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.

1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings
American Association Champions
League	American Association
Ballpark	Bank Street Grounds
City	Cincinnati
Owner	Justus Thorner
Manager	Pop Snyder

Regular season

1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings

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

American 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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 May 2 Alleghenys 9–10 Bank Street Grounds N/A 0–1 L1 2 May 3 Alleghenys 7–3 Bank Street Grounds N/A 1–1 W1 3 May 4 Alleghenys 19–10 Bank Street Grounds N/A 2–1 W2 – May 6 Alleghenys Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 8 4 May 8 Alleghenys 0–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 2–2 L1 – May 9 Eclipse Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 13 – May 10 Eclipse Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 14 – May 11 Eclipse Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 28 5 May 13 Eclipse 1–11 Bank Street Grounds N/A 2–3 L2 6 May 16 Alleghenys 9–4 Bank Street Grounds N/A 3–3 W1 7 May 18 @ Alleghenys 3–2 Exposition Park N/A 4–3 W1 8 May 19 @ Alleghenys 7–8 Exposition Park N/A 4–4 L1 9 May 20 @ Alleghenys 3–5 Exposition Park N/A 4–5 L2 10 May 23 @ Orioles 12–8 Newington Park N/A 5–5 W1 11 May 25 @ Orioles 5–6 Newington Park N/A 5–6 L1 12 May 26 @ Orioles 8–4 Newington Park N/A 6–6 W1 13 May 27 @ Orioles 6–1 Newington Park N/A 7–6 W2 14 May 29 @ Athletics 9–10 Oakdale Park N/A 7–7 L1 15 May 30 @ Athletics 10–5 Oakdale Park N/A 8–7 W1 16 May 31 @ Athletics 1–10 Oakdale Park N/A 8–8 L1
June: 12–2 (Home: 11–1; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 17 June 1 @ Athletics 0–3 Oakdale Park N/A 8–9 L2 18 June 2 @ Athletics 7–1 Oakdale Park N/A 9–9 W1 19 June 6 Orioles 9–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 10–9 W2 20 June 7 Orioles 11–6 Bank Street Grounds N/A 11–9 W3 21 June 8 Orioles 4–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 12–9 W4 22 June 10 Orioles 5–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 13–9 W5 23 June 13 Athletics 4–3 Bank Street Grounds N/A 14–9 W6 24 June 15 Athletics 8–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 15–9 W7 25 June 17 Athletics 5–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 16–9 W8 26 June 20 Alleghenys 6–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 17–9 W9 27 June 22 Alleghenys 5–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 18–9 W10 28 June 23 Alleghenys 5–8 Bank Street Grounds N/A 18–10 L1 29 June 24 Alleghenys 21–4 Bank Street Grounds N/A 19–10 W1 30 June 28 Orioles 11–4 Bank Street Grounds N/A 20–10 W2
July: 11–4 (Home: 2–1; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 31 July 1 Orioles 6–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 21–10 W3 32 July 2 @ Eclipse 2–1 Eclipse Park N/A 22–10 W4 33 July 4 Athletics 1–6 Bank Street Grounds N/A 22–11 L1 34 July 6 @ Athletics 10–1 Oakdale Park N/A 23–11 W1 35 July 7 @ Athletics 6–1 Oakdale Park N/A 24–11 W2 36 July 8 @ Athletics 4–8 Oakdale Park N/A 24–12 L1 37 July 11 @ Orioles 6–9 Newington Park N/A 24–13 L1 38 July 13 @ Orioles 1–0 Newington Park N/A 25–13 W1 39 July 14 @ Orioles 6–0 Newington Park N/A 26–13 W2 40 July 15 @ Orioles 6–4 Newington Park N/A 27–13 W3 – July 18 @ Alleghenys Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 19 41 July 19 @ Alleghenys 12–6 Exposition Park N/A 28–13 W4 42 July 20 @ Alleghenys 2–3 Exposition Park N/A 28–14 L1 43 July 21 @ Alleghenys 2–0 Exposition Park N/A 29–14 W1 44 July 22 @ Alleghenys 3–2 Exposition Park N/A 30–14 W2 45 July 29 Brown Stockings 5–3 Bank Street Grounds N/A 31–14 W3
