1884 St. Louis Browns season

1884 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1882)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	67–40 (.626)
League place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Jimmy Williams (51–33) Charlie Comiskey (16–7)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1884 St. Louis Browns season was the team's third season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its third season in the American Association. The Browns went 67–40 during the season and finished fourth in the American Association.

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

Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	COL	IND	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	RIC	STL	TOL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–5	4–6	6–4	9–1	6–4–1	5–5	3–7	9–0	4–0	5–5	5–5–1	2–1
Brooklyn	5–5	—	2–8	3–7	7–3	3–6	1–9–1	3–6	4–6	3–2–1	2–7–1	4–4–2	3–1
Cincinnati	6–4	8–2	—	3–7	9–1–1	5–5	4–6–1	4–6	8–1–1	4–0	4–6	7–3	6–0
Columbus	4–6	7–3	7–3	—	8–2	5–5	4–5	5–5–1	9–1	2–2	5–5	8–1–1	5–1
Indianapolis	1–9	3–7	1–9–1	2–8	—	1–9	2–8	4–6	4–6	1–2–1	3–6–1	3–6	4–2
Louisville	4–6–1	6–3	5–5	5–5	9–1	—	3–7–1	6–3	8–2	4–1	5–5	9–1	4–1
New York	5–5	9–1–1	6–4–1	5–4	8–2	7–3–1	—	8–2	9–1	2–0	5–4–1	5–4–1	6–2
Philadelphia	7–3	6–3	6–4	5–5–1	6–4	3–6	2–8	—	8–2	2–0	3–7	6–3	7–1
Pittsburg	0–9	6–4	1–8–1	1–9	6–4	2–8	1–9	2–8	—	1–4–1	1–9	5–5	4–1
Richmond	0–4	2–3–1	0–4	2–2	2–1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	4–1–1	—	1–3	0–4–1	0–0
St. Louis	5–5	7–2–1	6–4	5–5	6–3–1	5–5	4–5–1	7–3	9–1	3–1	—	5–5	5–1
Toledo	5–5–1	4–4–2	3–7	1–8–1	6–3	1–9	4–5–1	3–6	5–5	4–0–1	5–5	—	5–1
Washington	1–2	1–3	0–6	1–5	2–4	1–4	2–6	1–7	1–4	0–0	1–5	1–5	—

Roster

1884 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Daisy Davis Dave Foutz Jumbo McGinnis Catchers Nin Alexander Pat Deasley Tom Dolan Jim McCauley		Infielders Charlie Comiskey Chick Fulmer Bill Gleason Walt Kinzie Arlie Latham Joe Quest		Outfielders Bob Caruthers Walt Goldsby Charlie Krehmeyer Johnny Lavin Fred Lewis Hugh Nicol Tip O'Neill George Strief Al Strueve Harry Wheeler		Manager Charlie Comiskey Jimmy Williams

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
C	Deasley, PatPat Deasley	75	254	52	.205	0
1B	Comiskey, CharlieCharlie Comiskey	108	460	109	.237	2
2B	Quest, JoeJoe Quest	81	310	64	.206	0
SS	Gleason, BillBill Gleason	110	472	127	.269	1
3B	Latham, ArlieArlie Latham	110	474	130	.274	1
OF	O'Neill, TipTip O'Neill	78	297	82	.276	3
OF	Lewis, FredFred Lewis	73	300	97	.323	0
OF	Nicol, HughHugh Nicol	110	442	116	.262	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Strief, GeorgeGeorge Strief	48	184	37	.201	2
Goldsby, WaltWalt Goldsby	5	20	4	.200	0
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler	5	19	5	.263	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
McGinnis, JumboJumbo McGinnis	40	354.1	24	16	2.84	141
Foutz, DaveDave Foutz	25	206.2	15	6	2.18	95
Davis, DaisyDaisy Davis	25	198.1	10	12	2.90	143
O'Neill, TipTip O'Neill	17	141	11	4	2.68	36

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
Caruthers, BobBob Caruthers	13	82.2	7	2	2.61	58

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
Comiskey, CharlieCharlie Comiskey	1	0	0	0	2.25	4

References

• 1884 St. Louis Browns
• 1884 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com