1884 New York Gothams season

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1884 New York Gothams
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1883)
Location
  • Polo Grounds (since 1883)
  • New York City (since 1883)
Results
Record62–50 (.554)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)John B. Day
Manager(s)Jim Price, John Montgomery Ward
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The 1884 New York Gothams season was the second season of that baseball franchise, eventually known as the San Francisco Giants. The team finished in fourth place, 22 games behind the pennant-winning Providence Grays.

Regular season[]

1884 New York Gothams team photo

Season standings[]

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 84 28 0.750 — 45–11 39–17
Boston Beaneaters 73 38 0.658 10½ 40–16 33–22
Buffalo Bisons 64 47 0.577 19½ 37–18 27–29
New York Gothams 62 50 0.554 22 34–22 28–28
Chicago White Stockings 62 50 0.554 22 39–17 23–33
Philadelphia Quakers 39 73 0.348 45 19–37 20–36
Cleveland Blues 35 77 0.312 49 22–34 13–43
Detroit Wolverines 28 84 0.250 56 18–38 10–46

Record vs. opponents[]

1884 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET NY PHI PRV
Boston — 9–6–2 10–6 14–2 12–4–1 8–8–1 13–3 7–9–1
Buffalo 6–9–2 — 10–6–1 14–2 12–4 5–11–1 11–5 6–10
Chicago 6–10 6–10–1 — 8–8 11–5 12–4 14–2 5–11
Cleveland 2–14 2–14 8–8 — 9–7 5–11 6–10–1 3–13
Detroit 4–12–1 4–12 5–11 7–9 — 2–14–1 5–11 1–15
New York 8–8–1 11–5–1 4–12 11–5 14–2–1 — 11–5 3–13–1
Philadelphia 3–13 5–11 2–14 10–6–1 11–5 5–11 — 3–13
Providence 9–7–1 10–6 11–5 13–3 15–1 13–3–1 13–3 —

Roster[]

1884 New York Gothams
Roster
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; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Buck Ewing 94 382 106 .277 3 41
1B Alex McKinnon 116 470 128 .272 3 73
2B Roger Connor 116 477 151 .317 4 82
SS Ed Caskin 100 351 81 .231 1 40
3B Frank Hankinson 105 389 90 .231 2 43
OF Mike Dorgan 83 341 94 .276 1 48
OF Patrick Gillespie 101 413 109 .264 2 44
OF John Ward 113 482 122 .253 2 51

Other batters[]

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Danny Richardson 74 277 70 .253 1 27
John Humphries 20 64 6 .094 0 2
Sandy Griffin 16 62 11 .177 0 6
Bill Loughran 9 29 3 .103 0 3
Charlie Manlove 3 10 0 .000 0 0
Henry Oxley 2 4 0 .000 0 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
Mickey Welch 65 557.1 39 21 2.50 345
Ed Bagley 31 266 12 18 4.16 104
Mike Dorgan 14 113 8 6 3.50 90
Jim Brown 1 9 0 1 5.00 2
Buck Ewing 1 8 0 1 1.13 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 Ward 9 60.2 3 3 3.41 23

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