# 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

The 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. It was the first season for the team as a member of the American Association. This team took the nickname from the previous National League team that played during 1876–1879, but was otherwise unrelated. The Red Stockings (sometimes called the "Reds") won the first American Association championship this season.

## Regular season

Before the season began, the Red Stockings named catcher Pop Snyder as the player-manager. Snyder spent the 1881 season with the Boston Red Caps of the National League, hitting .228 with 16 RBI. Cincinnati also signed some familiar players, as Will White and Hick Carpenter spent time with the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. White saw limited action with the Detroit Wolverines, while Carpenter hit .216 with two home runs and 31 RBI with the Worcester Worcesters during the 1881 season.
Carpenter had a breakout season, as he led the AA with 67 RBI and 120 hits, and led the Red Stockings with a .342 batting average. Snyder hit .291 with a homer and 50 RBI, while Joe Sommer hit .288 with a homer, 29 RBI and a team high 82 runs, while leading the league with 354 at-bats. On the mound, White returned to his 1879 form, as he led the AA with 40 wins, while posting a 1.54 ERA in 480 innings pitched.
The Red Stockings lost their first ever game, as the Pittsburgh Alleghenys defeated Cincinnati 10–9 at Bank Street Grounds. The team hovered around the .500 level, as they had a record of 8–9 record in their first 17 games, sitting in fourth place. The Red Stockings then went on a 10-game winning streak and rose to first place in the American Association. Cincinnati stayed hot for the rest of the season, finishing with a 55–25 record and winning the American Association pennant, 11.5 games ahead of the second place Philadelphia Athletics.

