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
Location
Other information
OwnerC. T. Gardner
ManagerHarry 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 5529 0.655 35–10 20–19
Providence Grays 5232 0.619 3 30–12 22–20
Boston Red Caps 4539 0.536 10 27–15 18–24
Buffalo Bisons 4539 0.536 10 26–13 19–26
Cleveland Blues 4240 0.512 12 21–19 21–21
Detroit Wolverines 4241 0.506 12½ 24–18 18–23
Troy Trojans 3548 0.422 19½ 22–20 13–28
Worcester Worcesters 1866 0.214 37 12–30 6–36

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET PRV TRO WOR
Boston 7–56–67–58–4–16–64–87–5
Buffalo 5–76–66–65–76–66–611–1
Chicago 6–66–69–38–48–49–39–3
Cleveland 5–76–63–94–7–14–89–2–111–1
Detroit 4–8–17–54–87–4–13–98–4–19–3
Providence 6–66–64–88–49–39–310–2
Troy 8–46–63–92–9–14–8–13–99–3
Worcester 5–71–113–91–113–92–103–9

Roster

1882 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CBarney Gilligan5620145.224026
1BJoe Start82356117.329048
2BJack Farrell8436693.254231
3BJerry Denny8432981.246242
SSGeorge Wright4618530.16209
OFTom York8132186.268140
OFPaul Hines84379117.309434
OFJohn Ward8335587.245139

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 Nava289720.20607
Tim Manning21768.10508
Cliff Carroll10415.12202
Art Whitney11403.07501
Dasher Troy4174.23501
Charlie Reilley3112.18202
Charlie Sweeney140.00000

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 Radbourn55474.033202.09201
John Ward33278.019122.5972

References

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