1884 Washington Nationals (UA) season

Summary

The 1884 Washington Nationals finished with a 47–65 record in the Union Association, finishing in seventh place. This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

1884 Washington Nationals
LeagueUnion Association
BallparkCapitol Grounds
CityWashington, D.C.
ManagerMichael Scanlon

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


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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 Washington Nationals
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 Chris Fulmer 48 181 50 .276 0
1B Phil Baker 86 371 107 .288 1
2B Tom Evers 109 427 99 .232 0
SS Jim Halpin 46 168 31 .185 0
3B Jerry McCormick 42 157 34 .217 0
OF Bill Wise 85 339 79 .233 2
OF Henry Moore 111 461 155 .336 1
OF Abner Powell 48 191 54 .283 0

Other batters edit

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Alex Voss 63 245 47 .192 0
Abner Powell 48 191 54 .283 0
Joe Gunson 45 166 23 .139 0
John Deasley 31 134 29 .216 0
Pop Joy 36 130 28 .215 0
Thomas Tinney 32 119 28 .235 0
Ed McKenna 32 117 22 .188 0
Patrick Larkins 17 70 17 .243 0
Milo Lockwood 20 67 14 .209 0
Dave Drew 13 53 16 .302 0
Bill Hughes 14 49 6 .122 0
William McLaughlin 10 37 7 .189 0
Jim Green 10 36 5 .139 0
Mark Creegan 9 33 5 .152 0
Dan Sheahan 7 28 4 .143 0
Warren White 4 18 1 .056 0
Frank McKee 4 17 3 .176 0
Gus Alberts 4 16 4 .250 0
John Kelly 4 14 5 .357 0
James Lehan 3 12 4 .333 0
Icicle Reeder 3 12 2 .167 0
Mike Lawlor 2 7 0 .000 0
Maury Pierce 2 7 1 .143 0
Jim McDonald 2 6 1 .167 0
John Ewing 1 5 1 .200 0
Charlie Kalbfus 1 5 1 .200 0
Ed Yewell 1 4 0 .000 0
John Mulligan 1 4 1 .250 0
Walter Prince 1 4 1 .250 0
John Shoup 1 4 3 .750 0
John Ward 1 4 1 .250 0
Frank Olin 1 4 0 .000 0
Emory Nusz 1 4 0 .000 0
Joseph Wiley 1 4 0 .000 0
Peter Morris 1 3 0 .000 0
Al Bradley 1 3 0 .000 0
McRemer 1 3 0 .000 0
Bill Rollinson 1 3 0 .000 0
Franklin 1 3 0 .000 0
Charlie Levis 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
Bill Wise 50 364.1 23 18 3.04 268
Alex Voss 27 186.1 5 14 3.57 112
Charlie Geggus 23 177.1 10 9 2.54 156
Abner Powell 18 134.0 6 12 3.43 78
Milo Lockwood 11 67.2 1 9 7.45 48
Hugh Daily 2 16.0 1 1 2.25 14
Fred Tenney 1 8.0 0 1 6.75 8

References edit

  • 1884 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference