1883 Louisville Eclipse season

1883 Louisville Eclipse
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1882)
Location
Eclipse Park (Since 1882) Louisville, Kentucky (Since 1882)
1883 Information
Owner(s)	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager(s)	Joe Gerhardt
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The 1883 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 52-45 record, fifth place in the American Association.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Opening Day lineup 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Relief pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics	66	32	--	.673
St. Louis Browns	65	33	1	.663
Cincinnati Red Stockings	61	37	5	.622
New York Metropolitans	54	42	11	.563
Louisville Eclipse	52	45	13.5	.536
Columbus Buckeyes	32	65	33.5	.330
Pittsburg Alleghenys	31	67	35	.316
Baltimore Orioles	28	68	37	.292

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1883 Louisville Eclipse
Roster
Pitchers Guy Hecker Sam Weaver Catchers Dan Sullivan Ed Whiting		Infielders Lew Brown Joe Gerhardt Jack Gleason Juice Latham Jack Leary Henry Luff Tom McLaughlin		Outfielders Pete Browning Ri Jones Leech Maskrey Walter Prince John Reccius Phil Reccius George Winkleman Jimmy Wolf		Manager Joe Gerhardt

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	Whiting, EdEd Whiting	58	240	70	.292	2
1B	Latham, JuiceJuice Latham	88	368	92	.250	0
2B	Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt	78	319	84	.263	0
3B	Gleason, JackJack Gleason	84	355	106	.299	2
SS	Leary, JackJack Leary	40	165	31	.188	3
OF	Wolf, JimmyJimmy Wolf	98	389	102	.262	1
OF	Maskrey, LeechLeech Maskrey	96	361	73	.202	1
OF	Browning, PetePete Browning	84	358	121	.338	4

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker	81	332	90	.271	1
McLaughlin, TomTom McLaughlin	42	146	28	.192	0
Sullivan, DanDan Sullivan	37	147	31	.211	0
Reccius, JohnJohn Reccius	18	63	9	.143	0
Brown, LewLew Brown	14	60	11	.183	0
Luff, HenryHenry Luff	6	23	4	.174	0
Winkleman, GeorgeGeorge Winkleman	4	13	0	.000	0
Prince, WalterWalter Prince	4	11	2	.182	0
Jones, RiRi Jones	2	7	0	.000	0
Reccius, PhilPhil Reccius	1	3	1	.333	0
Sullivan, SleeperSleeper Sullivan	1	2	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
Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker	51	451	26	23	3.33	153
Weaver, SamSam Weaver	48	418.2	26	22	3.70	116

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
Reccius, JohnJohn Reccius	1	0	0	0	2.25	0

References

• 1883 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference

1883 MLB season by team National League Boston • Buffalo • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • Providence American Association Baltimore • Cincinnati • Columbus • Louisville • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburg • St. Louis

Louisville Colonels Based in Louisville, Kentucky The Franchise Players • Managers • Opening Day starting pitchers Ballparks Eclipse Park Championships 1890 AA Pennant • 1890 World Series (tied) Seasons 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899