The 1884 season of the Union Association was the only season of the league.
Season summary[edit]
Standings[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
Batting[edit]
Pitching[edit]
Notable events[edit]
Further Reading[edit]
- 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
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