# 1882 Baltimore Orioles season

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

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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 |