1884 American Association

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The 1884 season of the American Association was the third season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Metropolitans	112	75	32	5	.670	-.-	734 (6.55)	423 (3.78)	0.262	0.298	0.349	2.46	0.907
2	Columbus Buckeyes	110	69	39	2	.627	6.5	585 (5.32)	459 (4.17)	0.240	0.277	0.351	2.68	0.908
3	Louisville Eclipse	110	68	40	2	.618	7.5	573 (5.21)	425 (3.86)	0.254	0.280	0.340	2.17	0.912
4	St. Louis Browns	110	67	40	3	.609	8.0	658 (5.98)	539 (4.90)	0.249	0.281	0.326	2.67	0.900
5	Cincinnati Red Stockings	112	68	41	3	.607	8.0	754 (6.73)	512 (4.57)	0.254	0.281	0.354	3.33	0.911
6	Baltimore Orioles	108	63	43	2	.583	11.5	636 (5.89)	515 (4.77)	0.233	0.273	0.336	2.71	0.899
7	Philadelphia Athletics	108	61	46	1	.565	14.0	700 (6.48)	546 (5.06)	0.267	0.294	0.379	3.42	0.901
8	Toledo Blue Stockings	110	46	58	6	.418	27.5	463 (4.21)	571 (5.19)	0.231	0.263	0.305	3.06	0.900
9	Brooklyn Atlantics	109	40	64	5	.367	33.5	476 (4.37)	644 (5.91)	0.225	0.260	0.292	3.79	0.889
10	Richmond Virginians	46	12	30	4	.261	30.5	194 (4.22)	294 (6.39)	0.221	0.248	0.308	4.52	0.874
11	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	110	30	78	2	.273	45.5	406 (3.69)	725 (6.59)	0.211	0.240	0.268	4.35	0.889
12	Indianapolis Hoosiers	110	29	78	3	.264	46.0	462 (4.20)	755 (6.86)	0.233	0.258	0.315	4.20	0.889
13	Washington Nationals	63	12	51	0	.190	41.0	248 (3.94)	481 (7.63)	0.200	0.236	0.259	4.01	0.858

Note: Richmond took over the remainder of Washington's schedule starting on August 5th.

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Steve Brady Dude Esterbrook Charley Jones Bid McPhee	New York Metropolitans New York Metropolitans Cincinnati Red Stockings Cincinnati Red Stockings	112
At Bats	Jimmy Wolf	Louisville Eclipse	486
Runs Scored	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	124
Hits	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	162
Doubles	Sam Barkley	Toledo Blue Stockings	39
Triples	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Home Runs	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	11
Total Bases	Dave Orr John Reilly	New York Metropolitans Cincinnati Red Stockings	247
Runs Batted In	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	112
Walks	Candy Nelson	New York Metropolitans	74
Hit by Pitch	Ed Swartwood	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	15
Batting Average	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	0.354
On-Base Percentage	Charley Jones	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0.376
Slugging Percentage	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0.551
On-Base plus Slugging	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0.917
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	192

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	52
Losses	Larry McKeon	Indianapolis Hoosiers	41
Win-Loss Percentage	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	0.778
Appearances	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	75
Games Started	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	73
Complete Games	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	72
Shutouts	Tony Mullane Will White	Toledo Blue Stockings Cincinnati Red Stockings	7
Games Finished	Phil Reccius	Louisville Eclipse	7
Saves	Oyster Burns Frank Mountain Hank O'Day	Wilmington Quicksteps/Baltimore Orioles Columbus Buckeyes Toledo Blue Stockings	1
Innings Pitched	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	670.2
Batters Faced	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	2649
Hits Allowed	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	526
Home Runs Allowed	Larry McKeon	Indianapolis Hoosiers	20
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Hardie Henderson	Baltimore Orioles	116
Hit Batsmen	Will White	Cincinnati Red Stockings	35
Strikeouts	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	385
Wild Pitches	Bob Emslie	Baltimore Orioles	43
Balks	74 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Larry McKeon	Indianapolis Hoosiers	350
Earned Runs Allowed	Fleury Sullivan	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	206
Earned Run Average	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	1.80
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Guy Hecker	Louisville Eclipse	0.868

Postseason

In the World's Series, the American Association champion New York Metropolitans were defeated by the National League's Providence Grays, 3 games to 0.

Umpires

• Billy Barnie*
• Buck Becannon*
• Tommy Bond*
• Jack Brennan
• John Cassidy*
• John Connell
• Terry Connell
• Morrie Critchley*
• Wes Curry*
• John Dailey
• Charles Daniels
• Dan Devinney
• John Dyler
• Bill Greenwood*
• E.A. Griffith
• Jack Holland
• Al Jennings*
• Tim Keefe*
• Kick Kelly
• Juice Latham*
• John Lawler
• Harry Little*
• Jack Lynch*
• John Magner*
• Pat McGee*
• Trick McSorley*
• Ed Merrill*
• Charles Miller*
• Bill Morgan*
• Charlie Morton*
• Frank Mountain*
• Hank O'Day*
• Gracie Pierce*
• Billy Quinn
• Ed Reeder*
• Robert Ross
• George Seward
• Dave Sullivan
• Adonis Terry*
• Bill Traffley*
• John Valentine
• Parry Wright*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Paul Batesel: Major League Baseball Players of 1884, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2011.
• David Nemec: Early Dreams, Baseball Press Books, San Diego, CA, 1998. ISBN 978-1893392021
• William J. Ryczek: Baseball’s Wildest Season: Three Leagues, Thirty-Four Teams and the Chaos of 1884, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2023. ISBN 978-1-4766-9114-5