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1884 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1884 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
ManagerLon Knight
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The 1884 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 61–46 record and finished in seventh place in the American Association.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Metropolitans 75 32 .701 42‍–‍9 33‍–‍23
Columbus Buckeyes 69 39 .639 38‍–‍16 31‍–‍23
Louisville Eclipse 68 40 .630 41‍–‍14 27‍–‍26
St. Louis Browns 67 40 .626 8 38‍–‍16 29‍–‍24
Cincinnati Red Stockings 68 41 .624 8 40‍–‍16 28‍–‍25
Baltimore Orioles 63 43 .594 11½ 42‍–‍13 21‍–‍30
Philadelphia Athletics 61 46 .570 14 38‍–‍16 23‍–‍30
Toledo Blue Stockings 46 58 .442 27½ 28‍–‍25 18‍–‍33
Brooklyn Atlantics 40 64 .385 33½ 23‍–‍26 17‍–‍38
Richmond Virginians 12 30 .286 30½ 5‍–‍15 7‍–‍15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 30 78 .278 45½ 18‍–‍37 12‍–‍41
Indianapolis Hoosiers 29 78 .271 46 15‍–‍39 14‍–‍39
Washington Nationals 12 51 .190 41 10‍–‍20 2‍–‍31

Record vs. opponents

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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


Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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  • August 1884: Frank Ringo was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]

Roster

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1884 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

Notes

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References

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