1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the third season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise. The Alleghenys finished 11th in the American Association with a record of 30–78.

1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
League	American Association
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owner	Denny McKnight
Managers	Joe Battin, Denny McKnight, Bob Ferguson, George Creamer, Horace Phillips
← 1883 1885 →

Game log

1884 Game Log^[1]
May: 8–15 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 2–7) # Date Opponent Score Record 1 Thursday, May 1 Philadelphia Athletics 2–9 0–1 2 Friday, May 2 Philadelphia Athletics 2–11 0–2 3 Saturday, May 3 Philadelphia Athletics 9–8 1–2 4 Monday, May 5 New York Metropolitans 1–6 1–3 5 Wednesday, May 7 New York Metropolitans 1–8 1–4 6 Thursday, May 8 New York Metropolitans 1–8 1–5 7 Friday, May 9 Brooklyn Atlantics 8–2 2–5 8 Saturday, May 10 Brooklyn Atlantics 16–6 3–5 9 Monday, May 12 Brooklyn Atlantics 9–6 4–5 10 Tuesday, May 13 @ New York Metropolitans 4–13 4–6 11 Wednesday, May 14 @ New York Metropolitans 2–4 4–7 12 Thursday, May 15 @ New York Metropolitans 0–8 4–8 13 Saturday, May 17 @ Brooklyn Atlantics 4–3 5–8 14 Monday, May 19 @ Brooklyn Atlantics 6–11 5–9 15 Tuesday, May 20 @ Brooklyn Atlantics 10–1 6–9 16 Thursday, May 22 @ Philadelphia Athletics 1–8 6–10 17 Friday, May 23 @ Philadelphia Athletics 4–9 6–11 18 Saturday, May 24 @ Philadelphia Athletics 1–10 6–12 19 Wednesday, May 28 Columbus Buckeyes 0–5 6–13 20 Thursday, May 29 Columbus Buckeyes 0–5 6–14 21 Friday, May 30 Toledo Blue Stockings 8–6 7–14 22 Friday, May 30 Toledo Blue Stockings 1–2 7–15 23 Saturday, May 31 Toledo Blue Stockings 5–3 8–15
June: 4–16 (Home: 3–10 ; Away: 1–6) # Date Opponent Score Record 24 Tuesday, Jun 3 Indianapolis Hoosiers 2–3 8–16 25 Wednesday, Jun 4 Indianapolis Hoosiers 11–6 9–16 26 Thursday, Jun 5 Indianapolis Hoosiers 10–11 9–17 27 Saturday, Jun 7 St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 5–13 9–18 28 Monday, Jun 9 St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 3–9 9–19 29 Wednesday, Jun 11 St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 0–3 9–20 30 Thursday, Jun 12 Cincinnati Red Stockings 5–7 9–21 31 Friday, Jun 13 Cincinnati Red Stockings 2–0 10–21 32 Monday, Jun 16 Louisville Eclipse 3–7 10–22 33 Tuesday, Jun 17 Louisville Eclipse 6–7 10–23 34 Wednesday, Jun 18 Louisville Eclipse 6–2 11–23 35 Thursday, Jun 19 Cincinnati Red Stockings 1–7 11–24 36 Friday, Jun 20 Columbus Buckeyes 3–6 11–25 37 Saturday, Jun 21 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 0–5 11–26 38 Sunday, Jun 22 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 2–4 11–27 39 Tuesday, Jun 24 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 0–12 11–28 40 Thursday, Jun 26 @ Columbus Buckeyes 3–6 11–29 41 Friday, Jun 27 @ Columbus Buckeyes 1–4 11–30 42 Saturday, Jun 28 @ Columbus Buckeyes 3–4 11–31 43 Monday, Jun 30 @ Toledo Blue Stockings 4–3 12–31
July: 8–13 (Home: 3–1 ; Away: 5–12) # Date Opponent Score Record 44 Tuesday, Jul 1 @ Toledo Blue Stockings 3–5 12–32 45 Wednesday, Jul 2 @ Toledo Blue Stockings 8–7 13–32 46 Friday, Jul 4 @ Indianapolis Hoosiers 4–15 13–33 47 Friday, Jul 4 @ Indianapolis Hoosiers 3–1 14–33 48 Saturday, Jul 5 @ Indianapolis Hoosiers 3–12 14–34 49 Sunday, Jul 6 @ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 6–12 14–35 50 Tuesday, Jul 8 @ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 1–7 14–36 51 Thursday, Jul 10 @ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 2–11 14–37 52 Saturday, Jul 12 @ Louisville Eclipse 1–4 14–38 53 Sunday, Jul 13 @ Louisville Eclipse 5–4 15–38 54 Monday, Jul 14 @ Louisville Eclipse 0–6 15–39 55 Thursday, Jul 17 Washington Nationals 3–2 16–39 56 Friday, Jul 18 Washington Nationals 4–2 17–39 57 Saturday, Jul 19 Washington Nationals 7–1 18–39 58 Monday, Jul 21 @ Washington Nationals 3–12 18–40 59 Tuesday, Jul 22 @ Washington Nationals 9–8 19–40 60 Wednesday, Jul 23 @ Brooklyn Atlantics 4–10 19–41 61 Thursday, Jul 24 @ Brooklyn Atlantics 6–2 20–41 62 Saturday, Jul 26 @ New York Metropolitans 3–9 20–42 63 Monday, Jul 28 @ New York Metropolitans 1–9 20–43 64 Wednesday, Jul 30 Baltimore Orioles 2–9 20–44
August: 3–14 (Home: 2–6 ; Away: 1–8) # Date Opponent Score Record 65 Friday, Aug 1 Philadelphia Athletics 4–3 21–44 66 Saturday, Aug 2 Philadelphia Athletics 2–7 21–45 67 Monday, Aug 4 Brooklyn Atlantics 2–4 21–46 68 Wednesday, Aug 6 Brooklyn Atlantics 0–6 21–47 69 Thursday, Aug 7 @ Philadelphia Athletics 1–7 21–48 70 Saturday, Aug 9 @ Philadelphia Athletics 2–13 21–49 71 Monday, Aug 11 @ Baltimore Orioles 4–10 21–50 72 Tuesday, Aug 12 @ Baltimore Orioles 3–4 21–51 73 Wednesday, Aug 13 Baltimore Orioles 0–8 21–52 74 Thursday, Aug 14 Baltimore Orioles 4–14 21–53 75 Saturday, Aug 16 New York Metropolitans 0–6 21–54 76 Monday, Aug 18 New York Metropolitans 1–0 22–54 77 Friday, Aug 22 @ Baltimore Orioles 6–8 22–55 78 Saturday, Aug 23 @ Baltimore Orioles 3–7 22–56 79 Monday, Aug 25 @ Baltimore Orioles 3–9 22–57 80 Tuesday, Aug 26 @ Richmond Virginians 4–4 22–57 81 Wednesday, Aug 27 @ Richmond Virginians 5–7 22–58 82 Thursday, Aug 28 @ Richmond Virginians 5–0 23–58
September: 6–12 (Home: 3–4 ; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Record 83 Monday, Sep 1 Richmond Virginians 5–10 23–59 84 Tuesday, Sep 2 Richmond Virginians 1–2 23–60 85 Wednesday, Sep 3 Richmond Virginians 4–8 23–61 86 Thursday, Sep 4 @ Toledo Blue Stockings 2–4 23–62 87 Saturday, Sep 6 @ Toledo Blue Stockings 10–3 24–62 88 Sunday, Sep 7 @ Columbus Buckeyes 7–3 25–62 89 Wednesday, Sep 10 @ Columbus Buckeyes 2–10 25–63 90 Thursday, Sep 11 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 1–11 25–64 91 Saturday, Sep 13 @ Cincinnati Red Stockings 6–11 25–65 92 Tuesday, Sep 16 @ Louisville Eclipse 1–6 25–66 93 Wednesday, Sep 17 @ Louisville Eclipse 1–4 25–67 94 Thursday, Sep 18 @ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 4–6 25–68 95 Saturday, Sep 20 @ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 1–4 25–69 96 Sunday, Sep 21 @ Indianapolis Hoosiers 4–2 26–69 97 Wednesday, Sep 24 Baltimore Orioles 6–8 26–70 98 Thursday, Sep 25 Indianapolis Hoosiers 15–4 27–70 99 Saturday, Sep 27 Indianapolis Hoosiers 8–4 28–70 100 Monday, Sep 29 Indianapolis Hoosiers 2–0 29–70
October: 1–8 (Home: 1–8 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Record 101 Wednesday, Oct 1 St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 2–1 30–70 102 Thursday, Oct 2 St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns 5–10 30–71 103 Friday, Oct 3 Columbus Buckeyes 3–14 30–72 104 Saturday, Oct 4 Columbus Buckeyes 4–15 30–73 105 Monday, Oct 6 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8–8 30–73 106 Tuesday, Oct 7 Cincinnati Red Stockings 3–8 30–74 107 Thursday, Oct 9 Toledo Blue Stockings 3–9 30–75 108 Saturday, Oct 11 Toledo Blue Stockings 0–2 30–76 109 Tuesday, Oct 14 Louisville Eclipse 3–10 30–77 110 Wednesday, Oct 15 Louisville Eclipse 4–9 30–78
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie

Season standings

v t e American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Metropolitans	75	32	0.701	—	42–9	33–23
Columbus Buckeyes	69	39	0.639	6½	38–16	31–23
Louisville Eclipse	68	40	0.630	7½	41–14	27–26
St. Louis Browns	67	40	0.626	8	38–16	29–24
Cincinnati Red Stockings	68	41	0.624	8	40–16	28–25
Baltimore Orioles	63	43	0.594	11½	42–13	21–30
Philadelphia Athletics	61	46	0.570	14	38–16	23–30
Toledo Blue Stockings	46	58	0.442	27½	28–25	18–33
Brooklyn Atlantics	40	64	0.385	33½	23–26	17–38
Richmond Virginians	12	30	0.286	30½	5–15	7–15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	30	78	0.278	45½	18–37	12–41
Indianapolis Hoosiers	29	78	0.271	46	15–39	14–39
Washington Nationals	12	51	0.190	41	10–20	2–31

Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	COL	IND	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	RIC	STL	TOL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–5	4–6	6–4	9–1	6–4–1	5–5	3–7	9–0	4–0	5–5	5–5–1	2–1
Brooklyn	5–5	—	2–8	3–7	7–3	3–6	1–9–1	3–6	4–6	3–2–1	2–7–1	4–4–2	3–1
Cincinnati	6–4	8–2	—	3–7	9–1–1	5–5	4–6–1	4–6	8–1–1	4–0	4–6	7–3	6–0
Columbus	4–6	7–3	7–3	—	8–2	5–5	4–5	5–5–1	9–1	2–2	5–5	8–1–1	5–1
Indianapolis	1–9	3–7	1–9–1	2–8	—	1–9	2–8	4–6	4–6	1–2–1	3–6–1	3–6	4–2
Louisville	4–6–1	6–3	5–5	5–5	9–1	—	3–7–1	6–3	8–2	4–1	5–5	9–1	4–1
New York	5–5	9–1–1	6–4–1	5–4	8–2	7–3–1	—	8–2	9–1	2–0	5–4–1	5–4–1	6–2
Philadelphia	7–3	6–3	6–4	5–5–1	6–4	3–6	2–8	—	8–2	2–0	3–7	6–3	7–1
Pittsburgh	0–9	6–4	1–8–1	1–9	6–4	2–8	1–9	2–8	—	1–4–1	1–9	5–5	4–1
Richmond	0–4	2–3–1	0–4	2–2	2–1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	4–1–1	—	1–3	0–4–1	0–0
St. Louis	5–5	7–2–1	6–4	5–5	6–3–1	5–5	4–5–1	7–3	9–1	3–1	—	5–5	5–1
Toledo	5–5–1	4–4–2	3–7	1–8–1	6–3	1–9	4–5–1	3–6	5–5	4–0–1	5–5	—	5–1
Washington	1–2	1–3	0–6	1–5	2–4	1–4	2–6	1–7	1–4	0–0	1–5	1–5	—

Roster

1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys roster^[2]
Pitchers Frank Beck John Fox Jack Gorman Jack Neagle Bill Nelson Phenomenal Smith Fleury Sullivan Catchers Billy Colgan Jackie Hayes Frank Smith	Infielders Gus Alberts Joe Battin George Creamer Jim Dee Jay Faatz Tom Forster Jim Gray Charlie Hautz Jimmy Knowles Jim McDonald John Peters Joe Quest Bill White Art Whitney	Outfielders Conny Doyle Charlie Eden Bob Ferguson Chuck Lauer Mike Mansell Doggie Miller Billy Reid Ed Swartwood Live Oak Taylor Jimmy Woulfe	Managers Joe Battin George Creamer Denny McKnight Bob Ferguson Horace Phillips

Player stats

Batters

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

Regular Season^[3] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Jim Gray 1 2 1 0.500 0 0 Frank Beck 3 12 4 0.333 0 0 Art Whitney 23 94 28 0.298 0 0 Conny Doyle 15 58 17 0.293 0 0 Ed Swartwood 102 399 115 0.288 0 0 Charlie Eden 32 122 33 0.270 1 0 Frank Smith 10 36 9 0.250 0 0 Billy Reid 19 70 17 0.243 0 0 Jay Faatz 29 112 27 0.241 0 0 John Fox 8 25 6 0.240 0 0 Jimmy Knowles 46 182 42 0.231 0 0 Bill White 74 291 66 0.227 0 0 Jackie Hayes 33 124 28 0.226 0 0 Doggie Miller 89 347 78 0.225 0 0 Tom Forster 35 126 28 0.222 0 0 Live Oak Taylor 41 152 32 0.211 0 0 Joe Quest 12 43 9 0.209 0 0 Charlie Hautz 7 24 5 0.208 0 0 Gus Alberts 2 5 1 0.200 0 0 George Creamer 98 339 62 0.183 0 0 Joe Battin 43 158 28 0.177 0 0 Bill Nelson 3 12 2 0.167 0 0 Jim McDonald 38 145 23 0.159 0 0 Billy Colgan 48 161 25 0.155 0 0 Fleury Sullivan 54 189 29 0.153 0 0 Jack Neagle 43 148 22 0.149 0 0 Jack Gorman 8 27 4 0.148 0 0 Bob Ferguson 10 41 6 0.146 0 0 Mike Mansell 27 100 14 0.140 1 0 Jim Dee 12 40 5 0.125 0 0 Chuck Lauer 13 44 5 0.114 0 0 Jimmy Woulfe 15 53 6 0.113 0 1 John Peters 1 4 0 0.000 0 0 Phenomenal Smith 1 4 0 0.000 0 0

Pitchers

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

Regular Season^[4] Player G IP W L ERA SO Jack Neagle 38 326 11 26 3.73 85 Fleury Sullivan 51 441 16 35 4.20 189 Bill Nelson 3 26 1 2 4.50 6 Jack Gorman 3 25 1 2 4.68 10 John Fox 7 59 1 6 5.64 22 Charlie Eden 2 12 0 1 6.00 3 Frank Beck 3 25 0 3 6.12 11 Chuck Lauer 3 19 0 2 7.58 8 Phenomenal Smith 1 8 0 1 9.00 4 Ed Swartwood 1 21⁄3 0 0 11.57 0

References

1. "1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.
2. "1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Roster by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac.
3. . Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
4. . Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2016.

External links

• Pittsburgh Alleghenys at Baseball Reference