1882 Philadelphia Athletics season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

1882 in baseball

-Champions:*National League: Chicago def. Providence 5 games to 4*American Association: Cincinnati Red Stockings*League Alliance: New York MetropolitansInterleague*Chicago vs. Cincinnati tie 1 game each*Chicago def...

was the first season for the brand new Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)
The Philadelphia Athletics were a professional baseball team, one of six charter members of the American Association, a 19th-century major league, which began play in 1882 as a rival to the National League. The other teams were the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Eclipse of...

(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

American Association (19th century)

The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

league.

Roster

1882 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	62	241	73	.303	3	37
1B	74	323	92	.285	0	38
2B	72	272	59	.217	0	18
3B	29	121	28	.231	0	?
SS	49	199	45	.226	1	28
OF	31	126	30	.238	0	17
OF	75	338	89	.263	0	27
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
44	181	51	.282	0	24
22	82	17	.207	1	?
20	65	6	.092	0	2
18	65	12	.185	0	4
9	33	11	.333	0	9
8	32	6	.188	0	1
7	30	9	.300	0	1
2	7	2	.286	0	1
1	5	0	.000	0	?

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	371	26	15	2.74	104
20	170	9	10	2.91	48
8	69	2	6	3.91	15
2	17	1	1	3.18	13
2	12	1	1	5.25	4
1	9	1	0	0.00	0
1	8	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
	2	1	0	0	1.29	2

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