The following are the baseball events of the year 1884 throughout the world.
Years in baseball |
1884 in sports |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | .750 | — | 45–11 | 39–17 |
Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | .658 | 10½ | 40–16 | 33–22 |
Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | .577 | 19½ | 37–18 | 27–29 |
New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 34–22 | 28–28 |
Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 39–17 | 23–33 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | .348 | 45 | 19–37 | 20–36 |
Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | .312 | 49 | 22–34 | 13–43 |
Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | .250 | 56 | 18–38 | 10–46 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Metropolitans | 75 | 32 | .701 | — | 42–9 | 33–23 |
Columbus Buckeyes | 69 | 39 | .639 | 6½ | 38–16 | 31–23 |
Louisville Eclipse | 68 | 40 | .630 | 7½ | 41–14 | 27–26 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 40 | .626 | 8 | 38–16 | 29–24 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 68 | 41 | .624 | 8 | 40–16 | 28–25 |
Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 43 | .594 | 11½ | 42–13 | 21–30 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 61 | 46 | .570 | 14 | 38–16 | 23–30 |
Toledo Blue Stockings | 46 | 58 | .442 | 27½ | 28–25 | 18–33 |
Brooklyn Atlantics | 40 | 64 | .385 | 33½ | 23–26 | 17–38 |
Richmond Virginians | 12 | 30 | .286 | 30½ | 5–15 | 7–15 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 30 | 78 | .278 | 45½ | 18–37 | 12–41 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 29 | 78 | .271 | 46 | 15–39 | 14–39 |
Washington Nationals | 12 | 51 | .190 | 41 | 10–20 | 2–31 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19 | .832 | — | 49–6 | 45–13 |
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36 | .657 | 21 | 35–17 | 34–19 |
Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47 | .552 | 32 | 29–21 | 29–26 |
Boston Reds | 58 | 51 | .532 | 34 | 34–22 | 24–29 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 35½ | 8–4 | 0–0 |
St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6 | .250 | 39½ | 0–0 | 2–6 |
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50 | .451 | 42 | 21–19 | 20–31 |
Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19 | .240 | 44 | 6–12 | 0–7 |
Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16 | .111 | 44½ | 1–6 | 1–10 |
Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65 | .420 | 46½ | 36–27 | 11–38 |
Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46 | .313 | 50 | 14–21 | 7–25 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63 | .203 | 61 | 11–23 | 5–40 |
National League | |||
Type | Name | Stat | |
AVG | Mike "King" Kelly CHW | .354 | |
HR | Ned Williamson CHW | 27 | |
RBI | Cap Anson CHW | 102 | |
Wins | Charles Radbourn PRO | 59 | |
ERA | Charles Radbourn PRO | 1.38 | |
Strikeouts | Charles Radbourn PRO | 441 |
American Association | |||
Type | Name | Stat | |
AVG | Dave Orr NYM | .354 | |
HR | John Reilly CIN | 11 | |
RBI | Dave Orr NYM | 112 | |
Wins | Guy Hecker LOU | 52 | |
ERA | Guy Hecker LOU | 1.80 | |
Strikeouts | Guy Hecker LOU | 385 |
Union Association | |||
Type | Name | Stat | |
AVG | Fred Dunlap SLM | .412 | |
HR | Fred Dunlap SLM | 13 | |
RBI | Unavailable | NA | |
Wins | Bill Sweeney BLM | 40 | |
ERA | Jim McCormick COR | 1.54 | |
Strikeouts | Hugh Daily CHB/WHS | 483 |
The 1884 season was memorable in that six of the top 10 all-time Major League Baseball single season strikeout totals were set that season:[1]
Pitcher | Strikeouts | Season | Team | League | Overall Rank |
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Hugh Daily | 483 | 1884 | Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies/Washington Nationals | UA | 3 |
Dupee Shaw | 451 | 1884 | Detroit Wolverines/Boston Reds | NL/UA | 4 |
Old Hoss Radbourn | 441 | 1884 | Providence Grays | NL | 5 |
Charlie Buffington | 417 | 1884 | Boston Beaneaters | NL | 6 |
Guy Hecker | 385 | 1884 | Louisville Eclipse | AA | 7 |
Bill Sweeney | 374 | 1884 | Baltimore Monumentals | UA | 10 |
Old Hoss Radbourn won a record 59 or 60 games (depending on the sources), a record that will almost certainly never be broken. In addition to wins, Radbourn led the National League in games (75), games started (73), complete games (73), ERA (1.38), saves (2), strikeouts (441), and innings pitched (678.2).
The season record for pitching strikeouts (369, by Tim Keefe 1883) is broken by seven players, with Hugh Daily beating Keefe's record by 114. To this day (as of 2020), six of the top ten strikeout seasons were accomplished in 1884 (including five of the top seven).[2] 1884 was the first season in which pitchers were allowed to throw overhand.[improper synthesis?]
* Some sources show 1887