1883 Philadelphia Quakers season
The 1883 Philadelphia Quakers season was the first in the franchise's existence. The team was founded earlier in the year as a replacement for the Worcester franchise. It was the first year Philadelphia was represented in the National League since the original Athletics were disbanded in 1876. The American Association's Philadelphia Athletics had been founded a year earlier.
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Owner(s) | Al Reach, John Rogers |
Manager(s) | Bob Ferguson, Blondie Purcell |
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The team opened the year managed by Bob Ferguson; however, he was fired as manager after a disappointing 4–13 start[1] and replaced by Blondie Purcell. The team finished the season 17–81, worst in the National League.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 63 | 35 | 0.643 | — | 41–8 | 22–27 |
Chicago White Stockings | 59 | 39 | 0.602 | 4 | 36–13 | 23–26 |
Providence Grays | 58 | 40 | 0.592 | 5 | 34–15 | 24–25 |
Cleveland Blues | 55 | 42 | 0.567 | 7½ | 31–18 | 24–24 |
Buffalo Bisons | 49 | 45 | 0.521 | 12 | 36–13 | 13–32 |
New York Gothams | 46 | 50 | 0.479 | 16 | 28–19 | 18–31 |
Detroit Wolverines | 40 | 58 | 0.408 | 23 | 23–26 | 17–32 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 17 | 81 | 0.173 | 46 | 9–40 | 8–41 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | PRV | |||||||||
Boston | — | 7–7 | 7–7 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 14–0 | 8–6 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 7–7 | — | 5–9 | 7–7 | 9–5–1 | 8–5 | 9–5 | 7–7 | |||||||||
Chicago | 7–7 | 9–5 | — | 6–8 | 9–5 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 7–7 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 4–10 | 7–7 | 8–6 | — | 9–5–1 | 7–6–2 | 12–2 | 8–6 | |||||||||
Detroit | 4–10 | 5–9–1 | 5–9 | 5–9–1 | — | 8–6 | 11–3–1 | 2–12 | |||||||||
New York | 7–7 | 5–8 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 6–8 | — | 12–2 | 5–9 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 0–14 | 5–9 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 3–11–1 | 2–12 | — | 3–11 | |||||||||
Providence | 6–8 | 7–7 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 12–2 | 9–5 | 11–3 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Emil Gross | 57 | 231 | 71 | .307 | 1 | 25 |
1B | Sid Farrar | 99 | 377 | 88 | .233 | 0 | 29 |
2B | Bob Ferguson | 86 | 329 | 85 | .258 | 0 | 27 |
3B | Blondie Purcell | 97 | 425 | 114 | .268 | 1 | 32 |
SS | Bill McClellan | 80 | 326 | 75 | .230 | 1 | 33 |
OF | Bill Harbridge | 73 | 280 | 62 | .221 | 0 | 21 |
OF | Jack Manning | 98 | 420 | 112 | .267 | 0 | 37 |
OF | Fred Lewis | 38 | 160 | 40 | .250 | 0 | 18 |
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 |
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John Coleman | 90 | 354 | 83 | .234 | 0 | 32 |
Frank Ringo | 60 | 221 | 42 | .190 | 0 | 12 |
Fred Warner | 39 | 141 | 32 | .227 | 0 | 13 |
Jack Neagle | 18 | 73 | 12 | .164 | 0 | 4 |
Conny Doyle | 16 | 68 | 15 | .221 | 0 | 3 |
James Pirie | 5 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 0 |
Art Benedict | 3 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 4 |
Joe Mulvey | 3 | 12 | 6 | .500 | 0 | 3 |
Abe Wolstenholme | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Gallagher | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hardie Henderson | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Kelly | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Piggy Ward | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Edgar Smith | 1 | 4 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 1 |
Buck Gladmon | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Waitt | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
John Kelly | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill White | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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John Coleman | 65 | 538.1 | 12 | 48 | 4.87 | 159 |
Art Hagan | 17 | 137 | 1 | 14 | 5.45 | 39 |
Blondie Purcell | 11 | 80 | 2 | 6 | 4.39 | 30 |
Jack Neagle | 8 | 61.1 | 1 | 7 | 6.90 | 13 |
Charlie Hilsey | 3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 5.54 | 8 |
Hardie Henderson | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19.00 | 2 |
Edgar Smith | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 2 |
Alonzo Breitenstein | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 |
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 |
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Bob Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Notes
- "Bob Ferguson managerial record". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2008.