1884 Union Association

The 1884 season of the Union Association was the only 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	St. Louis Maroons	114	94	19	1	.825	-.-	887 (7.78)	429 (3.76)	0.292	0.321	0.394	1.96	0.888
2	Milwaukee Brewers	12	8	4	0	.667	35.5	53 (4.42)	34 (2.83)	0.223	0.260	0.286	2.25	0.892
3	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	105	69	36	0	.657	21.0	703 (6.70)	466 (4.44)	0.271	0.298	0.356	2.38	0.882
4	Baltimore Monumentals	106	58	47	1	.547	32.0	662 (6.25)	627 (5.92)	0.245	0.272	0.310	3.01	0.873
5	Boston Reds	111	58	51	2	.523	34.0	636 (5.73)	558 (5.03)	0.236	0.260	0.309	2.70	0.868
6	Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies	93	41	50	2	.441	42.0	438 (4.71)	482 (5.18)	0.231	0.258	0.296	2.72	0.882
7	Washington Nationals	114	47	65	2	.412	46.5	572 (5.02)	679 (5.96)	0.237	0.259	0.284	3.44	0.875
8	Philadelphia Keystones	67	21	46	0	.313	50.0	414 (6.18)	545 (8.13)	0.245	0.275	0.324	4.63	0.841
9	St. Paul Apostles	9	2	6	1	.222	39.5	24 (2.67)	57 (6.33)	0.180	0.201	0.235	3.17	0.872
10	Altoona Mountain City	25	6	19	0	.240	44.0	90 (3.60)	216 (8.64)	0.248	0.266	0.301	4.68	0.862
11	Kansas City Cowboys	82	16	63	3	.195	61.0	311 (3.79)	618 (7.54)	0.199	0.232	0.253	4.06	0.860
12	Wilmington Quicksteps	18	2	16	0	.111	44.5	35 (1.94)	114 (6.33)	0.175	0.208	0.232	3.04	0.859

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Harry Moore	Washington Nationals	111
At Bats	Dave Rowe	St. Louis Maroons	485
Runs Scored	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	160
Hits	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	185
Doubles	Orator Shaffer	St. Louis Maroons	40
Triples	Dick Burns	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	12
Home Runs	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	13
Total Bases	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	279
Walks	Yank Robinson	Baltimore Monumentals	37
Batting Average	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	.412
On-Base Percentage	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	.448
Slugging Percentage	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	.621
On-Base plus Slugging	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	1.069
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	250

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	40
Losses	Jersey Bakely	Philadelphia Keystones/Wilmington Quicksteps/Kansas City Cowboys	30
Win-Loss Percentage	Perry Werden	St. Louis Maroons	.923
Appearances	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	62
Games Started	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	60
Complete Games	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	58
Shutouts	Jim McCormick	Cleveland Blues/Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	7
Games Finished	Yank Robinson Alex Voss Bill Wise	Baltimore Monumentals Washington Nationals/Kansas City Cowboys Washington Nationals	8
Saves	Billy Taylor	St. Louis Maroons/Philadelphia Athletics	4
Innings Pitched	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	538.0
Hits Allowed	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	522
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Sweeney	Baltimore Monumentals	13
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jersey Bakely	Philadelphia Keystones/Wilmington Quicksteps/Kansas City Cowboys	81
Strikeouts	Hugh Daily	Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies/Washington Nationals	483
Wild Pitches	Milt Whitehead	St. Louis Maroons/Kansas City Cowboys	3
Balks	84 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Jersey Bakely	Philadelphia Keystones/Wilmington Quicksteps/Kansas City Cowboys	338
Earned Runs Allowed	Jersey Bakely	Philadelphia Keystones/Wilmington Quicksteps/Kansas City Cowboys	188
Earned Run Average	Jim McCormick	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	1.54
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Jim McCormick	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	0.786

Further Reading

• Paul Batesel: Major League Baseball Players of 1884, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2011.
• Justin Mckinney: Baseball’s Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League, McFarland, Jefferson, NC. 2022. ISBN 978-1-4766-8060-6
• 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