1884 Philadelphia Athletics season

1884 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American Association
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager	Lon Knight

The 1884 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 61–46 record and finished in seventh place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Metropolitans	75	32	0.701	—	42–9	33–23
Columbus Buckeyes	69	39	0.639	6½	38–16	31–23
Louisville Eclipse	68	40	0.630	7½	41–14	27–26
St. Louis Browns	67	40	0.626	8	38–16	29–24
Cincinnati Red Stockings	68	41	0.624	8	40–16	28–25
Baltimore Orioles	63	43	0.594	11½	42–13	21–30
Philadelphia Athletics	61	46	0.570	14	38–16	23–30
Toledo Blue Stockings	46	58	0.442	27½	28–25	18–33
Brooklyn Atlantics	40	64	0.385	33½	23–26	17–38
Richmond Virginians	12	30	0.286	30½	5–15	7–15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	30	78	0.278	45½	18–37	12–41
Indianapolis Hoosiers	29	78	0.271	46	15–39	14–39
Washington Nationals	12	51	0.190	41	10–20	2–31

Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	COL	IND	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	RIC	STL	TOL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–5	4–6	6–4	9–1	6–4–1	5–5	3–7	9–0	4–0	5–5	5–5–1	2–1
Brooklyn	5–5	—	2–8	3–7	7–3	3–6	1–9–1	3–6	4–6	3–2–1	2–7–1	4–4–2	3–1
Cincinnati	6–4	8–2	—	3–7	9–1–1	5–5	4–6–1	4–6	8–1–1	4–0	4–6	7–3	6–0
Columbus	4–6	7–3	7–3	—	8–2	5–5	4–5	5–5–1	9–1	2–2	5–5	8–1–1	5–1
Indianapolis	1–9	3–7	1–9–1	2–8	—	1–9	2–8	4–6	4–6	1–2–1	3–6–1	3–6	4–2
Louisville	4–6–1	6–3	5–5	5–5	9–1	—	3–7–1	6–3	8–2	4–1	5–5	9–1	4–1
New York	5–5	9–1–1	6–4–1	5–4	8–2	7–3–1	—	8–2	9–1	2–0	5–4–1	5–4–1	6–2
Philadelphia	7–3	6–3	6–4	5–5–1	6–4	3–6	2–8	—	8–2	2–0	3–7	6–3	7–1
Pittsburgh	0–9	6–4	1–8–1	1–9	6–4	2–8	1–9	2–8	—	1–4–1	1–9	5–5	4–1
Richmond	0–4	2–3–1	0–4	2–2	2–1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	4–1–1	—	1–3	0–4–1	0–0
St. Louis	5–5	7–2–1	6–4	5–5	6–3–1	5–5	4–5–1	7–3	9–1	3–1	—	5–5	5–1
Toledo	5–5–1	4–4–2	3–7	1–8–1	6–3	1–9	4–5–1	3–6	5–5	4–0–1	5–5	—	5–1
Washington	1–2	1–3	0–6	1–5	2–4	1–4	2–6	1–7	1–4	0–0	1–5	1–5	—

Notable transactions

• August 1884: Frank Ringo was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

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
C	Jocko Milligan	66	268	77	.287	3
1B	Harry Stovey	104	448	146	.326	10
2B	Cub Stricker	107	399	92	.231	1
SS	Sadie Houck	108	472	140	.297	0
3B	Fred Corey	104	439	121	.276	5
OF	Jud Birchall	54	221	57	.258	0
OF	Lon Knight	108	484	131	.271	1
OF	Henry Larkin	85	326	90	.276	3

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Jack O'Brien	36	138	39	.283	1
Bob Blakiston	32	128	33	.258	0
John Coleman	28	107	22	.206	2
Mike Mansell	20	70	14	.200	0
Frank Siffell	7	17	3	.176	0
Ed Rowen	4	15	6	.400	0
Robert Foster	4	11	2	.182	0
Frank Ringo	2	6	0	.000	0
Mike Moynahan	1	4	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
Bobby Mathews	49	430.2	30	18	3.32	286
Billy Taylor	30	260.0	18	12	2.53	130
Al Atkinson	22	184.1	11	11	4.20	93
Charlie Hilsey	3	27.0	2	1	4.67	10
Phenomenal Smith	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	3

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
John Coleman	3	21.0	0	2	3.43	5
Lon Knight	2	14.0	0	1	9.00	2

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
Cub Stricker	1	0	0	0	6.00	1

References

• 1884 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference