1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies season

The 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies finished with a 41–50 record (34–39 while in Chicago, 7–11 while in Allegheny City) in the Union Association, finishing in sixth place. This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies
LeagueUnion Association
BallparkSouth Side Park, Exposition Park
CityChicago, Illinois, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
OwnerA. H. Henderson
ManagersEd Hengel, Joe Battin, Joe Ellick

The team moved from Chicago to Allegheny City (today a part of Pittsburgh's North Shore) after their game of August 22. The team folded completely after their game of September 18, which was about a month before the 1884 season was scheduled to be over.

With the Wilmington Quicksteps also having folded on September 21, and with about a dozen games remaining to be played, for the final games of the season the two defunct teams were replaced by teams from Milwaukee and St. Paul.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Union Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

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Team ALT BAL BOS CHI/PIT CIN KC MIL PHI STL STP WSH WIL
Altoona 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–8 0–0 3–1 0–0
Baltimore 3–1 10–5–1 7–5 4–10 10–2 1–3 10–2 1–14 0–0 11–5 1–0
Boston 1–1 5–10–1 4–8–1 5–11 8–4 2–2 8–3 8–8 0–0 12–4 5–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh 0–0 5–7 8–4–1 7–8 12–4 0–0 3–5 2–14 0–0 4–8–1 0–0
Cincinnati 3–0 10–4 11–5 8–7 9–1 0–0 9–0 4–12 3–0 10–6 2–1
Kansas City 0–0 2–10 4–8 4–12 1–9 0–0 0–4 0–11–1 1–1–1 4–8–1 0–0
Milwaukee 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0
Philadelphia 3–1 2–10 3–8 5–3 0–9 4–0 0–0 0–8 0–0 4–7 0–0
St. Louis 8–0 14–1 8–8 14–2 12–4 11–0–1 0–0 8–0 2–1 13–3 4–0
St. Paul 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0
Washington 1–3 5–11 4–12 8–4–1 6–10 8–4–1 1–3 7–4 3–13 0–0 4–1
Wilmington 0–0 0–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–4


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies
Roster
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR
C Bill Krieg 71 279 69 .247 0
1B Jumbo Schoeneck 90 366 116 .317 2
2B Moxie Hengel 19 74 15 .203 0
3B Charlie Householder 83 310 74 .239 1
SS Steve Matthias 37 142 39 .275 0
OF Charlie Briggs 49 182 31 .170 1
OF Joe Ellick 92 394 93 .236 0
OF Harry Wheeler 37 158 36 .228 1

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Tony Suck 53 188 28 .149 0
Gid Gardner 38 149 38 .255 0
Emil Gross 23 95 34 .358 4
Will Foley 19 71 20 .282 0
Chippy McGarr 19 70 11 .157 0
Joe Battin 18 69 13 .188 0
Frank McLaughlin 15 67 16 .239 0
Charlie Baker 15 57 8 .140 0
George Strief 15 53 11 .208 0
Jack Leary 10 40 7 .175 0
Charlie Berry 7 27 3 .111 0
Frank Bishop 4 16 3 .188 0
Willis Wyman 2 8 3 .375 0
Phil Coridan 2 7 1 .143 0
Bernie Graham 1 5 1 .200 0
Dan Cronin 1 4 1 .250 0
Art Richardson 1 4 0 .000 0
Charlie Fisher 1 3 2 .667 0
Al Skinner 1 3 1 .333 0
Harry Koons 1 3 0 .000 0
Kid Baldwin 1 1 1 1.000 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hugh Daily 56 484.2 27 27 2.43 469
Al Atkinson 16 140.0 6 10 2.76 104
Patrick Horan 13 98.0 3 6 3.49 55
Charlie Cady 4 35.0 3 1 2.83 15
Frank Foreman 3 18.0 1 2 4.00 10
Cyclone Miller 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 13
Gid Gardner 1 6.0 0 1 6.00 4

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Leary 2 10.0 0 2 5.40 6

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Charlie Householder 2 0 0 0 0.00 3

References

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