1884 Louisville Eclipse season

1884 Louisville Eclipse
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Owner(s) W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager(s) Joe Gerhardt, Mike Walsh
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The 1884 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 68–40 record, third place in the American Association.

There has been some debate over whom the manager of this club was, with some sources listing the club's starting second baseman, Joe Gerhardt, as manager for at least part of the year, with others crediting team official Mike Walsh with either all or part of the year.

Guy Hecker started 75 games for the Eclipse in 1884 and won the American Association Pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins, with 52, strikeouts, with 385, and earned run average with 1.80.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Metropolitans 75 32 0.701 — 42–9 33–23
Columbus Buckeyes 69 39 0.639 6½ 38–16 31–23
Louisville Eclipse 68 40 0.630 7½ 41–14 27–26
St. Louis Browns 67 40 0.626 8 38–16 29–24
Cincinnati Red Stockings 68 41 0.624 8 40–16 28–25
Baltimore Orioles 63 43 0.594 11½ 42–13 21–30
Philadelphia Athletics 61 46 0.570 14 38–16 23–30
Toledo Blue Stockings 46 58 0.442 27½ 28–25 18–33
Brooklyn Atlantics 40 64 0.385 33½ 23–26 17–38
Richmond Virginians 12 30 0.286 30½ 5–15 7–15
Pittsburg Alleghenys 30 78 0.278 45½ 18–37 12–41
Indianapolis Hoosiers 29 78 0.271 46 15–39 14–39
Washington Nationals 12 51 0.190 41 10–20 2–31

Roster

1884 Louisville Eclipse
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 Sullivan, DanDan Sullivan 63 247 59 .239 0 26
2B Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt 106 404 89 .220 0 40
3B Browning, PetePete Browning 103 447 150 .336 4 47
SS McLaughlin, TomTom McLaughlin 98 335 67 .200 0 21
OF Wolf, JimmyJimmy Wolf 110 486 146 .300 3 73
OF Maskrey, LeechLeech Maskrey 105 412 103 .250 0 36

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
Reccius, PhilPhil Reccius 73 263 63 .240 3 21
Whiting, EdEd Whiting 42 157 35 .223 0 18
Hunter, BillBill Hunter 2 7 1 .143 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
Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker 75 670.2 52 20 1.80 385
Driscoll, DennyDenny Driscoll 13 102 6 6 3.44 16
Deagle, RenRen Deagle 12 87.1 4 6 2.58 23
Browning, PetePete Browning 1 0.1 0 1 54.00 0

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
Reccius, PhilPhil Reccius 18 129.1 6 7 2.71 46

References

  1. ↑ "Guy Hecker". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2011.