1882 Worcester Worcesters season

March 2026 November 2013 Worcester Worcesters 1882 National League Worcester Driving Park Grounds Worcester, Massachusetts 18 66 y 8th Freeman Brown, Tommy Bond, Jack Chapman 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."the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia 2007 Sterling Publishing 1-4027-4771-3 251http://national.suntimes.com/national-sports/mlb/7/72/1018573/chicago-white-sox-baltimore-orioles-mlb-lowest-attendance/ Chicago Sun-Times MLB record for lowest attendance, 6 people, to be broken by White Sox and Orioles April 28, 2015 April 29, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150728020209/http://national.suntimes.com/national-sports/mlb/7/72/1018573/chicago-white-sox-baltimore-orioles-mlb-lowest-attendance July 28, 2015 dead Regular season Season standings Worcester Worcesters Record vs. opponents WOR Roster 1882 Worcester Worcesters Roster Pitchers John Clarkson Frank Mountain Lee Richmond Catchers Doc Bushong Infielders Ed Cogswell Fred Corey George Creamer Jim Halpin Arthur Irwin John Irwin Fred Mann Frank McLaughlin Ed Merrill John Smith Harry Stovey Outfielders Tommy Bond Jim Clinton Jake Evans Jackie Hayes Tom O'Brien Dan O'Leary Manager Tommy Bond Freeman Brown Jack Chapman 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 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 Jake Evans (baseball) 80 334 71 .213 0 25 OF Jackie Hayes Jackie Hayes (catcher) 78 326 88 .270 4 54 OF Jim Clinton 26 98 16 .163 0 3 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 Tom O'Brien Tom O'Brien (second baseman) 22 89 18 .202 0 7 Fred Mann Fred Mann (baseball) 19 77 18 .234 0 7 John Smith John Smith (NL first baseman) 19 70 17 .243 0 5 Frank McLaughlin Frank McLaughlin (baseball) 15 55 12 .218 1 4 Ed Cogswell 13 51 7 .137 0 1 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond (baseball) 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 John Irwin (baseball) 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 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 Tommy Bond (baseball) 2 12.1 0 1 4.38 2 Jake Evans Jake Evans (baseball) 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 2 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 Fred Corey 21 139.0 1 13 3.56 36 References 1882 Worcester Worcesters season at Baseball Reference Category:Worcester Worcesters seasons Worcester Worcesters season Worcester