1883 St. Louis Browns season

The 1883 St. Louis Browns season was the team's second season in St. Louis, Missouri and its second season in the American Association. The Browns went 65–33 during the season and finished second in the American Association.

1883 St. Louis Browns
League	American Association
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	65–33 (.663)
League place	2nd
Owners	Chris von der Ahe
Managers	Ted Sullivan (53–26) Charlie Comiskey (12–7)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	66	32	.673	—	37‍–‍14	29‍–‍18
St. Louis Browns	65	33	.663	1	35‍–‍14	30‍–‍19
Cincinnati Red Stockings	61	37	.622	5	38‍–‍13	23‍–‍24
New York Metropolitans	54	42	.562	11	29‍–‍17	25‍–‍25
Louisville Eclipse	52	45	.536	13½	29‍–‍18	23‍–‍27
Columbus Buckeyes	32	65	.330	33½	18‍–‍29	14‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	31	67	.316	35	18‍–‍31	13‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles	28	68	.292	37	18‍–‍31	10‍–‍37

Record vs. opponents

1883 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	CIN	CLB	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	3–11	6–7	6–8	3–10	3–11	5–9	2–12
Cincinnati	11–3	—	11–3	10–4	4–10	9–5	8–6	8–6
Columbus	7–6	3–11	—	5–9	3–11	1–13	10–4	3–11
Louisville	8–6	4–10	9–5	—	7–6–1	7–7	11–3	6–8
New York	10–3	10–4	11–3	6–7–1	—	5–9	9–5	3–11
Philadelphia	11–3	5–9	13–1	7–7	9–5	—	12–2	9–5
Pittsburgh	9–5	6–8	4–10	3–11	5–9	2–12	—	2–12
St. Louis	12–2	6–8	11–3	8–6	11–3	5–9	12–2	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Pos=Position, G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, Avg=Batting average, HR=Home runs, RBI=Runs batted in, BB=Base on balls, Slg=Slugging percentage

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	BB	Slg
C	Pat Deasley	58	206	27	53	2	1	.257	0	15	6	.277
1B	Charles Comiskey	96	401	87	118	17	9	.294	2	64	11	.397
2B	George Strief	82	302	22	68	9	0	.225	1	22	12	.265
3B	Arlie Latham	98	406	86	96	12	7	.236	0	?	18	.300
SS	Bill Gleason	98	425	81	122	21	9	.287	2	42	15	.393
OF	Hugh Nicol	94	368	73	105	13	3	.285	0	39	18	.337
OF	Fred Lewis	49	209	37	63	8	4	.301	1	33	1	.392
OF	Tom Dolan	81	295	32	63	9	2	.214	1	18	9	.268

Other batters

G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, Avg.=Batting average, HR=Home runs, RBI=Runs batted in, BB=Base on balls, Slg=Slugging percentage

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	BB	Slg
Tom Mansell	28	112	23	45	8	1	.402	0	24	7	.491
Joe Quest	19	78	12	20	3	1	.256	0	10	1	.321
Ned Cuthbert	21	71	3	12	1	0	.169	0	3	4	.183
Jack Gleason	9	34	2	8	0	0	.235	0	0	4	.235
Sleeper Sullivan	8	27	2	6	0	1	.222	0	0	0	.296
Tom Loftus	6	22	1	4	0	0	.182	0	0	2	.182
Harry McCaffery	5	18	0	1	0	0	.056	0	1	1	.056
Henry Oberbeck	4	14	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	.000
John Ewing	1	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	.000
Jack Gorman	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	.000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tony Mullane	53	460.2	35	15	2.19	191
Jumbo McGinnis	45	382.2	28	16	2.33	128
Charlie Hodnett	4	32.0	2	2	1.41	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Dolan	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

External links

• 1883 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
• 1883 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com