1883 Philadelphia Athletics season

1883 Philadelphia Athletics 1883 American Association Champions
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (Since 1883) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1882)
1883 Information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager(s)	Lon Knight
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The 1883 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 66-32 record and won the championship of the American Association.

1 Regular season
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 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Lon Knight

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	O'Brien, JackJack O'Brien	94	390	113	.290	0	70
1B	Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	94	421	128	.304	14	66
2B	Stricker, CubCub Stricker	89	330	90	.273	1	40
3B	Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	76	312	73	.234	1	36
SS	Moynahan, MikeMike Moynahan	95	400	124	.310	1	67
OF	Knight, LonLon Knight	97	429	108	.252	1	53
OF	Birchall, JudJud Birchall	96	448	108	.241	1	24
OF	Blakiston, BobBob Blakiston	44	167	41	.246	0	26

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
Corey, FredFred Corey	71	298	77	.258	1	40
Rowen, EdEd Rowen	49	196	43	.219	0	21
Crowley, BillBill Crowley	23	96	24	.250	0	16
Hubbard, AlAl Hubbard	2	6	2	.333	0	2
Mason, CharlieCharlie Mason	1	2	1	.500	0	1

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
Mathews, BobbyBobby Mathews	44	381	30	13	2.46	203
Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	26	214.1	16	7	3.15	56
Corey, FredFred Corey	18	148.1	10	7	3.40	42
Jones, JackJack Jones	7	65	5	2	2.63	28
Bakely, JerseyJersey Bakely	8	61.1	5	3	3.23	14

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
Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	1	0	0	0	9.00	4

References

1883 Philadelphia Athletics 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

Preceded by Cincinnati Red Stockings 1882	American Association Championship Season 1883	Succeeded by New York Metropolitans 1884