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

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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1882 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 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

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

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
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

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

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