1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

The 1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American Association with a record of 61–37, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings
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Owner(s)Justus Thorner[1]
Manager(s)Pop Snyder
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Regular season

The Red Stockings came into the 1883 season looking to repeat as American Association Champions, as they had a league best record of 55–25 in 1882. During the off-season, the team announced that catcher Pop Snyder would return as player-manager. Cincinnati also made a big signing, as they signed Charley Jones, who played with the Cincinnati Reds of the National League from 1876–1878. Jones had not played professional baseball since 1880, when he played for the Boston Red Caps of the NL, after which he was black-balled from professional baseball. The Red Stockings also signed another former Reds player, John Reilly, who had also last played major league baseball for the Reds in the 1880 season.

On the diamond, the Red Stockings were led by Jones, who hit .294 with a team leading ten home runs, as well as a league leading 80 RBI. Reilly hit a team high .311 with nine homers and 79 RBI. On the mound, Will White continued to be the ace of the pitching staff, posting a 43–22 record with 64 complete games and a 2.09 ERA in 577 innings pitched.

Season summary

Cincinnati started off the season on the right foot, winning their first four games, and had an impressive 11–5 record in their first sixteen ballgames. However, they were 3.5 games behind the Athletics. The Red Stockings would continue to play good baseball, and had a 31–23 record. However, they sat in fourth place. Cincinnati would then go on to win twelve of their next thirteen games to improve to 43–24. However, they only moved up to third place. The Red Stockings would remain in third place for the rest of the season, finishing the year at 61–37, five games behind the Athletics.

Season standings
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 6632 0.673 — 37–14 29–18
St. Louis Browns 6533 0.663 1 35–14 30–19
Cincinnati Red Stockings 6137 0.622 5 38–13 23–24
New York Metropolitans 5442 0.562 11 29–17 25–25
Louisville Eclipse 5245 0.536 13½ 29–18 23–27
Columbus Buckeyes 3265 0.330 33½ 18–29 14–36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3167 0.316 35 18–31 13–36
Baltimore Orioles 2868 0.292 37 18–31 10–37

Record vs. opponents
1883 American Association Records

Sources:
Team BAL CIN CLB LOU NY PHI PIT STL
Baltimore —3–116–76–83–103–115–92–12
Cincinnati 11–3—11–310–44–109–58–68–6
Columbus 7–63–11—5–93–111–1310–43–11
Louisville 8–64–109–5—7–6–17–711–36–8
New York 10–310–411–36–7–1—5–99–53–11
Philadelphia 11–35–913–17–79–5—12–29–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–84–103–115–92–12—2–12
St. Louis 12–26–811–38–611–35–912–2—

Roster
1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CPop Snyder5825064.256034
1BJohn Reilly98437136.311979
2BBid McPhee9636790.245242
3BHick Carpenter95435130.299340
SSChick Fulmer9236292.254552
OFJoe Sommer97413115.278352
OFCharley Jones90391115.2941080
OFPop Corkhill8837581.216246

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
Phil Powers3011428.24608
Bill Traffley3010521.20008
Jimmy Macullar14488.16704
Podge Weihe141.25000

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
Will White6557743222.09141
Ren Deagle181481082.3148
Harry McCormick15128.2862.8721
Bill Mountjoy18012.253

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
Joe Sommer10005.402

References
  1. "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.


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