1882 Boston Red Caps Roster

The 1882 Boston Red Caps team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1882 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1882 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1882 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1882 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1882 Boston Red Caps primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1882 Boston Red Caps

Complete Roster  
 

n/a Bobby Mathews 5-05½ 140 Right Right 1851-11-21
n/a Jim Whitney 6-02 172 Right Left 1857-11-10
n/a Pat Deasley 5-08½ 154 Right Right 1857-11-17
n/a Jack Burdock 5-09½ 158 Right Right 1852-04-00
n/a John Morrill 5-10½ 155 Right Right 1855-02-19
n/a Ezra Sutton 5-08½ 153 Right Right 1849-09-17
n/a Sam Wise 5-10½ 170 Right Left 1857-08-18
n/a Charlie Buffinton 6-01 180 Right Right 1861-06-14
n/a Joe Hornung 5-08½ 164 Right Right 1857-06-12
n/a Pete Hotaling 5-08 166 Right Left 1856-12-16
n/a Hal McClure 6-00 165 Right Right 1859-08-08
n/a Ed Rowen 5-06 155 Unknown Unknown 1857-10-22
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The 1882 Boston Red Caps played 84 games during the regular season, won 45 games, lost 39 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at South End Grounds I (Park Factors: 100/99) where 50,971 fans witnessed their 1882 Red Caps finish the season with a .536 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1882 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1882 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1882 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1882 Boston Red Caps primary starters list:

1882 Boston Red Caps
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1882 Boston Red Caps
Most Games by Position

C Pat Deasley (56)
1B John Morrill (76)
2B Jack Burdock (83)
3B Ezra Sutton (77)
SS Sam Wise (72)
LF Joe Hornung (84)
CF Pete Hotaling (84)
RF Ed Rowen (48)
  
SP Bobby Mathews
  
CL Jim Whitney


1882 Boston Red Caps
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1882 Boston Red Caps
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1882 Boston Red Caps Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?