1882 Providence Grays season

The Providence Grays hired veteran manager Harry Wright to guide the team in 1882 and the team seemed to improve. They held first place until September 17, but then suffered a losing streak that dropped the team into second place.

1882 Providence Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1878)
Location
Messer Street Grounds (since 1878) Providence, Rhode Island (since 1878)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. T. Gardner
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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After the season ended, they played a three-game postseason series against the Boston Red Caps for the "Championship of New England." Providence won the series, two games to one, thanks to shutouts pitched by John Montgomery Ward and Hoss Radbourn.

Regular season

The 1882 Providence Grays

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 Records Sources:
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

1882 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers Charles Radbourn Catchers Barney Gilligan Sandy Nava Charlie Reilley		Infielders Jerry Denny Jack Farrell Tim Manning Joe Start Dasher Troy Art Whitney George Wright		Outfielders Cliff Carroll Paul Hines Charlie Sweeney John Ward Tom York		Manager Harry Wright

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	Barney Gilligan	56	201	45	.224	0	26
1B	Joe Start	82	356	117	.329	0	48
2B	Jack Farrell	84	366	93	.254	2	31
3B	Jerry Denny	84	329	81	.246	2	42
SS	George Wright	46	185	30	.162	0	9
OF	Tom York	81	321	86	.268	1	40
OF	Paul Hines	84	379	117	.309	4	34
OF	John Ward	83	355	87	.245	1	39

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
Sandy Nava	28	97	20	.206	0	7
Tim Manning	21	76	8	.105	0	8
Art Whitney	11	40	3	.075	0	1
Cliff Carroll	10	41	5	.122	0	2
Dasher Troy	4	17	4	.235	0	1
Charlie Reilley	3	11	2	.182	0	2
Charlie Sweeney	1	4	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
Charles Radbourn	55	474	33	20	2.09	201
John Ward	33	278	19	12	2.59	72

References

• 1882 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference