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1884 Cleveland Blues season

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Major League Baseball team season
1884 Cleveland Blues
LeagueNational League
BallparkKennard Street Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
ManagerCharlie Hackett
← 1883

The 1884 Cleveland Blues season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blues finishing the season at 35–72, seventh place in the National League. After the season, the team was purchased by Charles Byrne for $10,000 and shut down, many of the players being added to Byrne's Brooklyn Grays team.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1884 National League record
Sources:
Team BSN BUF CHI CLV DTN NYG PHI PRV
Boston — 9–6–2 10–6 14–2 12–4–1 8–8–1 13–3 7–9–1
Buffalo 6–9–2 — 10–6–1 14–2 12–4 5–11–1 11–5 6–10
Chicago 6–10 6–10–1 — 8–8 11–5 12–4 14–2 5–11
Cleveland 2–14 2–14 8–8 — 9–7 5–11 6–10–1 3–13
Detroit 4–12–1 4–12 5–11 7–9 — 2–14–1 5–11 1–15
New York 8–8–1 11–5–1 4–12 11–5 14–2–1 — 11–5 3–13–1
Philadelphia 3–13 5–11 2–14 10–6–1 11–5 5–11 — 3–13
Providence 9–7–1 10–6 11–5 13–3 15–1 13–3–1 13–3 —

Roster

1884 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Doc Bushong 62 203 48 .236 0 10
1B Bill Phillips 111 464 128 .276 3 46
2B Germany Smith 72 291 74 .254 4 26
SS Jack Glasscock 72 281 70 .249 1 22
3B Mike Muldoon 110 422 101 .239 2 38
OF Pete Hotaling 102 408 99 .243 3 27
OF Willie Murphy 42 168 38 .226 1 9
OF Jake Evans 80 313 81 .259 1 38

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Sam Moffet 67 256 47 .184 0 15
Fatty Briody 43 148 25 .169 1 12
George Pinkney 36 144 45 .313 0 16
Ernie Burch 32 124 26 .210 0 7
Joe Ardner 26 92 16 .174 0 4
Mike Moynahan 12 45 13 .289 0 6
Guerdon Whiteley 8 34 5 .147 0 0
Jerry Moore 9 30 6 .200 0 10
George Strief 8 29 7 .241 0 0
George Fisher 6 24 3 .125 0 0
Pit Gilman 2 10 1 .100 0 0
Bill Smith 1 3 0 .000 0 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
John Harkins 46 391.0 12 32 3.68 192
Jim McCormick 42 359.0 19 22 2.86 182
Sam Moffet 24 197.2 3 19 3.87 84
John Henry 5 42.0 1 4 3.64 23

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
Jack Glasscock 2 0 0 0 5.40 1

References

1884 MLB season by team
National League
American Association
Union Association
1884 World Series
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