# 1882 Philadelphia Athletics season

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
### 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; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Jack O'Brien | 62 | 241 | 73 | .303 | 3 | 37 |
| 1B | Juice Latham | 74 | 323 | 92 | .285 | 0 | 38 |
| 2B | Cub Stricker | 72 | 272 | 59 | .217 | 0 | 18 |
| 3B | Fred Mann | 29 | 121 | 28 | .231 | 0 | ? |
| SS | Lou Say | 49 | 199 | 45 | .226 | 1 | 28 |
| OF | John Mansell | 31 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Jud Birchall | 75 | 338 | 89 | .263 | 0 | 27 |
| OF | Bob Blakiston | 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 |
| Jerry Dorgan | 44 | 181 | 51 | .282 | 0 | 24 |
| Jimmy Say | 22 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 1 | ? |
| Pop Smith | 20 | 65 | 6 | .092 | 0 | 2 |
| John Richmond | 18 | 65 | 12 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Kienzle | 9 | 33 | 11 | .333 | 0 | 9 |
| Joe Straub | 8 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Greenwood | 7 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Farrell | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Tug Arundel | 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 |
| Sam Weaver | 42 | 371.0 | 26 | 15 | 2.74 | 104 |
| Bill Sweeney | 20 | 170.0 | 9 | 10 | 2.91 | 48 |
| Frank Mountain | 8 | 69.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.91 | 15 |
| Doc Landis | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.18 | 13 |
| Charlie Reynolds | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.25 | 4 |
| George Snyder | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Ed Halbriter | 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
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Cub Stricker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 2 |