1882 Baltimore Orioles season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season

1882 Baltimore Orioles

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American Association

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Seasons

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The 19th century's version of the Baltimore Orioles were founded in 1882 as part of the new American Association. Owned by wealthy Harry Von der Horst, the Orioles finished the season in last place with only 19 wins.

Regular season

Season standings

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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

1882 American Association record v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1882 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Bill Geiss Doc Landis Jack Leary Tricky Nichols Bill Wise Catchers Ed Whiting David Jones		Infielders Amos Booth Harry East Tom Evers Charlie Householder Harry Jacoby Henry Myers Gracie Pierce John Shetzline Bill Smiley		Outfielders Tom Brown Frank Burt Monk Cline John Russ Nick Scharf Lewis Smith Charlie Waitt		Manager Henry Myers

1882 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Ed Whiting
David Jones

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Henry Myers

Player stats

Batting

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	Ed Whiting	74	308	80	.260	0
1B	Charlie Householder	74	307	78	.254	1
2B	Gracie Pierce	41	151	30	.199	0
3B	John Shetzline	73	282	62	.220	0
SS	Henry Myers	69	294	53	.180	0
OF	Charlie Waitt	72	250	39	.156	0
OF	Tom Brown	45	181	55	.304	1
OF	Monk Cline	44	172	38	.221	0

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Harry Jacoby	31	121	21	.174	1
Bill Smiley	16	61	9	.148	0
Nick Scharf	10	39	8	.205	1
Frank Burt	10	36	4	.111	0
David Jones	4	15	1	.067	0
Harry East	1	4	0	.000	0
Tom Evers	1	4	0	.000	0
Amos Booth	1	3	0	.000	0
John Russ	1	3	1	.333	0
Lewis Smith	1	3	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
Doc Landis	42	342.0	11	27	3.33	62
Tricky Nichols	16	118.1	1	12	5.02	21
Bill Geiss	13	95.2	4	9	4.80	10
Jack Leary	3	26.0	2	1	1.38	2
Bill Wise	3	26.0	1	2	2.77	9
John Russ	1	5.0	0	1	7.20	0

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
Henry Myers	6	26.0	0	2	6.58	7

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
Tom Brown	2	0	0	0	1.08	2

External links

v t e 1882 MLB season by team
National League	Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Detroit Providence Troy Worcester
American Association	Baltimore Cincinnati Louisville Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

v t e Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)
Based in Baltimore, Maryland
The franchise	Players Managers Opening Day starting pitchers
Ball parks	Newington Park Oriole Park Union Park
Lore	Temple Cup
National League Pennants	1894 1895 1896
Championships	1896 1897
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

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