### 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 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Red Stockings Win | Red Stockings Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1882 Game Log: 55–25 (Home: 31–11; Away: 24–14) :
May: 8–8 (Home: 3–3; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1May 2Alleghenys9–10Bank Street GroundsN/A0–1L1
2May 3Alleghenys7–3Bank Street GroundsN/A1–1W1
3May 4Alleghenys19–10Bank Street GroundsN/A2–1W2
–May 6AlleghenysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 8
4May 8Alleghenys0–2Bank Street GroundsN/A2–2L1
–May 9EclipsePostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 13
–May 10EclipsePostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 14
–May 11EclipsePostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 28
5May 13Eclipse1–11Bank Street GroundsN/A2–3L2
6May 16Alleghenys9–4Bank Street GroundsN/A3–3W1
7May 18@ Alleghenys3–2Exposition ParkN/A4–3W1
8May 19@ Alleghenys7–8Exposition ParkN/A4–4L1
9May 20@ Alleghenys3–5Exposition ParkN/A4–5L2
10May 23@ Orioles12–8Newington ParkN/A5–5W1
11May 25@ Orioles5–6Newington ParkN/A5–6L1
12May 26@ Orioles8–4Newington ParkN/A6–6W1
13May 27@ Orioles6–1Newington ParkN/A7–6W2
14May 29@ Athletics9–10Oakdale ParkN/A7–7L1
15May 30@ Athletics10–5Oakdale ParkN/A8–7W1
16May 31@ Athletics1–10Oakdale ParkN/A8–8L1 :
June: 12–2 (Home: 11–1; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
17June 1@ Athletics0–3Oakdale ParkN/A8–9L2
18June 2@ Athletics7–1Oakdale ParkN/A9–9W1
19June 6Orioles9–0Bank Street GroundsN/A10–9W2
20June 7Orioles11–6Bank Street GroundsN/A11–9W3
21June 8Orioles4–1Bank Street GroundsN/A12–9W4
22June 10Orioles5–0Bank Street GroundsN/A13–9W5
23June 13Athletics4–3Bank Street GroundsN/A14–9W6
24June 15Athletics8–2Bank Street GroundsN/A15–9W7
25June 17Athletics5–0Bank Street GroundsN/A16–9W8
26June 20Alleghenys6–1Bank Street GroundsN/A17–9W9
27June 22Alleghenys5–2Bank Street GroundsN/A18–9W10
28June 23Alleghenys5–8Bank Street GroundsN/A18–10L1
29June 24Alleghenys21–4Bank Street GroundsN/A19–10W1
30June 28Orioles11–4Bank Street GroundsN/A20–10W2 :
July: 11–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
31July 1Orioles6–0Bank Street GroundsN/A21–10W3
32July 2@ Eclipse2–1Eclipse ParkN/A22–10W4
33July 4Athletics1–6Bank Street GroundsN/A22–11L1
34July 6@ Athletics10–1Oakdale ParkN/A23–11W1
35July 7@ Athletics6–1Oakdale ParkN/A24–11W2
36July 8@ Athletics4–8Oakdale ParkN/A24–12L1
37July 11@ Orioles6–9Newington ParkN/A24–13L1
38July 13@ Orioles1–0Newington ParkN/A25–13W1
39July 14@ Orioles6–0Newington ParkN/A26–13W2
40July 15@ Orioles6–4Newington ParkN/A27–13W3
–July 18@ AlleghenysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 19
41July 19@ Alleghenys12–6Exposition ParkN/A28–13W4
42July 20@ Alleghenys2–3Exposition ParkN/A28–14L1
43July 21@ Alleghenys2–0Exposition ParkN/A29–14W1
44July 22@ Alleghenys3–2Exposition ParkN/A30–14W2
45July 29Brown Stockings5–3Bank Street GroundsN/A31–14W3 :
August: 11–6 (Home: 8–2; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
46August 1Brown Stockings0–1Bank Street GroundsN/A31–15L1
47August 2Brown Stockings13–0Bank Street GroundsN/A32–15W1
48August 3Brown Stockings8–3Bank Street GroundsN/A33–15W2
49August 5Brown Stockings13–1Bank Street GroundsN/A34–15W4
50August 6@ Brown Stockings3–6Sportsman's ParkN/A34–16L1
51August 8@ Brown Stockings5–2Sportsman's ParkN/A35–16W1
52August 10@ Brown Stockings3–4Sportsman's ParkN/A35–17L1
53August 12@ Brown Stockings19–1Sportsman's ParkN/A36–17W1
54August 15Orioles10–1Bank Street GroundsN/A37–17W2
55August 19Orioles9–1Bank Street GroundsN/A38–17W3
56August 22Athletics7–3Bank Street GroundsN/A39–17W4
57August 23Athletics3–2Bank Street GroundsN/A40–17W5
58August 25Athletics1–2Bank Street GroundsN/A40–18L1
59August 26Athletics2–0Bank Street GroundsN/A41–18W1
60August 27@ Eclipse3–0Eclipse ParkN/A42–18W2
61August 29@ Eclipse2–6Eclipse ParkN/A42–19L1
62August 31@ Eclipse2–3Eclipse ParkN/A42–20L2 :
September: 13–5 (Home: 7–4; Away: 6–1)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
63September 2@ Eclipse6–2Eclipse ParkN/A43–20W1
–September 4@ Brown StockingsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 10
64September 5@ Brown Stockings7–3Sportsman's ParkN/A44–20W2
65September 7@ Brown Stockings4–1Sportsman's ParkN/A45–20W3
66September 9@ Brown Stockings3–4Sportsman's ParkN/A45–21L1
67September 10@ Brown Stockings9–1Sportsman's ParkN/A46–21W1
68September 11Eclipse0–2Bank Street GroundsN/A46–22L1
69September 12Eclipse4–10Bank Street GroundsN/A46–23L2
70September 13Eclipse3–1Bank Street GroundsN/A47–23W1
71September 14Eclipse12–2Bank Street GroundsN/A48–23W2
72September 15Eclipse10–4Bank Street GroundsN/A49–23W3
73September 16Eclipse6–1Bank Street GroundsN/A50–23W4
–September 17Brown StockingsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 19
74September 19Brown Stockings3–7Bank Street GroundsN/A50–24L1
–September 20Brown StockingsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 22
75September 22Brown Stockings4–5Bank Street GroundsN/A50–25L2
76September 23Brown Stockings4–1Bank Street GroundsN/A51–25W1
77September 24@ Eclipse14–3Eclipse ParkN/A52–25W2
78September 25@ Eclipse8–4Eclipse ParkN/A53–25W3
79September 27Eclipse6–3Bank Street GroundsN/A54–25W4
80September 28Eclipse1–0Bank Street GroundsN/A55–25W5 :

### Roster
## 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 | Pop Snyder | 72 | 309 | 90 | .291 | 1 | 50 |
| 1B | Dan Stearns | 49 | 214 | 55 | .257 | 0 | 35 |
| 2B | Bid McPhee | 78 | 311 | 71 | .228 | 1 | 31 |
| 3B | Hick Carpenter | 80 | 351 | 120 | .342 | 1 | 67 |
| SS | Chick Fulmer | 79 | 324 | 91 | .281 | 0 | 27 |
| OF | Joe Sommer | 80 | 354 | 102 | .288 | 1 | 29 |
| OF | Jimmy Macullar | 79 | 299 | 70 | .234 | 0 | 22 |
| OF | Harry Wheeler | 76 | 344 | 86 | .250 | 1 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Luff | 28 | 120 | 28 | .233 | 0 | 6 |
| Phil Powers | 16 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 5 |
| Rudy Kemmler | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Tug Thompson | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Tierney | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 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 |
| Will White | 54 | 480.0 | 40 | 12 | 1.54 | 122 |
| Harry McCormick | 25 | 219.2 | 14 | 11 | 1.52 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Wheeler | 4 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.40 | 10 |