August: 11–6 (Home: 8–2; Away: 3–4) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 46 August 1 Brown Stockings 0–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 31–15 L1 47 August 2 Brown Stockings 13–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 32–15 W1 48 August 3 Brown Stockings 8–3 Bank Street Grounds N/A 33–15 W2 49 August 5 Brown Stockings 13–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 34–15 W4 50 August 6 @ Brown Stockings 3–6 Sportsman's Park N/A 34–16 L1 51 August 8 @ Brown Stockings 5–2 Sportsman's Park N/A 35–16 W1 52 August 10 @ Brown Stockings 3–4 Sportsman's Park N/A 35–17 L1 53 August 12 @ Brown Stockings 19–1 Sportsman's Park N/A 36–17 W1 54 August 15 Orioles 10–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 37–17 W2 55 August 19 Orioles 9–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 38–17 W3 56 August 22 Athletics 7–3 Bank Street Grounds N/A 39–17 W4 57 August 23 Athletics 3–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 40–17 W5 58 August 25 Athletics 1–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 40–18 L1 59 August 26 Athletics 2–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 41–18 W1 60 August 27 @ Eclipse 3–0 Eclipse Park N/A 42–18 W2 61 August 29 @ Eclipse 2–6 Eclipse Park N/A 42–19 L1 62 August 31 @ Eclipse 2–3 Eclipse Park N/A 42–20 L2
September: 13–5 (Home: 7–4; Away: 6–1) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 63 September 2 @ Eclipse 6–2 Eclipse Park N/A 43–20 W1 – September 4 @ Brown Stockings Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 10 64 September 5 @ Brown Stockings 7–3 Sportsman's Park N/A 44–20 W2 65 September 7 @ Brown Stockings 4–1 Sportsman's Park N/A 45–20 W3 66 September 9 @ Brown Stockings 3–4 Sportsman's Park N/A 45–21 L1 67 September 10 @ Brown Stockings 9–1 Sportsman's Park N/A 46–21 W1 68 September 11 Eclipse 0–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 46–22 L1 69 September 12 Eclipse 4–10 Bank Street Grounds N/A 46–23 L2 70 September 13 Eclipse 3–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 47–23 W1 71 September 14 Eclipse 12–2 Bank Street Grounds N/A 48–23 W2 72 September 15 Eclipse 10–4 Bank Street Grounds N/A 49–23 W3 73 September 16 Eclipse 6–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 50–23 W4 – September 17 Brown Stockings Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 19 74 September 19 Brown Stockings 3–7 Bank Street Grounds N/A 50–24 L1 – September 20 Brown Stockings Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 22 75 September 22 Brown Stockings 4–5 Bank Street Grounds N/A 50–25 L2 76 September 23 Brown Stockings 4–1 Bank Street Grounds N/A 51–25 W1 77 September 24 @ Eclipse 14–3 Eclipse Park N/A 52–25 W2 78 September 25 @ Eclipse 8–4 Eclipse Park N/A 53–25 W3 79 September 27 Eclipse 6–3 Bank Street Grounds N/A 54–25 W4 80 September 28 Eclipse 1–0 Bank Street Grounds N/A 55–25 W5

Roster

1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Harry McCormick Will White Catchers Rudy Kemmler Phil Powers Pop Snyder		Infielders Hick Carpenter Chick Fulmer Harry Luff Bid McPhee Dan Stearns Bill Tierney		Outfielders Jimmy Macullar Joe Sommer Tug Thompson Harry Wheeler		Manager Pop Snyder

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

External links

• 1882 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference