1883 Philadelphia Athletics season

1883 Philadelphia Athletics
1883 American Association Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other 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.

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 Philadelphia Athletics
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 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
Bakley, JerseyJersey Bakley 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