1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1882 American Association (19th century)American Association 37 43 y 5th Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri Chris von der Ahe Ned Cuthbert stl stl 1883 St. Louis Browns season The 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings season was the first professional baseball season played by the team now known as the St. Louis Cardinals. The team was founded in the earlier St. Louis Brown Stockings franchise. It played in the National Association league in 1875 and in the National League from 1876 to 1877. After a scandal over game-fixing, combined with financial problems, the St Louis Brown Stockings left the National League but continued to play as an independent team from 1878 to 1881. Chris von der Ahe, a German immigrant, purchased the team prior to the 1882 season and joined the new American Association. The St. Louis Brown Stockings posted a 37-43 game record in their first season in the American Association, giving them fifth place. The team played at the Grand Avenue Grounds (which was later renamed Sportsman's Park) at the corner of Grand Avenue and Dodier Street in north St. Louis. Building the team thumb|350px|Team photograph Before the 1882 season, Von der Ahe secured a place for the team in the American Association and provided funds to bring players to St. Louis. Between 1882 and 1892, the team he built went on to win four American Association titles. Al Spink, the team advisor, recommended Von der Ahe sign Charlie Comiskey. Comiskey, who later played with the Chicago White Sox, was a skilled, young, first baseman who had been playing in Dubuque, Iowa.Biography of Charles Comiskey http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/blacksox/comiskeybio.html UMKC Ned Cuthbert was a former professional player in St. Louis. Although he had retired from baseball and worked as a bartender in St. Louis, Cuthbert remained prominent in the local baseball community. He had encouraged Von der Ahe to purchase the team. Von der Ahe hired Cuthbert to be his first captain, with all the duties of a field manager. Cuthbert used his experience to attract several players to St. Louis from the East. Most of the first-year Browns originated in St. Louis, including brothers Jack and Bill Gleason, pitcher Jumbo McGinnis, outfielder George Seward, and catcher Tom Sullivan.February 2017 Regular season In 1866, Gus Solari laid out a professional baseball field at Sportsman's Park, St Louis. Sixteen years later, on May 2, 1882, the opening day of the St. Louis Brown Stockings' 1882 season took place. Approximately 2,000 spectators watched the game for a fee of one quarter each.Kittel Jeff The Restoration of 1881: Chris Von der Ahe and the Creation of Modern St. Louis Baseball http://www.thisgameofgames.com/home/category/1881 This Game Of Games Weebly.com 22 December 2016 The team played numerous local teams in April exhibitions. McGinnis was the first pitcher and he started 45 of the team's 80 games.1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings - Pitching Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1882-pitching.shtml?mobile=false Baseball-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC 22 December 2016 Jack Gleason made the team's first hit. It was a lead off single in the first innings. He also scored the first run on Comiskey's three-base hit. The team won their first game with a score of 9 runs to 7. McGinnis contributed two doubles. In late May 1882, the team was in a tie for first place in its six-team league. They were eight games over .500, putting them one game behind the Cincinnati Reds. There followed a seven-week period when the team lost sixteen more games than they won. They could not contend for the championship.1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings - Schedule and Results https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1882-schedule-scores.shtml Baseball-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC 22 December 2016 During the season, more than 175,000 spectators attended the team's games. The favorite players on the team were Comiskey and McGinnis. Season standings St. Louis Brown Stockings Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings Roster Pitchers Morrie Critchley Bert Dorr John Doyle Bob Hogan Jumbo McGinnis John Schappert Catchers Joe Crotty Eddie Fusselback Sleeper Sullivan Infielders Charles Comiskey Frank Decker Bill Gleason Jack Gleason Charlie Morton John Shoupe Bill Smiley Outfielders Ed Brown Ned Cuthbert Harry McCaffery Bobby Mitchell George Seward Oscar Walker Manager Ned Cuthbert1882 St. Louis Brown Stockings Roster http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1882&t=SL8 Baseball-Almanac.com Baseball-Almanac, Inc. 22 December 2016 Player stats Batting Starters by position Pos=Position, G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, HR=Home runs, SB=Stolen bases, BB=Base on balls, Avg.=Batting average, Slg=Slugging percentage Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR SB BB Slg C Sleeper Sullivan 51 188 24 34 3 3 .181 0 0 3 .229 1B Charles Comiskey 78 329 58 80 9 5 .243 1 0 4 .310 2B Bill Smiley 59 240 30 51 4 2 .213 0 0 6 .246 3B Jack Gleason 78 331 53 84 10 1 .254 2 0 27 .308 SS Bill Gleason 79 347 63 100 11 6 .288 1 0 6 .363 OF Oscar Walker 76 318 48 76 15 7 .239 7 0 10 .396 OF Ned Cuthbert 60 233 28 52 16 5 .223 0 0 17 .335 OF George Seward George Seward (baseball) 38 144 23 31 1 1 .215 0 0 12 .236 Other batters G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, HR=Home runs, SB=Stolen bases, BB=Base on balls, Avg.=Batting average, Slg=Slugging percentage Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR SB BB Slg Harry McCaffery 38 153 23 42 8 6 .275 0 0 3 .405 Eddie Fusselback 35 136 13 31 2 0 .228 0 0 5 .243 Ed Brown Ed Brown (baseball) 17 60 4 11 0 0 .183 0 0 4 .183 Charlie Morton Charlie Morton (baseball, born 1854) 9 32 2 2 0 1 .063 0 0 2 .125 Joe Crotty 8 28 2 4 1 0 .143 0 0 3 .179 Frank Decker Frank Decker (baseball) 2 8 0 2 0 0 .250 0 0 ? .250 John Shoupe 2 7 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 Pitching Starting pitchers W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA=Earned run average, G=Games played, GS=Games started, CG=Complete games, IP=Innings pitched, H=Hits allowed, R=Runs allowed, ER=Earned runs allowed, HR=Home runs allowed, BB=Base on balls, SO=Strikeouts, WHIP=Walks plus hits per inning pitched Player W L ERA G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP Jumbo McGinnis 25 18 2.60 45 45 43 388.1 391 241 112 2 53 134 1.14 John Schappert John Schappert (baseball) 8 7 3.52 15 14 13 128.0 131 99 50 2 32 38 1.27 Bert Dorr 2 6 2.59 8 8 8 66.0 53 39 19 0 1 34 0.82 Morrie Critchley 0 4 4.24 4 4 4 34.0 43 31 16 3 7 2 1.47 John Doyle John Doyle (baseball) 0 3 2.63 3 3 3 24.0 41 33 7 0 3 5 1.83 Bob Hogan Bob Hogan (baseball) 0 1 1.13 1 1 1 8.0 10 7 1 0 0 4 1.25 Bobby Mitchell Bobby Mitchell (pitcher) 0 1 7.71 1 1 0 7.0 12 13 6 0 2 2 2.00 Other pitchers W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA=Earned run average, G=Games played, GS=Games started, CG=Complete games, SV=Saves, IP=Innings pitched, H=Hits allowed, R=Runs allowed, ER=Earned runs allowed, HR=Home runs allowed, BB=Base on balls, SO=Strikeouts, WHIP=Walks plus hits per inning pitched Player W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP Eddie Fusselback 1 2 4.70 4 2 2 1 23.0 34 24 12 0 2 3 1.57 Charles Comiskey 0 1 0.00 2 1 1 0 8.0 12 8 0 0 3 2 1.88 Relief pitchers W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA=Earned run average, G=Games played, SV=Saves, IP=Innings pitched, H=Hits allowed, R=Runs allowed, ER=Earned runs allowed, HR=Home runs allowed, BB=Base on balls, SO=Strikeouts, WHIP=Walks plus hits per inning pitched Player W L ERA G SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIPEd Brown Ed Brown (baseball) 0 0 0.00 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 References Saint Louis Brown Stockings season Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Category:1882 in sports in Missouri Category:Major League Baseball inaugural teams seasons