1884 Richmond Virginians season

The 1884 Richmond Virginians joined the American Association during the season after the Washington Statesmen dropped out. They finished with a 12–30 record, 10th place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.

1884 Richmond Virginians
League	American Association
Ballpark	Allen Pasture
City	Richmond, Virginia
Manager	Felix Moses

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	COL	IND	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	RIC	STL	TOL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–5	4–6	6–4	9–1	6–4–1	5–5	3–7	9–0	4–0	5–5	5–5–1	2–1
Brooklyn	5–5	—	2–8	3–7	7–3	3–6	1–9–1	3–6	4–6	3–2–1	2–7–1	4–4–2	3–1
Cincinnati	6–4	8–2	—	3–7	9–1–1	5–5	4–6–1	4–6	8–1–1	4–0	4–6	7–3	6–0
Columbus	4–6	7–3	7–3	—	8–2	5–5	4–5	5–5–1	9–1	2–2	5–5	8–1–1	5–1
Indianapolis	1–9	3–7	1–9–1	2–8	—	1–9	2–8	4–6	4–6	1–2–1	3–6–1	3–6	4–2
Louisville	4–6–1	6–3	5–5	5–5	9–1	—	3–7–1	6–3	8–2	4–1	5–5	9–1	4–1
New York	5–5	9–1–1	6–4–1	5–4	8–2	7–3–1	—	8–2	9–1	2–0	5–4–1	5–4–1	6–2
Philadelphia	7–3	6–3	6–4	5–5–1	6–4	3–6	2–8	—	8–2	2–0	3–7	6–3	7–1
Pittsburgh	0–9	6–4	1–8–1	1–9	6–4	2–8	1–9	2–8	—	1–4–1	1–9	5–5	4–1
Richmond	0–4	2–3–1	0–4	2–2	2–1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	4–1–1	—	1–3	0–4–1	0–0
St. Louis	5–5	7–2–1	6–4	5–5	6–3–1	5–5	4–5–1	7–3	9–1	3–1	—	5–5	5–1
Toledo	5–5–1	4–4–2	3–7	1–8–1	6–3	1–9	4–5–1	3–6	5–5	4–0–1	5–5	—	5–1
Washington	1–2	1–3	0–6	1–5	2–4	1–4	2–6	1–7	1–4	0–0	1–5	1–5	—

Roster

1884 Richmond Virginians
Roster
Pitchers Wes Curry Ed Dugan John Firth Pete Meegan		Catchers Bill Dugan John Hanna Bill Morgan Marshall Quinton Infielders Ed Ford Terry Larkin Billy Nash Jim Powell Bill Schenck Andy Swan		Outfielders Ed Glenn Walt Goldsby Dick Johnston Mike Mansell Wash Williams		Manager Felix Moses

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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	John Hanna	22	67	13	.194	0
1B	Jim Powell	41	151	37	.245	0
2B	Terry Larkin	40	139	28	.201	0
SS	Bill Schenck	42	151	31	.205	3
3B	Billy Nash	45	166	33	.199	1
OF	Mike Mansell	29	113	34	.301	0
OF	Ed Glenn	43	175	43	.246	1
OF	Dick Johnston	39	146	41	.281	2

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Marshall Quinton	26	94	22	.234	0
Walt Goldsby	11	40	9	.225	0
Bill Dugan	9	28	3	.107	0
Bill Morgan	6	20	2	.100	0
Andy Swan	3	10	5	.500	0
Wash Williams	2	8	2	.250	0
Ed Ford	2	5	0	.000	0

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
Pete Meegan	22	179.0	7	12	4.32	106
Ed Dugan	20	166.1	5	14	4.49	60
Wes Curry	2	16.0	0	2	5.06	1
John Firth	1	9.0	0	1	3.00	0

References

• 1884 Richmond Virginians team page at Baseball Reference