1883 in baseball

Summary

The following are the baseball events of the year 1883 throughout the world.

Champions edit

Inter-league playoff: Philadelphia (AA) declined to play Boston (NL)

Major league baseball final standings edit

National League final standings edit

 
1883 Boston Beaneaters
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 63 35 0.643 41–8 22–27
Chicago White Stockings 59 39 0.602 4 36–13 23–26
Providence Grays 58 40 0.592 5 34–15 24–25
Cleveland Blues 55 42 0.567 31–18 24–24
Buffalo Bisons 49 45 0.521 12 36–13 13–32
New York Gothams 46 50 0.479 16 28–19 18–31
Detroit Wolverines 40 58 0.408 23 23–26 17–32
Philadelphia Quakers 17 81 0.173 46 9–40 8–41

American Association final standings edit

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 66 32 0.673 37–14 29–18
St. Louis Browns 65 33 0.663 1 35–14 30–19
Cincinnati Red Stockings 61 37 0.622 5 38–13 23–24
New York Metropolitans 54 42 0.562 11 29–17 25–25
Louisville Eclipse 52 45 0.536 13½ 29–18 23–27
Columbus Buckeyes 32 65 0.330 33½ 18–29 14–36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 31 67 0.316 35 18–31 13–36
Baltimore Orioles 28 68 0.292 37 18–31 10–37

Statistical leaders edit

National League statistical leaders edit

National League
Type Name Stat
AVG Dan Brouthers BUF .374
HR Buck Ewing NYG 10
RBI Dan Brouthers BUF 97
Wins Charles Radbourn PRO 48
ERA Jim McCormick CLE 1.84
Strikeouts Jim Whitney BOS 345

American Association statistical leaders edit

American Association
Type Name Stat
AVG Ed Swartwood PIT .357
HR Harry Stovey PHA 14
RBI Charley Jones CIN 80
Wins Will White CIN 43
ERA Will White CIN 2.09
Strikeouts Tim Keefe NYM 361

Notable seasons edit

 
Charles Radbourn
  • First baseman Dan Brouthers led the NL in batting average (.374), on-base percentage (.397), slugging percentage (.572), adjusted OPS+ (187), hits (159), total bases (243), and runs batted in (97).[1][2]
  • Pitcher Charles Radbourn led the NL with 48 wins. He finished second in the NL in innings pitched (632.1), earned run average (2.05), adjusted ERA+ (150), and strikeouts (315).[3][4]

Events edit

January–March edit

  • February 17 – The American Association and the National League, along with the Northwestern League, sign the Tripartite Agreement (also known as the National Agreement). This agreement binds the leagues to respect each other's valid player contracts as well as increasing the size of the reserve list from 6 to 11 players. This leads to relative harmony among the leagues until the Players' League wars of 18891890.
  • March 14 – The Peoria Club of the Northwestern League makes a motion to ban blacks, a move directly aimed at Toledo's star catcher, Moses Fleetwood Walker. After heated discussion, the motion is withdrawn and Walker remains eligible to play.
  • March 30 – Charles Fowle, one of the original founders of the National League, and secretary of the St. Louis Brown Stockings from 1875 to 1877, dies in St. Louis.
  • March 31 – The nation's oldest baseball club, the Olympic Town-Ball Club of Philadelphia, marks its 50th anniversary.

April–June edit

July–September edit

October–December edit

Births edit

January–March edit

April–June edit

July–September edit

October–December edit

Date of birth unknown

Deaths edit

  • April 17 – John Bergh, 25, back-up catcher for the 1880 Boston Red Stockings.
  • July 5 – Charlie Guth, 27?, pitched a complete game victory in his only major league game in 1880 for the Chicago White Stockings.
  • September 21 – Dan Collins, 29, outfielder who played in 10 games from 1874 to 1876.
  • October 10 – Jim Devlin, 34, pitcher for the Louisville Grays in 1876–77 who led NL in games, innings, starts and strikeouts in its first season; expelled from baseball in the 1877 Louisville Grays scandal

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Dan Brouthers Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "1883 National League Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Old Hoss Radbourne Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "1883 National League Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Doubles Team Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ "At-Bats Records for Teams: Game Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
Sources
  • Nemec, David (1994). The Beer and Whiskey League: The Illustrated History of the American Association-Baseball's Renegade Major League. New York: Lyons & Burford, Publishers ISBN 1-55821-285-X

External links edit

  • 1883 National League season at Baseball-Reference.com
  • 1883 American Association season at Baseball-Reference.com
  • Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
  • Year by Year History at Baseball-Almanac.com
  • Retrosheet.org