1883 American Association

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The 1883 season of the American Association was the second season of the league.

Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Philadelphia Athletics	98	66	32	0	.673	-.-	720 (7.35)	547 (5.58)	0.262	0.298	0.345	2.88	0.865
2	St. Louis Browns	98	65	33	0	.663	1.0	549 (5.60)	409 (4.17)	0.255	0.281	0.321	2.23	0.909
3	Cincinnati Red Stockings	98	61	37	0	.622	5.0	662 (6.76)	413 (4.21)	0.262	0.289	0.363	2.26	0.908
4	New York Metropolitans	97	54	42	1	.557	11.0	498 (5.13)	405 (4.18)	0.250	0.279	0.319	2.90	0.905
5	Louisville Eclipse	98	52	45	1	.531	13.5	564 (5.76)	562 (5.73)	0.251	0.279	0.331	3.51	0.888
6	Columbus Buckeyes	97	32	65	0	.330	33.5	476 (4.91)	659 (6.79)	0.240	0.268	0.326	3.96	0.874
7	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	98	31	67	0	.316	35.0	525 (5.36)	728 (7.43)	0.247	0.280	0.323	4.62	0.884
8	Baltimore Orioles	96	28	68	0	.292	37.0	471 (4.91)	742 (7.73)	0.246	0.279	0.314	4.08	0.855

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Joe Battin Bill Gleason Arlie Latham John Reilly Jimmy Wolf	Pittsburgh Alleghenys St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns Cincinnati Red Stockings Louisville Eclipse	98
At Bats	Jud Birchall	Philadelphia Athletics	448
Runs Scored	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	110
Hits	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	147
Doubles	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	31
Triples	Pop Smith	Columbus Buckeyes	17
Home Runs	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Total Bases	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	213
Runs Batted In	Charley Jones	Cincinnati Red Stockings	80
Walks	Ecky Stearns	Baltimore Orioles	34
Batting Average	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0.357
On-Base Percentage	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0.394
Slugging Percentage	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	0.506
On-Base plus Slugging	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0.870
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	184

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	43
Losses	Frank Mountain	Columbus Buckeyes	33
Win-Loss Percentage	Tony Mullane	St. Louis Browns	0.700
Appearances	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	68
Games Started	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	68
Complete Games	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	68
Shutouts	Jumbo McGinnis Will White	St. Louis Browns Cincinnati Red Stockings	6
Games Finished	Billy Taylor	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	9
Saves	Bob Barr Tony Mullane	Pittsburgh Alleghenys St. Louis Browns	1
Innings Pitched	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	619.0
Batters Faced	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	2418
Hits Allowed	Frank Mountain	Columbus Buckeyes	546
Home Runs Allowed	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	16
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Frank Mountain	Columbus Buckeyes	123
Strikeouts	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	361
Wild Pitches	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	26
Balks	43 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Frank Mountain	Columbus Buckeyes	345
Earned Runs Allowed	Frank Mountain	Columbus Buckeyes	201
Earned Run Average	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	2.09
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Tim Keefe	New York Metropolitans	0.943

Umpires

• Billy Becannon
• Ormond Butler
• Charles Daniels
• John Dyler*
• Kick Kelly
• John Magner
• Bob McNichol
• Al Pratt
• Benjamin Sommer
• Mike Walsh

* Denoted a fill-in umpire