1882 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1882
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
City:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners:	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager:	Juice Latham

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

Roster

1882 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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		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

Player	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	?

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
	42	371.0	26	15	2.74	104
	20	170.0	9	10	2.91	48
	8	69.0	2	6	3.91	15
	2	17.0	1	1	3.18	13
	2	12.0	1	1	5.25	4
	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	0
	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

References

• 1882 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference