# 1882 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1882 season was the first for the Alleghenys, later known as the Pittsburgh Pirates. They finished at exactly a .500 record, 39 wins and 39 losses, good for fourth place in the new American Association.
The team played its home games in Allegheny City, across the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh. Chartered as the Allegheny Base Ball Club of Pittsburgh, the team appeared as "Allegheny" in the standings and was often referred to in the plural as the Alleghenys. The club was not related to the earlier Alleghenys of the International Association.

## Game log

1882 Game Log: 39–39 (Home: 17–20; Away: 22–19) :
May: 6–5 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1May 2@ Red Stockings10–9——1–0
2May 3@ Red Stockings3–7——1–1
3May 4@ Red Stockings10–19——1–2
4May 8@ Red Stockings2–0——2–2
5May 10Brown Stockings9–5——3–2
6May 16@ Red Stockings4–9——3–3
7May 18Red Stockings2–3——3–4
8May 19Red Stockings8–7——4–4
9May 20Red Stockings5–3——5–4
10May 29Eclipse7–15——5–5
11May 30Eclipse10–8——6–5 :
June: 5–10 (Home: 2–2; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
12June 1Brown Stockings11–4——7–5
13June 4@ Brown Stockings3–7——7–6
14June 6@ Brown Stockings15–6——8–6
15June 8@ Brown Stockings5–6——8–7
16June 10@ Brown Stockings9–3——9–7
17June 12@ Eclipse4–8——9–8
18June 15@ Eclipse0–5——9–9
19June 17@ Eclipse0–10——9–10
20June 20@ Red Stockings1–6——9–11
21June 22@ Red Stockings2–5——9–12
22June 23@ Red Stockings8–5——10–12
23June 24@ Red Stockings4–21——10–13
24June 27Athletics4–6——10–14
25June 29Athletics11–1——11–14
26June 30Athletics1–7——11–15 :
July: 7–8 (Home: 5–7; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27July 1Athletics6–8——11–16
28July 4@ Brown Stockings6–5——12–16
29July 6Orioles8–9——12–17
30July 7Orioles6–8——12–18
31July 10Orioles11–0——13–18
32July 11Brown Stockings6–1——14–18
33July 12Brown Stockings6–1——15–18
34July 13Brown Stockings1–3——15–19
35July 15Brown Stockings10–1——16–19
36July 19Red Stockings6–12——16–20
37July 20Red Stockings3–2——17–20
38July 21Red Stockings0–2——17–21
39July 22Red Stockings2–3——17–22
40July 27@ Orioles2–3——17–23
41July 31@ Orioles5–1——18–23 :
August: 11–11 (Home: 3–5; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
42August 1@ Athletics3–2——19–23
43August 3@ Athletics3–2——20–23
44August 4@ Athletics2–4——20–24
45August 5@ Athletics6–5——21–24
46August 9Orioles5–8——21–25
47August 10Orioles5–10——21–26
48August 11Orioles0–1——21–27
49August 12Orioles7–8——21–28
50August 14Orioles14–1——22–28
51August 16@ Eclipse1–3——22–29
52August 17@ Eclipse2–3——22–30
53August 18@ Eclipse8–4——23–30
54August 19@ Eclipse6–4——24–30
55August 20@ Eclipse3–1——25–30
56August 22@ Brown Stockings6–7——25–31
57August 23@ Brown Stockings10–3——26–31
58August 24@ Brown Stockings7–2——27–31
59August 26@ Brown Stockings1–4——27–32
60August 27@ Brown Stockings2–3——27–33
61August 29Athletics2–1——28–33
62August 30Athletics4–1——29–33
63August 31Athletics2–4——29–34 :
September: 10–5 (Home: 3–4; Away: 7–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
64September 1Athletics4–3——30–34
65September 5@ Orioles3–1——31–34
66September 6@ Orioles14–7——32–34
67September 7@ Orioles7–5——33–34
68September 8@ Orioles8–2——34–34
69September 9@ Orioles7–7——34–34
70September 12@ Athletics8–6——35–34
71September 14@ Athletics13–1——36–34
72September 15@ Athletics6–10——36–35
73September 16@ Athletics6–3——37–35
74September 18Eclipse3–5——37–36
75September 19Eclipse1–3——37–37
76September 21Eclipse6–4——38–37
77September 22Eclipse6–20——38–38
78September 23Eclipse3–13——38–39
79September 23Eclipse7–1——39–39 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pittsburgh Alleghenys team member :

## Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| 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 recordvte 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 | — |

### Detailed records

American Association :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 6 | 10 | 0.375 | 70 | 113 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | | | | | |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 10 | 6 | 0.625 | 107 | 61 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 102 | 71 |
| Louisville Eclipse | 6 | 10 | 0.375 | 67 | 107 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 10 | 6 | 0.625 | 81 | 64 |
| Total | 39 | 39 | 0.500 | 427 | 416 |
| Season Total | 39 | 39 | 0.500 | 427 | 416 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| May | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0.545 | 70 | 85 |
| June | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0.333 | 78 | 100 |
| July | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0.467 | 78 | 59 |
| August | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0.500 | 99 | 81 |
| September | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 102 | 91 |
| Total | 78 | 39 | 39 | 0.500 | 427 | 416 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 37 | 17 | 20 | 0.459 | 202 | 192 |
| Away | 41 | 22 | 19 | 0.537 | 218 | 217 |
| Total | 78 | 39 | 39 | 0.500 | 427 | 416 |

## Player stats
### Batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| E. Swartwood | 76 | 325 | 107 | 0.329 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Goodman | 10 | 41 | 13 | 0.317 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Leary | 60 | 257 | 75 | 0.292 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Peters | 78 | 333 | 96 | 0.288 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Morton | 25 | 103 | 29 | 0.282 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Taylor | 70 | 299 | 84 | 0.281 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Mansell | 79 | 347 | 96 | 0.277 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Morgan | 17 | 66 | 17 | 0.258 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Kemmler | 24 | 99 | 25 | 0.253 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Keenan | 25 | 96 | 21 | 0.219 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Battin | 34 | 133 | 28 | 0.211 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Strief | 79 | 297 | 58 | 0.195 | 2 | 0 |
| H. Arundel | 14 | 53 | 10 | 0.189 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Lane | 57 | 214 | 38 | 0.178 | 3 | 0 |
| H. Salisbury | 39 | 145 | 22 | 0.152 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Driscoll | 23 | 80 | 11 | 0.138 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Critchley | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. McKelvy | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Seymour | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Wylie | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| M. Critchley | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| D. Driscoll | 23 | 201 | 13 | 9 | 1.21 | 59 |
| H. Salisbury | 38 | 335 | 20 | 18 | 2.63 | 135 |
| H. Arundel | 14 | 120 | 4 | 10 | 4.65 | 47 |
| J. Leary | 3 | 182⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 6.27 | 5 |
| J. Seymour | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 2 |
| B. Taylor | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16.20 | 1 |

## Transactions

* June 1882 – released Morrie Critchley
* June 1882 – released Jake Goodman
* July 1882 – released Harry Arundel
* July 1882 – released Charlie Morton