1882 American Association

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The 1882 season of the American Association was the first season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Cincinnati Red Stockings	80	55	25	0	.688	-.-	489 (6.11)	268 (3.35)	0.264	0.289	0.332	1.65	0.903
2	Louisville Eclipse	80	42	38	0	.525	13.0	443 (5.54)	352 (4.40)	0.259	0.292	0.328	2.03	0.893
3	Philadelphia Athletics	75	41	34	0	.547	11.5	406 (5.41)	389 (5.19)	0.244	0.277	0.298	2.97	0.895
4	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	79	39	39	1	.494	15.0	428 (5.42)	418 (5.29)	0.251	0.274	0.348	2.79	0.889
5	St. Louis Brown Stockings	80	37	43	0	.463	18.0	399 (4.99)	496 (6.20)	0.231	0.260	0.302	2.92	0.875
6	Baltimore Orioles	74	19	54	1	.257	32.5	273 (3.69)	515 (6.96)	0.207	0.229	0.254	3.87	0.859

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Hick Carpenter Joe Sommer	Cincinnati Red Stockings Cincinnati Red Stockings	80
At Bats	Joe Sommer	Cincinnati Red Stockings	354
Runs Scored	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	86
Hits	Hick Carpenter	Cincinnati Red Stockings	120
Doubles	Mike Mansell Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys Pittsburgh Alleghenys	18
Triples	Mike Mansell	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	16
Home Runs	Oscar Walker	St. Louis Brown Stockings	7
Total Bases	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	159
Runs Batted In	Hick Carpenter	Cincinnati Red Stockings	67
Walks	Jack Gleason	St. Louis Brown Stockings	27
Batting Average	Pete Browning	Louisville Eclipse	0.378
On-Base Percentage	Pete Browning	Louisville Eclipse	0.430
Slugging Percentage	Pete Browning	Louisville Eclipse	0.510
On-Base plus Slugging	Pete Browning	Louisville Eclipse	0.940
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Pete Browning	Louisville Eclipse	222

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	40
Losses	Doc Landis	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	28
Win-Loss Percentage	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0.769
Appearances	Tony Mullane	Louisville Eclipse	55
Games Started	Tony Mullane	Louisville Eclipse	55
Complete Games	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	52
Shutouts	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	8
Games Finished	Doc Landis Henry Myers Tricky Nichols John Reccius Harry Wheeler	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles Louisville Eclipse Cincinnati Red Stockings	3
Saves	Eddie Fusselback	St. Louis Brown Stockings	1
Innings Pitched	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	480.0
Batters Faced	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	1900
Hits Allowed	Doc Landis	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	425
Home Runs Allowed	Doc Landis	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	8
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Tony Mullane	Louisville Eclipse	78
Strikeouts	Tony Mullane	Louisville Eclipse	170
Wild Pitches	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	14
Balks	39 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Doc Landis	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	264
Earned Runs Allowed	Doc Landis	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	132
Earned Run Average	Denny Driscoll	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	'1.21
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	'0.769

Umpires

• Billy Barnie*
• Joe Battin*
• Amos Booth*
• Walter Byrne*
• Tom Carey
• Robert Crandall
• Buck Ewing*
• Charlie Hautz
• Irwin*
• Al Jennings*
• William Laughlin*
• Charlie Levis*
• John Magner*
• Joseph McCartney*
• Pat McGee*
• Russ McKelvy*
• William McLaughlin*
• Billy McLean
• Horace Phillips*
• Gracie Pierce*
• Charlie Reising*
• Billy Riley
• Robert Ross
• Gus Ruhl*
• Johnny Ryan*
• Frank Sellman*
• Joe Simmons
• Lew Simpson*
• Pop Smith
• Tinney*
• Mike Walsh
• Harry Wheeler*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire