1883 Columbus Buckeyes season

1883 Columbus Buckeyes
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Manager(s) Horace Phillips
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The 1883 Columbus Buckeyes finished with a 32–65 record, sixth place in the American Association. This was the first season in the major leagues for the team.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 66 32 0.673 — 37–14 29–18
St. Louis Browns 65 33 0.663 1 35–14 30–19
Cincinnati Red Stockings 61 37 0.622 5 38–13 23–24
New York Metropolitans 54 42 0.562 11 29–17 25–25
Louisville Eclipse 52 45 0.536 13½ 29–18 23–27
Columbus Buckeyes 32 65 0.330 33½ 18–29 14–36
Pittsburg Alleghenys 31 67 0.316 35 18–31 13–36
Baltimore Orioles 28 68 0.292 37 18–31 10–37

Roster

1883 Columbus Buckeyes
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR
C Kemmler, RudyRudy Kemmler 84 318 66 .208 0
1B Field, JimJim Field 76 292 75 .257 1
2B Smith, PopPop Smith 97 405 106 .262 4
3B Kuehne, BillBill Kuehne 95 374 85 .227 1
SS Richmond, JohnJohn Richmond 92 385 109 .283 0
OF Mann, FredFred Mann 96 394 98 .249 1
OF Brown, TomTom Brown 97 420 115 .274 5
OF Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler 82 371 84 .226 0

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Straub, JoeJoe Straub 27 100 13 .130 0
Pierce, GracieGracie Pierce 11 41 7 .171 0
Schwartz, BillBill Schwartz 2 4 1 .250 0
Childs, SamSam Childs 1 3 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
Mountain, FrankFrank Mountain 59 503 26 33 3.60 159
Dundon, EdEd Dundon 20 166.2 3 16 4.48 31
Valentine, JohnJohn Valentine 13 102 2 10 3.53 13
Fries, PetePete Fries 3 25 0 3 6.48 7
McIntyre, FrankFrank McIntyre 2 19 1 1 5.21 6
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler 1 5 0 1 7.20 2

Other 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
Brown, TomTom Brown 3 14 0 1 5.79 6

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
Smith, PopPop Smith 3 0 0 0 6.35 0

References