1884 Chicago White Stockings season

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. After hitting just 13 home runs in 1883, the White Stockings hit 142, the first time that a team had hit 100+ home runs in a season.[1]

1884 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Albert Spalding
Manager(s)Cap Anson
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Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 8428 0.750 45–11 39–17
Boston Beaneaters 7338 0.658 10½ 40–16 33–22
Buffalo Bisons 6447 0.577 19½ 37–18 27–29
New York Gothams 6250 0.554 22 34–22 28–28
Chicago White Stockings 6250 0.554 22 39–17 23–33
Philadelphia Quakers 3973 0.348 45 19–37 20–36
Cleveland Blues 3577 0.312 49 22–34 13–43
Detroit Wolverines 2884 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 9–6–210–614–212–4–18–8–113–37–9–1
Buffalo 6–9–210–6–114–212–45–11–111–56–10
Chicago 6–106–10–18–811–512–414–25–11
Cleveland 2–142–148–89–75–116–10–13–13
Detroit 4–12–14–125–117–92–14–15–111–15
New York 8–8–111–5–14–1211–514–2–111–53–13–1
Philadelphia 3–135–112–1410–6–111–55–113–13
Providence 9–7–110–611–513–315–113–3–113–3

Roster

1884 Chicago White 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
CSilver Flint7327957.204945
1BCap Anson112475159.33521102
2BFred Pfeffer112467135.28925101
3BNed Williamson107417116.2782784
SSTom Burns8334384.245744
OFAbner Dalrymple111521161.3092269
OFGeorge Gore103422134.318534
OFKing Kelly108452160.3541395

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
Billy Sunday4317639.222428
Walt Kinzie198213.15928
Joe Brown156113.21303
Sy Sutcliffe4153.20002

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
Larry Corcoran60516.235232.40272
Fred Goldsmith211889114.2634
John Clarkson141181032.14102
Joe Brown750424.6827
Tom Lee545.1143.7714
George Crosby328123.5411
John Hibbard217112.654
Fred Andrus19102.002
Mike Corcoran19014.002
Thomas Lynch17002.572

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
King Kelly20108.441
Ned Williamson200018.000
Fred Pfeffer10009.000
Cap Anson101018.001

References

  1. Jackson, Frank. "Lessons From Lakefront Park, 1884". tht.fangraphs.com. Retrieved January 21, 2021.


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