1884 Boston Reds season
1884 Boston Reds | |
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League | Union Association |
Ballpark | Dartmouth Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Manager | Tim Murnane |
The 1884 Boston Reds finished with a 58–51 record in the Union Association, finishing in fifth place (fourth among teams that played a full schedule). This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19 | .832 | — | 49–6 | 45–13 |
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36 | .657 | 21 | 35–17 | 34–19 |
Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47 | .552 | 32 | 29–21 | 29–26 |
Boston Reds | 58 | 51 | .532 | 34 | 34–22 | 24–29 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 35½ | 8–4 | 0–0 |
St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6 | .250 | 39½ | 0–0 | 2–6 |
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50 | .451 | 42 | 21–19 | 20–31 |
Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19 | .240 | 44 | 6–12 | 0–7 |
Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16 | .111 | 44½ | 1–6 | 1–10 |
Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65 | .420 | 46½ | 36–27 | 11–38 |
Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46 | .313 | 50 | 14–21 | 7–25 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63 | .203 | 61 | 11–23 | 5–40 |
Record vs. opponents
1884 Union Association record
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Team | ALT | BAL | BOS | CHI/PIT | CIN | KC | MIL | PHI | STL | STP | WSH | WIL | |||||
Altoona | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Baltimore | 3–1 | — | 10–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–10 | 10–2 | 1–3 | 10–2 | 1–14 | 0–0 | 11–5 | 1–0 | |||||
Boston | 1–1 | 5–10–1 | — | 4–8–1 | 5–11 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 8–8 | 0–0 | 12–4 | 5–0 | |||||
Chicago/Pittsburgh | 0–0 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 7–8 | 12–4 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–14 | 0–0 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Cincinnati | 3–0 | 10–4 | 11–5 | 8–7 | — | 9–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 4–12 | 3–0 | 10–6 | 2–1 | |||||
Kansas City | 0–0 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–12 | 1–9 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–11–1 | 1–1–1 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Milwaukee | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
Philadelphia | 3–1 | 2–10 | 3–8 | 5–3 | 0–9 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–8 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 0–0 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–0 | 14–1 | 8–8 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 11–0–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | — | 2–1 | 13–3 | 4–0 | |||||
St. Paul | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||
Washington | 1–3 | 5–11 | 4–12 | 8–4–1 | 6–10 | 8–4–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 3–13 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | |||||
Wilmington | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager |
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 |
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C | Lew Brown | 85 | 325 | 75 | .231 | 1 |
1B | Tim Murnane | 76 | 311 | 73 | .235 | 0 |
2B | Tom O'Brien | 103 | 449 | 118 | .263 | 4 |
3B | John Irwin | 105 | 432 | 101 | .234 | 1 |
SS | Walter Hackett | 103 | 415 | 101 | .243 | 1 |
OF | Kid Butler | 71 | 255 | 43 | .169 | 0 |
OF | Mike Slattery | 106 | 413 | 86 | .208 | 0 |
OF | Ed Crane | 101 | 428 | 122 | .285 | 12 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
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Tommy McCarthy | 53 | 209 | 45 | .215 | 0 |
Jim McKeever | 16 | 66 | 9 | .136 | 0 |
Joe Flynn | 9 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 |
Pat Scanlon | 6 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 |
Ed Callahan | 4 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 |
Charlie Reilley | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Henry Mullin | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Art Sladen | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Clarence Dow | 1 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
John Rudderham | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
Elias Peak | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 |
Murphy | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Dupee Shaw | 39 | 315.2 | 21 | 15 | 1.77 | 309 |
James Burke | 38 | 322.0 | 19 | 15 | 2.85 | 255 |
Tommy Bond | 23 | 189.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.00 | 128 |
Tommy McCarthy | 7 | 56.0 | 0 | 7 | 4.82 | 18 |
Fred Tenney | 4 | 35.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.31 | 18 |
Charlie Daniels | 2 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.32 | 12 |
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 |
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Ed Crane | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 13 |
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 |
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Lew Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |
References
- 1884 Boston Reds at Baseball Reference