1884 Richmond Virginians season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
1884 Richmond Virginians
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkAllen Pasture
CityRichmond, Virginia
ManagerFelix Moses

The 1884 Richmond Virginians joined the American Association during the season after the Washington Statesmen dropped out. They finished with a 12–30 record, 10th place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.

Regular season

Season standings

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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
Pittsburgh 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 record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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
Pittsburgh 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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1884 Richmond Virginians
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR
C John Hanna 22 67 13 .194 0
1B Jim Powell 41 151 37 .245 0
2B Terry Larkin 40 139 28 .201 0
SS Bill Schenck 42 151 31 .205 3
3B Billy Nash 45 166 33 .199 1
OF Mike Mansell 29 113 34 .301 0
OF Ed Glenn 43 175 43 .246 1
OF Dick Johnston 39 146 41 .281 2

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Marshall Quinton 26 94 22 .234 0
Walt Goldsby 11 40 9 .225 0
Bill Dugan 9 28 3 .107 0
Bill Morgan 6 20 2 .100 0
Andy Swan 3 10 5 .500 0
Wash Williams 2 8 2 .250 0
Ed Ford 2 5 0 .000 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
Pete Meegan 22 179.0 7 12 4.32 106
Ed Dugan 20 166.1 5 14 4.49 60
Wes Curry 2 16.0 0 2 5.06 1
John Firth 1 9.0 0 1 3.00 0

References

  • 1884 Richmond Virginians team page at Baseball Reference


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