1882 Louisville Eclipse season

1882 Louisville Eclipse
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Eclipse Park (since 1882)
Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager(s)	Denny Mack
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The 1882 Louisville Eclipse season was the first season as a Major League club for the franchise. The team, which had played for several years as a semi-pro team, joined the brand new American Association league. They finished the season with a 42–38 record, good for second place.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Red Stockings	55	25	0.688	—	31–11	24–14
Louisville Eclipse	42	38	0.525	13	26–13	16–25
Philadelphia Athletics	41	34	0.547	11½	21–18	20–16
Pittsburg Alleghenys	39	39	0.500	15	17–20	22–19
St. Louis Brown Stockings	37	43	0.463	18	24–20	13–23
Baltimore Orioles	19	54	0.260	32½	7–25	12–29

Record vs. opponents

1882 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	CIN	LOU	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	2–14	3–13	4–7	7–7–1	3–13
Cincinnati	14–2	—	11–5	10–6	10–6	10–6
Louisville	13–3	5–11	—	5–11	10–6	9–7
Philadelphia	7–4	6–10	11–5	—	6–10	11–5
Pittsburg	7–7–1	6–10	6–10	10–6	—	10–6
St. Louis	13–3	6–10	7–9	5–11	6–10	—

Roster

1882 Louisville Eclipse
Roster
Pitchers Tony Mullane Catchers Joe Crotty Charles Strick Dan Sullivan		Infielders Amos Booth Pete Browning Guy Hecker Denny Mack Harry McCaffery Gracie Pierce Jimmy Say Bill Schenck Pop Smith		Outfielders Charlie Bohn John Dyler Harry Maskrey Leech Maskrey Ed Merrill John Reccius Phil Reccius Jimmy Wolf		Manager Denny Mack

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
C	Sullivan, DanDan Sullivan	67	286	78	.273	0
1B	Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker	78	340	94	.276	3
2B	Browning, PetePete Browning	69	288	109	.378	5
3B	Schenck, BillBill Schenck	60	231	60	.260	0
SS	Mack, DennyDenny Mack	72	264	48	.182	0
OF	Reccius, JohnJohn Reccius	74	266	63	.237	1
OF	Wolf, JimmyJimmy Wolf	78	318	95	.299	0
OF	Maskrey, LeechLeech Maskrey	76	288	65	.226	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Strick, CharlesCharles Strick	32	110	18	.164	0
Pierce, GracieGracie Pierce	9	33	10	.303	0
Crotty, JoeJoe Crotty	5	20	2	.100	0
Reccius, PhilPhil Reccius	4	15	2	.133	0
Bohn, CharlieCharlie Bohn	4	13	2	.154	0
Smith, PopPop Smith	3	11	2	.182	0
Booth, AmosAmos Booth	1	4	0	.000	0
Maskrey, HarryHarry Maskrey	1	4	0	.000	0
Dyler, JohnJohn Dyler	1	4	0	.000	0
McCaffery, HarryHarry McCaffery	1	4	1	.250	0
Say, JimmyJimmy Say	1	4	1	.250	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
Mullane, TonyTony Mullane	55	460.1	30	24	1.88	170
Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker	13	104	6	6	1.30	33
Reccius, JohnJohn Reccius	13	95	4	6	3.03	31
Bohn, CharlieCharlie Bohn	2	18	1	1	3.00	1

Other 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
Schenck, BillBill Schenck	2	10	1	0	0.90	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wolf, JimmyJimmy Wolf	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Notes

References

• 1882 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference