The following are thebaseball events of the year1882 throughout the world.

• National League: Chicago White Stockings
• American Association: Cincinnati Red Stockings
• League Alliance:New York Metropolitans

Interleague

• Chicago (NL) vs. Cincinnati (AA) tie 1 game each
• Chicago (NL) defeat New York (LA) 2 games to 1

v t e American Association Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Cincinnati Red Stockings 55 25 .688 — 31‍–‍11 24‍–‍14 Philadelphia Athletics 41 34 .547 11½ 21‍–‍18 20‍–‍16 Louisville Eclipse 42 38 .525 13 26‍–‍13 16‍–‍25 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 39 39 .500 15 17‍–‍20 22‍–‍19 St. Louis Brown Stockings 37 43 .463 18 24‍–‍20 13‍–‍23 Baltimore Orioles 19 54 .260 32½ 7‍–‍25 12‍–‍29

Orioles Red Stockings Eclipse Athletics Alleghenys Brown Stockings Locations of teams for the 1882American Association season American Association

v t e National League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Chicago White Stockings 55 29 .655 — 35‍–‍10 20‍–‍19 Providence Grays 52 32 .619 3 30‍–‍12 22‍–‍20 Boston Red Caps 45 39 .536 10 27‍–‍15 18‍–‍24 Buffalo Bisons 45 39 .536 10 26‍–‍13 19‍–‍26 Cleveland Blues 42 40 .512 12 21‍–‍19 21‍–‍21 Detroit Wolverines 42 41 .506 12½ 24‍–‍18 18‍–‍23 Troy Trojans 35 48 .422 19½ 22‍–‍20 13‍–‍28 Worcester Worcesters 18 66 .214 37 12‍–‍30 6‍–‍36

Red Caps  Bisons White Stockings Blues Wolverines    Grays Trojans Worcesters Locations of teams for the 1882National League season National League

• Buffalo Bisons first basemanDan Brouthers leads the NL with 129 hits, a .368 batting average, a .950 OPS, and a 199 OPS+. His 63 runs batted in rank second in the league.^[1][2]
• Cincinnati Red Stockings pitcherWill White has a record of 40–12 and leads the AA with 480 innings pitched, 40 wins, and 8 shutouts. He has a 1.54 earned run average and a 173 ERA+.^[3][4]

• January 20 – The state ofKentucky modifies a poorly written law that had banned baseball from being played in the state.
• February 25 – In an effort to increase attendance, theProvidence Grays will require their players and the opposition team to parade through the streets ofProvidence in full uniform on game days, accompanied by a brass band.
• March 11 – After losing Dasher Troy and Sam Wise to theNational League after signing contracts to play in theAmerican Association, the AA drops its policy honoring the blacklist and expelled list of the National League.

• April 10 –William Hulbert, the man most responsible for the founding of theNational League and its sitting president, dies inChicago.Arthur Soden, owner of theBoston Red Caps, is named as Hulbert's temporary replacement for the 1882 season.
• May 1 – TheNational League season begins.
• May 2
  • TheAmerican Association begins play with all 6 teams in action.
  • Charles Comiskey makes his debut with theSt. Louis Brown Stockings.
  • John Clarkson makes his debut with theWorcester Worcesters.
• May 5 –Cap Anson of theChicago White Stockings is called out for walking back to the base after a foul ball was hit. The rule states the baserunner must run back to the base. The rule will be changed in the off season.
• May 6 –Joe Hornung of theBoston Red Caps becomes the first player to hit 2 triples in one inning.
• May 25 – Charles Foley of theBuffalo Bisons becomes the first major leaguer to hit for the cycle. Foley will also become the first player to hit 2 grand slams in one season in 1882.
• May 27 – Mike Moynahan has his finger amputated at the first joint after breaking it during a game. Moynahan will hit .310 as the everyday shortstop for thePhiladelphia Athletics in theAmerican Association in1883.
• June 1 – TheWorcester Worcesters lose at home 13–3 in front of 50 people.
• June 5 – In describing theBoston Red Caps 10–2 win over theDetroit Wolverines, theChicago Tribune states it is the first game in which a team scored 10 runs or more with all of them being earned.
• June 6 –Blondie Purcell of theBuffalo Bisons is fined for cutting the game ball open, which was soggy, rendering it unusable. Purcell did it to force the umpire to put in a new ball so that Bison pitcherPud Galvin could throw his curve more effectively.
• June 20 –Larry Corcoran, pitcher for theChicago White Stockings, goes 4–4 at the plate, including the first grand slam in the history of the White Stockings. It is the only home run of Corcoran's career.
• June 22 – TheCincinnati Red Stockings defeat thePittsburgh Alleghenys on a game-ending triple play in the bottom of the 14th inning.

