7	.239	7	0	10	.396
OF	Ned Cuthbert	60	233	28	52	16	5	.223	0	0	17	.335
OF	George Seward	38	144	23	31	1	1	.215	0	0	12	.236

Other batters

G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, HR=Home runs, SB=Stolen bases, BB=Base on balls, Avg.=Batting average, Slg=Slugging percentage

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	SB	BB	Slg
Harry McCaffery	38	153	23	42	8	6	.275	0	0	3	.405
Eddie Fusselback	35	136	13	31	2	0	.228	0	0	5	.243
Ed Brown	17	60	4	11	0	0	.183	0	0	4	.183
Charlie Morton	9	32	2	2	0	1	.063	0	0	2	.125
Joe Crotty	8	28	2	4	1	0	.143	0	0	3	.179
Frank Decker	2	8	0	2	0	0	.250	0	0	?	.250
John Shoupe	2	7	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	.000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA=Earned run average, G=Games played, GS=Games started, CG=Complete games, IP=Innings pitched, H=Hits allowed, R=Runs allowed, ER=Earned runs allowed, HR=Home runs allowed, BB=Base on balls, SO=Strikeouts, WHIP=Walks plus hits per inning pitched

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Jumbo McGinnis	25	18	2.60	45	45	43	388.1	391	241	112	2	53	134	1.14
John Schappert	8	7	3.52	15	14	13	128.0	131	99	50	2	32	38	1.27
Bert Dorr	2	6	2.59	8	8	8	66.0	53	39	19	0	1	34	0.82
Morrie Critchley	0	4	4.24	4	4	4	34.0	43	31	16	3	7	2	1.47
John Doyle	0	3	2.63	3	3	3	24.0	41	33	7	0	3	5	1.83
Eddie Hogan	0	1	1.13	1	1	1	8.0	10	7	1	0	0	4	1.25
Bobby Mitchell	0	1	7.71	1	1	0	7.0	12	13	6	0	2	2	2.00

Other pitchers

W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA=Earned run average, G=Games played, GS=Games started, CG=Complete games, SV=Saves, IP=Innings pitched, H=Hits allowed, R=Runs allowed, ER=Earned runs allowed, HR=Home runs allowed, BB=Base on balls, SO=Strikeouts, WHIP=Walks plus hits per inning pitched

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Eddie Fusselback	1	2	4.70	4	2	2	1	23.0	34	24	12	0	2	3	1.57
Charles Comiskey	0	1	0.00	2	1	1	0	8.0	12	8	0	0	3	2	1.88

Relief pitchers

W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA=Earned run average, G=Games played, SV=Saves, IP=Innings pitched, H=Hits allowed, R=Runs allowed, ER=Earned runs allowed, HR=Home runs allowed, BB=Base on balls, SO=Strikeouts, WHIP=Walks plus hits per inning pitched

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Ed Brown	0	0	0.00	1	0	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.00

References

• 1882 St. Louis Browns
• 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings team page at www.baseball-almanac.com