1884 Boston Reds season

Summary

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.

1884 Boston Reds
LeagueUnion Association
BallparkDartmouth Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
ManagerTim Murnane

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

Union Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 94 19 0.832 49–6 45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 69 36 0.657 21 35–17 34–19
Baltimore Monumentals 58 47 0.552 32 29–21 29–26
Boston Reds 58 51 0.532 34 34–22 24–29
Milwaukee Brewers 8 4 0.667 35½ 8–4 0–0
St. Paul Saints 2 6 0.250 39½ 0–0 2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 41 50 0.451 42 21–19 20–31
Altoona Mountain Citys 6 19 0.240 44 6–12 0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps 2 16 0.111 44½ 1–6 1–10
Washington Nationals (UA) 47 65 0.420 46½ 36–27 11–38
Philadelphia Keystones 21 46 0.313 50 14–21 7–25
Kansas City Cowboys 16 63 0.203 61 11–23 5–40

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 edit

Roster edit

1884 Boston Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 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 edit

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Crane 4 18.0 0 2 4.00 13

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lew Brown 1 0 0 1 36.00 0

References edit

  • 1884 Boston Reds at Baseball Reference