1884 Boston Reds season

1884 Boston Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Dartmouth Grounds (since 1884)
  • Boston, Massachusetts (since 1884)
Other information
Manager(s) Tim Murnane
     

The 1884 Boston Reds finished with a 58–51 record in the Union Association, finishing in fifth place (fourth among teams that played a full schedule). This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

Regular season

Season standings

Union Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 94 19 0.832 — 49–6 45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 69 36 0.657 21 35–17 34–19
Baltimore Monumentals 58 47 0.552 32 29–21 29–26
Boston Reds 58 51 0.532 34 34–22 24–29
Milwaukee Brewers 8 5 0.615 36 8–4 0–1
St. Paul Saints 2 6 0.250 39½ 0–0 2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 41 50 0.451 42 21–19 20–31
Altoona Mountain City 6 19 0.240 44 6–12 0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps 2 16 0.111 44½ 1–6 1–10
Washington Nationals (UA) 47 65 0.420 46½ 36–27 11–38
Philadelphia Keystones 21 46 0.313 50 14–21 7–25
Kansas City Cowboys 16 63 0.203 61 11–23 5–40

Roster

1884 Boston Reds
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
C Brown, LewLew Brown 85 325 75 .231 1
1B Murnane, TimTim Murnane 76 311 73 .235 0
2B O'Brien, TomTom O'Brien 103 449 118 .263 4
3B Irwin, JohnJohn Irwin 105 432 101 .234 1
SS Hackett, WalterWalter Hackett 103 415 101 .243 1
OF Butler, KidKid Butler 71 255 43 .169 0
OF Slattery, MikeMike Slattery 106 413 86 .208 0
OF Crane, EdEd Crane 101 428 122 .285 12

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
McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy 53 209 45 .215 0
McKeever, JimJim McKeever 16 66 9 .136 0
Flynn, JoeJoe Flynn 9 31 7 .226 0
Scanlon, PatPat Scanlon 6 24 7 .292 0
Callahan, EdEd Callahan 4 13 5 .385 0
Reilley, CharlieCharlie Reilley 3 11 0 .000 0
Mullin, HenryHenry Mullin 2 8 0 .000 0
Sladen, ArtArt Sladen 2 7 0 .000 0
Dow, ClarenceClarence Dow 1 6 2 .333 0
Rudderham, JohnJohn Rudderham 1 4 1 .250 0
Peak, EliasElias Peak 1 4 2 .500 0
Murphy, Murphy 1 3 0 .000 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Shaw, DupeeDupee Shaw 39 315.2 21 15 1.77 309
Burke, JamesJames Burke 38 322 19 15 2.85 255
Bond, TommyTommy Bond 23 189 13 9 3.00 128
McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy 7 56 0 7 4.82 18
Tenney, FredFred Tenney 4 35 3 1 2.31 18
Daniels, CharlieCharlie Daniels 2 16.2 0 2 4.32 12

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Crane, EdEd Crane 4 18 0 2 4.00 13

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Brown, LewLew Brown 1 0 0 1 36.00 0

References