1884 Cleveland Blues season
The 1884 Cleveland Blues season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blues finishing the season at 35–72, seventh place in the National League. After the season, the team was purchased by Charles Byrne for $10,000 and shut down, many of the players being added to Byrne's Brooklyn Grays team.
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Manager(s) | Charlie Hackett |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | 0.750 | — | 45–11 | 39–17 |
Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | 0.658 | 10½ | 40–16 | 33–22 |
Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | 0.577 | 19½ | 37–18 | 27–29 |
New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | 0.554 | 22 | 34–22 | 28–28 |
Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | 0.554 | 22 | 39–17 | 23–33 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | 0.348 | 45 | 19–37 | 20–36 |
Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | 0.312 | 49 | 22–34 | 13–43 |
Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | 0.250 | 56 | 18–38 | 10–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | PRV | |||||||||
Boston | — | 9–6–2 | 10–6 | 14–2 | 12–4–1 | 8–8–1 | 13–3 | 7–9–1 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 6–9–2 | — | 10–6–1 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 5–11–1 | 11–5 | 6–10 | |||||||||
Chicago | 6–10 | 6–10–1 | — | 8–8 | 11–5 | 12–4 | 14–2 | 5–11 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 2–14 | 2–14 | 8–8 | — | 9–7 | 5–11 | 6–10–1 | 3–13 | |||||||||
Detroit | 4–12–1 | 4–12 | 5–11 | 7–9 | — | 2–14–1 | 5–11 | 1–15 | |||||||||
New York | 8–8–1 | 11–5–1 | 4–12 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | — | 11–5 | 3–13–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 3–13 | 5–11 | 2–14 | 10–6–1 | 11–5 | 5–11 | — | 3–13 | |||||||||
Providence | 9–7–1 | 10–6 | 11–5 | 13–3 | 15–1 | 13–3–1 | 13–3 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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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 |
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1B | Bill Phillips | 111 | 464 | 128 | .276 | 3 | 46 |
SS | Jack Glasscock | 72 | 281 | 70 | .249 | 1 | 22 |
OF | Sam Moffet | 67 | 256 | 47 | .184 | 0 | 15 |
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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Fatty Briody | 43 | 148 | 25 | .169 | 1 | 12 |
Jerry Moore | 9 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 10 |
George Fisher | 6 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 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 Harkins | 46 | 391 | 12 | 32 | 3.68 | 192 |
Jim McCormick | 42 | 359 | 19 | 22 | 2.86 | 182 |
Sam Moffet | 24 | 197.2 | 3 | 19 | 3.87 | 84 |
John Henry | 5 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 3.64 | 23 |
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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Jack Glasscock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |