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1884 Boston Reds season

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

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.

Regular season

Season standings

Union Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 94 19 .832 — 49‍–‍6 45‍–‍13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 69 36 .657 21 35‍–‍17 34‍–‍19
Baltimore Monumentals 58 47 .552 32 29‍–‍21 29‍–‍26
Boston Reds 58 51 .532 34 34‍–‍22 24‍–‍29
Milwaukee Brewers 8 4 .667 35½ 8‍–‍4 0‍–‍0
St. Paul Saints 2 6 .250 39½ 0‍–‍0 2‍–‍6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 41 50 .451 42 21‍–‍19 20‍–‍31
Altoona Mountain Citys 6 19 .240 44 6‍–‍12 0‍–‍7
Wilmington Quicksteps 2 16 .111 44½ 1‍–‍6 1‍–‍10
Washington Nationals (UA) 47 65 .420 46½ 36‍–‍27 11‍–‍38
Philadelphia Keystones 21 46 .313 50 14‍–‍21 7‍–‍25
Kansas City Cowboys 16 63 .203 61 11‍–‍23 5‍–‍40

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association record
Sources:
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

Roster

1884 Boston Reds
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

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

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

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
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

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

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

1884 MLB season by team
National League
American Association
Union Association
1884 World Series
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