1882 Cleveland Blues season

The 1882 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 42–40, fifth place in the National League.

1882 Cleveland Blues
League	National League
Ballpark	Kennard Street Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Managers	Jim McCormick, Fred Dunlap

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	55	29	0.655	—	35–10	20–19
Providence Grays	52	32	0.619	3	30–12	22–20
Boston Red Caps	45	39	0.536	10	27–15	18–24
Buffalo Bisons	45	39	0.536	10	26–13	19–26
Cleveland Blues	42	40	0.512	12	21–19	21–21
Detroit Wolverines	42	41	0.506	12½	24–18	18–23
Troy Trojans	35	48	0.422	19½	22–20	13–28
Worcester Worcesters	18	66	0.214	37	12–30	6–36

Record vs. opponents

1882 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	8–4–1	6–6	4–8	7–5
Buffalo	5–7	—	6–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	6–6	11–1
Chicago	6–6	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	8–4	9–3	9–3
Cleveland	5–7	6–6	3–9	—	4–7–1	4–8	9–2–1	11–1
Detroit	4–8–1	7–5	4–8	7–4–1	—	3–9	8–4–1	9–3
Providence	6–6	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–3	—	9–3	10–2
Troy	8–4	6–6	3–9	2–9–1	4–8–1	3–9	—	9–3
Worcester	5–7	1–11	3–9	1–11	3–9	2–10	3–9	—

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	Fatty Briody	53	194	50	.258	0	13
1B	Bill Phillips	78	335	87	.260	4	47
2B	Fred Dunlap	84	364	102	.280	0	28
3B	Mike Muldoon	84	341	84	.246	6	45
SS	Jack Glasscock	84	358	104	.291	4	46
OF	Orator Shafer	84	313	67	.214	3	28
OF	Dude Esterbrook	45	179	44	.246	0	19
OF	John Richmond	41	140	24	.171	0	11

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
George Bradley	30	115	21	.183	0	6
Herm Doscher	25	104	25	.240	0	10
John Kelly	30	104	14	.135	0	5
Dave Rowe	24	97	25	.258	1	17
John Tilley	15	56	5	.089	0	4
Julius Willigrod	9	36	5	.139	0	2
Bill McGunnigle	2	5	1	.200	0	0
John Dwyer	1	3	0	.000	0	1
Doc Kennedy	1	3	1	.333	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
Jim McCormick	68	575.2	36	30	2.37	200
George Bradley	18	147.0	6	9	3.73	32
Dave Rowe	1	9.0	0	1	12.00	0

References

• 1882 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference