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1884 Chicago White Stockings season

Summary

The 1884 Chicago White Stockings season was the 13th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the ninth in the National League and the seventh at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fifth in the National League with a record of 62–50. White Stocking third baseman, Ned Williamson set the then major league single season home run record with 27 home runs. After hitting just 13 home runs in 1883, the White Stockings hit 142, the first time that a team had hit 100+ home runs in a season.[1]

1884 Chicago White Stockings
LeagueNational League
BallparkLakefront Park
CityChicago
OwnerAlbert Spalding
ManagerCap Anson
← 1883
1885 →

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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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 edit

1884 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN BUF CHI CLV DTN NYG 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 edit

1884 Chicago White Stockings
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; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Silver Flint 73 279 57 .204 9 45
1B Cap Anson 112 475 159 .335 21 102
2B Fred Pfeffer 112 467 135 .289 25 101
3B Ned Williamson 107 417 116 .278 27 84
SS Tom Burns 83 343 84 .245 7 44
OF Abner Dalrymple 111 521 161 .309 22 69
OF George Gore 103 422 134 .318 5 34
OF King Kelly 108 452 160 .354 13 95

Other batters edit

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
Billy Sunday 43 176 39 .222 4 28
Walt Kinzie 19 82 13 .159 2 8
Joe Brown 15 61 13 .213 0 3
Sy Sutcliffe 4 15 3 .200 0 2

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
Larry Corcoran 60 516.2 35 23 2.40 272
Fred Goldsmith 21 188.0 9 11 4.26 34
John Clarkson 14 118.0 10 3 2.14 102
Joe Brown 7 50.0 4 2 4.68 27
Tom Lee 5 45.1 1 4 3.77 14
George Crosby 3 28.0 1 2 3.54 11
John Hibbard 2 17.0 1 1 2.65 4
Fred Andrus 1 9.0 1 0 2.00 2
Mike Corcoran 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 2
Thomas Lynch 1 7.0 0 0 2.57 2

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
King Kelly 2 0 1 0 8.44 1
Ned Williamson 2 0 0 0 18.00 0
Fred Pfeffer 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Cap Anson 1 0 1 0 18.00 1

References edit

  • 1884 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference
  1. ^ Jackson, Frank. "Lessons From Lakefront Park, 1884". tht.fangraphs.com. Retrieved January 21, 2021.