1882 Worcester Worcesters season

The 1882 Worcester Worcesters finished with an 18–66 record, last place in the National League. The team folded after the season. In a game on September 28, the team had only six fans in attendance a number that held the record for the smallest crowd in Major League history until 2015 when the Baltimore riots caused a game to be held "closed to the public."[1][2]

1882 Worcester Worcesters
LeagueNational League
BallparkWorcester Driving Park Grounds
CityWorcester, Massachusetts
Record18–66 (.214)
League place8th
ManagersFreeman Brown, Tommy Bond, Jack Chapman
← 1881

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 55 29 .655 35‍–‍10 20‍–‍19
Providence Grays 52 32 .619 3 30‍–‍12 22‍–‍20
Boston Red Caps 45 39 .536 10 27‍–‍15 18‍–‍24
Buffalo Bisons 45 39 .536 10 26‍–‍13 19‍–‍26
Cleveland Blues 42 40 .512 12 21‍–‍19 21‍–‍21
Detroit Wolverines 42 41 .506 12½ 24‍–‍18 18‍–‍23
Troy Trojans 35 48 .422 19½ 22‍–‍20 13‍–‍28
Worcester Worcesters 18 66 .214 37 12‍–‍30 6‍–‍36

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1882 Worcester Worcesters
Roster
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Doc Bushong 69 253 40 .158 1 15
1B Harry Stovey 84 360 104 .289 5 26
2B George Creamer 81 286 65 .227 1 29
3B Arthur Irwin 84 333 73 .219 0 30
SS Fred Corey 64 255 63 .247 0 29
OF Jake Evans 80 334 71 .213 0 25
OF Jackie Hayes 78 326 88 .270 4 54
OF Jim Clinton 26 98 16 .163 0 3

Other batters

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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
Tom O'Brien 22 89 18 .202 0 7
Fred Mann 19 77 18 .234 0 7
John Smith 19 70 17 .243 0 5
Frank McLaughlin 15 55 12 .218 1 4
Ed Cogswell 13 51 7 .137 0 1
Tommy Bond 8 30 4 .133 0 2
Dan O'Leary 6 22 4 .182 0 2
Jim Halpin 2 8 0 .000 0 0
Ed Merrill 2 8 1 .125 0 4
John Irwin 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lee Richmond 48 411.0 14 33 3.74 23
Frank Mountain 18 144.0 2 16 3.69 29
John Clarkson 3 24.0 1 2 4.50 3
Tommy Bond 2 12.1 0 1 4.38 2
Jake Evans 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 2

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Fred Corey 21 139.0 1 13 3.56 36

References

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  1. ^ the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 251. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.
  2. ^ "MLB record for lowest attendance, 6 people, to be broken by White Sox and Orioles". Chicago Sun-Times. April 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.