1884 Cleveland Blues season

1884 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Kennard Street Park (since 1879)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1879)
Other information
Manager(s) Charlie Hackett
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The 1884 Cleveland Blues season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blues finishing the season at 35–72, seventh place in the National League. After the season, the team was purchased by Charles Byrne for $10,000 and shut down, many of the players being added to Byrne's Brooklyn Grays team.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 84 28 0.750 — 45–11 39–17
Boston Beaneaters 73 38 0.658 10½ 40–16 33–22
Buffalo Bisons 64 47 0.577 19½ 37–18 27–29
New York Gothams 62 50 0.554 22 34–22 28–28
Chicago White Stockings 62 50 0.554 22 39–17 23–33
Philadelphia Quakers 39 73 0.348 45 19–37 20–36
Cleveland Blues 35 77 0.312 49 22–34 13–43
Detroit Wolverines 28 84 0.250 56 18–38 10–46

Roster

1884 Cleveland Blues
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
1B Phillips, BillBill Phillips 111 464 128 .276 3 46
SS Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock 72 281 70 .249 1 22
OF Moffet, SamSam Moffet 67 256 47 .184 0 15

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
Briody, FattyFatty Briody 43 148 25 .169 1 12
Moore, JerryJerry Moore 9 30 6 .200 0 10
Fisher, GeorgeGeorge Fisher 6 24 3 .125 0 0
Smith, BillBill Smith 1 3 0 .000 0 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
Harkins, JohnJohn Harkins 46 391 12 32 3.68 192
McCormick, JimJim McCormick 42 359 19 22 2.86 182
Moffet, SamSam Moffet 24 197.2 3 19 3.87 84
Henry, JohnJohn Henry 5 42 1 4 3.64 23

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
Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock 2 0 0 0 5.40 1

References