The 1882 season

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 as a major league club for the Alleghenys

Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...

, 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

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...

.

The team was based in Allegheny City

Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Allegheny City was a Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907...

, across the Allegheny River

Allegheny River

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from Pittsburgh. Only later, around , would the team become officially known as the "Pittsburg Alleghenys", but the name was applied retroactively by sports historians.

Roster

1882 Pittsburg Alleghenys
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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
C		70	299	84	.281	3
1B		57	214	38	.178	3
2B		79	297	58	.195	2
3B		34	133	28	.211	1
SS		78	333	96	.288	0
OF		79	347	96	.277	2
OF		76	325	107	.329	4
OF		60	257	75	.292	1

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
	25	103	29	.282	0
	24	99	25	.253	0
	25	96	21	.219	1
	17	66	17	.258	0
	10	41	13	.317	0
	1	4	0	.000	0
	1	3	0	.000	0

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
	38	335	20	18	2.63	135
	23	201	13	9	1.21	59
	14	120	4	10	4.65	47
	1	9	1	0	0.00	3
	1	8	0	1	7.88	2

Other 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
	3	18.2	1	0	6.27	5

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
	1	0	1	0	16.20	1