• July 6 – In a game reminiscent of the oldNational Association, theSt. Louis Brown Stockings defeat theLouisville Eclipse by a score of 21–17.
• July 18 –Tony Mullane of theLouisville Eclipse, begins switch-pitching in the 4th inning of a game against theBaltimore Orioles. Mullane pitches left-handed against left-handed batters and right-handed against right-handed batters. Mullane gives up a 2-out homer toCharlie Householder in the 9th and loses 9–8.
• July 24 – SevenChicago White Stockings collect at least 4 hits and six score at least 4 runs in Chicago's 35–4 pasting of theCleveland Blues.
• August 17 – TheProvidence Grays beat theDetroit Wolverines 1–0 in 18 innings. Hall-of-FamerJohn Montgomery Ward goes the distance for the Grays, while fellow pitcher, teammate and Hall-of-FamerCharley Radbourn, playing right field on his non-pitching day, hits a home run in the 18th to win it. Some consider this the finest played game of the entire 19th century.
• August 18 –Frank Mountain of theWorcester Worcesters andJim McCormick of theCleveland Blues become the first pitchers to hit a home run off each other in a game.^[5]
• September 2 – TheCincinnati Red Stockings defeat theLouisville Eclipse 6–2 to clinch the first pennant inAmerican Association history.
• September 5 – TheBaltimore Orioles play the first 4 innings of their game againstPittsburgh in street clothes because their uniforms have been delayed at the train station.
• September 11 –Tony Mullane of theLouisville Eclipse pitches a no-hitter against theCincinnati Red Stockings.
• September 19 –Guy Hecker of theLouisville Eclipse is the second Louisville pitcher to throw a no-hitter in 9 days as he hurls one against thePittsburgh Alleghenys.
• September 20 –Larry Corcoran of theChicago White Stockings throws a no-hitter against theWorcester Worcesters. It is the 2nd no-hitter of Corcoran's career and the 3rd no-hitter in 10 days in major league baseball.
• September 22 – TheNational League announces that theTroy Trojans andWorcester Worcesters will be removed from the league following the season.
• September 25 – The lame-duckWorcester Worcesters hold the first double-header while only charging one admission price. This idea will be used by virtually every major league club for nearly 100 years.
• September 28 – TheChicago White Stockings win their 3rd consecutiveNational League pennant with an 11–5 victory over theBuffalo Bisons.
• September 28 – TheWorcester Worcesters lose to theTroy Trojans 4–1 in front of 6 people. The 2 teams are by far the worst in the league and have already been given the official boot from theNational League.
• September 29 –Worcester loses again toTroy 10–7 in front of 25 fans inWorcester's last major league game.

• October 4 – TheCincinnati Red Stockings of theAmerican Association defeat theCleveland Blues of theNational League 5–2 in an exhibition game. It is the first victory by an AA team after losing the first 22 times to the NL.
• October 6 – In the first post-season meeting of league champions, theCincinnati Red Stockings of theAmerican Association defeat theChicago White Stockings 4–0.
• October 7 – TheChicago White Stockings even their series with theCincinnati Red Stockings with a 2–0 victory. Cincinnati will drop out of the series under threats of expulsion by theAmerican Association.
• October 28 – ThePhiladelphia Athletics of theAmerican Association announce that the club turned a $22,000 profit during the 1882 season. It is more than any team in theNational League made and gives credibility to the fledgling AA.
• November 18 – A court rules in favor of playerCharlie Bennett over thePittsburgh Alleghenys of theAmerican Association. Bennett had signed a $100 agreement to sign a contract to play for Pittsburgh in 1883. Instead, he ended up re-signing with theDetroit Wolverines of theNational League. This case will be a factor in the player/owner battles of1889–1890 that results in the formation of thePlayers' League.
• November 22 – John Day, owner of theNew York Gothams, proposes a resolution that would prohibit teams from signing players who had broken the reserve clause. Both leagues will ultimately adopt this proposal and turn the reserve clause from a protection against roster-raiding by other clubs into an item used against hard-bargaining players. The Gothams will join theNational League in1883.
• December –Abraham G. Mills is elected the new president of theNational League.
• December 6 – TheNational League formally admits theNew York Gothams and thePhiladelphia Quakers.
• December 14 – TheAmerican Association hires a permanent staff of umpires who will be scheduled, paid and overseen by the league rather than individual teams. It will eventually become the standard practice in every professional league, regardless of sport.

• José Borges
• January 28 –Frank Arellanes
• January 31 –Rip Williams
• February 1 –Joe Harris
• February 27 –Art McGovern
• March 8 –Harry Lord
• March 13 –Ralph Glaze
• April 11 –Bill McCarthy
• May 9 –Buck O'Brien
• May 16 –Cy Rigler
• May 18 –Babe Adams
• June 16 –Bobby Keefe
• July 7 –George Suggs
• July 22 –Dick Wallace
• August 2 –Red Ames
• August 18 –Joe Scotland
• August 25 –Connie McGeehan
• August 28 –Garnet Bush
• September 14 –Bunny Madden
• September 17 –Wildfire Schulte
• September 28 –Denny Sullivan
• September 30
  • Gabby Street
  • Art Hoelskoetter
• October 15 –Charley O'Leary
• October 23 –Birdie Cree
• October 29 –Solly Hofman
• November 18 –Jack Coombs
• November 20 –Andy Coakley
• December 1 –Ed Reulbach
• December 23 –George Whiteman

• April 10 –William Hulbert, 49, president of theNational League, of which he was the principal founder, since1877, and owner and president of theChicago White Stockings since1875.
• August 2 –Gene Kimball, 31, utility player for the1871Cleveland Forest Citys.

• 1882 National League season at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1882 American Association season at Baseball-Reference.com
• Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
• Year by Year History at Baseball-Almanac.com
• Retrosheet.org

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