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American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
1882 Louisville Eclipse
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkEclipse Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersW. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
ManagerDenny Mack
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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

1882 Louisville Eclipse

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:
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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1882 Louisville Eclipse
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

References

1882 MLB season by team
National League
American Association
Louisville Colonels
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