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1882 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1882 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkOakdale Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
ManagerJuice Latham
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The 1882 season was the first season for the brand new Philadelphia Athletics (no relation, except by name, to the previous Philadelphia Athletics team). They finished with a 41–34 record and a third-place position in the brand new American Association league.

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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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


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1882 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Jack O'Brien 62 241 73 .303 3 37
1B Juice Latham 74 323 92 .285 0 38
2B Cub Stricker 72 272 59 .217 0 18
3B Fred Mann 29 121 28 .231 0 ?
SS Lou Say 49 199 45 .226 1 28
OF John Mansell 31 126 30 .238 0 17
OF Jud Birchall 75 338 89 .263 0 27
OF Bob Blakiston 72 281 64 .228 0 20

Other batters

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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
Jerry Dorgan 44 181 51 .282 0 24
Jimmy Say 22 82 17 .207 1 ?
Pop Smith 20 65 6 .092 0 2
John Richmond 18 65 12 .185 0 4
Bill Kienzle 9 33 11 .333 0 9
Joe Straub 8 32 6 .188 0 1
Bill Greenwood 7 30 9 .300 0 1
Bill Farrell 2 7 2 .286 0 1
Tug Arundel 1 5 0 .000 0 ?

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sam Weaver 42 371.0 26 15 2.74 104
Bill Sweeney 20 170.0 9 10 2.91 48
Frank Mountain 8 69.0 2 6 3.91 15
Doc Landis 2 17.0 1 1 3.18 13
Charlie Reynolds 2 12.0 1 1 5.25 4
George Snyder 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 0
Ed Halbriter 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 4

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Cub Stricker 2 1 0 0 1.29 2

Notes

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References

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