1884 National League

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The 1884 season of the National League was the ninth 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	Providence Grays	114	84	28	2	.737	-.-	665 (5.83)	388 (3.40)	0.241	0.293	0.315	1.61	0.918
2	Boston Beaneaters	116	73	38	5	.629	10.5	684 (5.90)	468 (4.03)	0.254	0.289	0.351	2.47	0.920
3	Buffalo Bisons	115	64	47	4	.557	19.5	700 (6.09)	626 (5.44)	0.262	0.298	0.361	2.95	0.904
4	New York Gothams	116	62	50	4	.534	22.0	693 (5.97)	623 (5.37)	0.255	0.298	0.341	3.12	0.895
5	Chicago White Stockings	113	62	50	1	.549	22.0	834 (7.38)	647 (5.73)	0.281	0.324	0.446	3.03	0.886
6	Philadelphia Quakers	113	39	73	1	.345	45.0	549 (4.86)	824 (7.29)	0.234	0.272	0.301	3.93	0.888
7	Cleveland Blues	113	35	77	1	.310	49.0	458 (4.05)	716 (6.34)	0.237	0.269	0.312	3.43	0.897
8	Detroit Wolverines	114	28	84	2	.246	56.0	445 (3.90)	736 (6.46)	0.208	0.247	0.284	3.38	0.890

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Roger Connor Alex McKinnon	New York Gothams New York Gothams	116
At Bats	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	521
Runs Scored	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	120
Hits	Jim O'Rourke Ezra Sutton	Buffalo Bisons Boston Beaneaters	162
Doubles	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	36
Triples	Buck Ewing	New York Gothams	20
Home Runs	Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings	27
Total Bases	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	263
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	102
Walks	George Gore	Chicago White Stockings	61
Strikeouts	Sam Wise	Boston Beaneaters	104
Batting Average	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	0.354
On-Base Percentage	King Kelly	Chicago White Stockings	0.414
Slugging Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.563
On-Base plus Slugging	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	0.941
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	189

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	59
Losses	John Harkins	Cleveland Blues	32
Win-Loss Percentage	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	0.831
Appearances	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	75
Games Started	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	73
Complete Games	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	73
Shutouts	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	12
Games Finished	John Morrill	Boston Beaneaters	6
Saves	John Morrill	Boston Beaneaters	2
Innings Pitched	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	678.2
Batters Faced	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	2672
Hits Allowed	Pud Galvin	Buffalo Bisons	566
Home Runs Allowed	Larry Corcoran	Chicago White Stockings	35
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Mickey Welch	New York Gothams	146
Hit Batsmen	62 players tied		0
Strikeouts	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	441
Wild Pitches	John Harkins	Cleveland Blues	48
Balks	John Henry	Cleveland Blues	2
Runs Allowed	John Harkins	Cleveland Blues	300
Earned Runs Allowed	Charlie Ferguson	Philadelphia Quakers	164
Earned Run Average	Charley Radbourn	Providence Grays	1.38
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Charlie Sweeney	Providence Grays	0.824

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Charles Baker*
• Bob Blakiston*
• John Burns
• Ed Caskin*
• John Coleman*
• Stewart Decker
• Bob Ferguson
• Bill Furlong
• John Gaffney
• Tom Gunning*
• Mike Hines*
• C.F. Howard*
• Kick Kelly*
• Doc Kennedy*
• Fergy Malone
• Billy McLean
• Cyclone Miller*
• Billy Serad*
• Eugene Van Court
• Jim Whitney*

* 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