# 1882 Louisville Eclipse season

The 1882 Louisville Eclipse season was the first season as a Major League club for the franchise. The team, which had played for several years as a semi-pro team, joined the new American Association league. They finished the season with a 42–38 record, good for second place.

## 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 | Dan Sullivan | 67 | 286 | 78 | .273 | 0 |
| 1B | Guy Hecker | 78 | 340 | 94 | .276 | 3 |
| 2B | Pete Browning | 69 | 288 | 109 | .378 | 5 |
| 3B | Bill Schenck | 60 | 231 | 60 | .260 | 0 |
| SS | Denny Mack | 72 | 264 | 48 | .182 | 0 |
| OF | John Reccius | 74 | 266 | 63 | .237 | 1 |
| OF | Jimmy Wolf | 78 | 318 | 95 | .299 | 0 |
| OF | Leech Maskrey | 76 | 288 | 65 | .226 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
| Charles Strick | 32 | 110 | 18 | .164 | 0 |
| Gracie Pierce | 9 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 0 |
| Joe Crotty | 5 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 |
| Phil Reccius | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 |
| Charlie Bohn | 4 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 |
| Pop Smith | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 |
| Amos Booth | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Harry Maskrey | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| John Dyler | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Harry McCaffery | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Jimmy Say | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Tony Mullane | 55 | 460.1 | 30 | 24 | 1.88 | 170 |
| Guy Hecker | 13 | 104.0 | 6 | 6 | 1.30 | 33 |
| John Reccius | 13 | 95.0 | 4 | 6 | 3.03 | 31 |
| Charlie Bohn | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Schenck | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 | 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 |
| Jimmy Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |