1884 Chicago White Stockings season

1884 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Lakefront Park (since 1878)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Albert Spalding
Manager(s)	Cap Anson
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The 1884 Chicago White Stockings season was the 13th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 9th in the National League and the 7th at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fifth in the National League with a record of 62–50. White Stocking 3rd baseman, Ned Williamson set the then major league single season home run record with 27 home runs.

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

Record vs. opponents

1884 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	9–6–2	10–6	14–2	12–4–1	8–8–1	13–3	7–9–1
Buffalo	6–9–2	—	10–6–1	14–2	12–4	5–11–1	11–5	6–10
Chicago	6–10	6–10–1	—	8–8	11–5	12–4	14–2	5–11
Cleveland	2–14	2–14	8–8	—	9–7	5–11	6–10–1	3–13
Detroit	4–12–1	4–12	5–11	7–9	—	2–14–1	5–11	1–15
New York	8–8–1	11–5–1	4–12	11–5	14–2–1	—	11–5	3–13–1
Philadelphia	3–13	5–11	2–14	10–6–1	11–5	5–11	—	3–13
Providence	9–7–1	10–6	11–5	13–3	15–1	13–3–1	13–3	—

Roster

1884 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Fred Andrus John Clarkson Larry Corcoran Mike Corcoran George Crosby Fred Goldsmith John Hibbard Tom Lee Thomas Lynch		Catchers Silver Flint Sy Sutcliffe Infielders Cap Anson Tom Burns Walt Kinzie Fred Pfeffer Ned Williamson		Outfielders Joe Brown Abner Dalrymple George Gore King Kelly Billy Sunday		Manager Cap Anson

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	Flint, SilverSilver Flint	73	279	57	.204	9	45
1B	Anson, CapCap Anson	112	475	159	.335	21	102
2B	Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer	112	467	135	.289	25	101
3B	Williamson, NedNed Williamson	107	417	116	.278	27	84
SS	Burns, TomTom Burns	83	343	84	.245	7	44
OF	Dalrymple, AbnerAbner Dalrymple	111	521	161	.309	22	69
OF	Gore, GeorgeGeorge Gore	103	422	134	.318	5	34
OF	Kelly, KingKing Kelly	108	452	160	.354	13	95

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
Sunday, BillyBilly Sunday	43	176	39	.222	4	28
Kinzie, WaltWalt Kinzie	19	82	13	.159	2	8
Brown, JoeJoe Brown	15	61	13	.213	0	3
Sutcliffe, SySy Sutcliffe	4	15	3	.200	0	2

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
Corcoran, LarryLarry Corcoran	60	516.2	35	23	2.40	272
Goldsmith, FredFred Goldsmith	21	188	9	11	4.26	34
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson	14	118	10	3	2.14	102
Brown, JoeJoe Brown	7	50	4	2	4.68	27
Lee, TomTom Lee	5	45.1	1	4	3.77	14
Crosby, GeorgeGeorge Crosby	3	28	1	2	3.54	11
Hibbard, JohnJohn Hibbard	2	17	1	1	2.65	4
Andrus, FredFred Andrus	1	9	1	0	2.00	2
Corcoran, MikeMike Corcoran	1	9	0	1	4.00	2
Lynch, ThomasThomas Lynch	1	7	0	0	2.57	2

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
Kelly, KingKing Kelly	2	0	1	0	8.44	1
Williamson, NedNed Williamson	2	0	0	0	18.00	0
Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Anson, CapCap Anson	1	0	1	0	18.00	1

References

• 1884 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference