1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies season
| 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | |
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| Owner(s) | A. H. Henderson |
| Manager(s) | Ed Hengel, Joe Battin, Joe Ellick |
The 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies finished with a 41–50 record (34–39 while in Chicago, 7–11 while in Allegheny City) in the Union Association, finishing in sixth place (fifth among teams that played a full schedule). This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed. The team moved from Chicago to Allegheny City (today a part of Pittsburgh's North Shore} after their game of August 22.
Regular season
Season standings
| Union Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19 | 0.832 | — | 49–6 | 45–13 |
| Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36 | 0.657 | 21 | 35–17 | 34–19 |
| Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47 | 0.552 | 32 | 29–21 | 29–26 |
| Boston Reds | 58 | 51 | 0.532 | 34 | 34–22 | 24–29 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 36 | 8–4 | 0–1 |
| St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6 | 0.250 | 39½ | 0–0 | 2–6 |
| Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50 | 0.451 | 42 | 21–19 | 20–31 |
| Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19 | 0.240 | 44 | 6–12 | 0–7 |
| Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16 | 0.111 | 44½ | 1–6 | 1–10 |
| Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65 | 0.420 | 46½ | 36–27 | 11–38 |
| Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46 | 0.313 | 50 | 14–21 | 7–25 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63 | 0.203 | 61 | 11–23 | 5–40 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | ALT | BAL | BOS | CHI/PIT | CIN | KC | MIL | PHI | STL | STP | WSH | WIL | |||||
| Altoona | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Baltimore | 3–1 | — | 10–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–10 | 10–2 | 1–3 | 10–2 | 1–14 | 0–0 | 11–5 | 1–0 | |||||
| Boston | 1–1 | 5–10–1 | — | 4–8–1 | 5–11 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 8–8 | 0–0 | 12–4 | 5–0 | |||||
| Chicago/Pittsburgh | 0–0 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 7–8 | 12–4 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–14 | 0–0 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 3–0 | 10–4 | 11–5 | 8–7 | — | 9–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 4–12 | 3–0 | 10–6 | 2–1 | |||||
| Kansas City | 0–0 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–12 | 1–9 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–11–1 | 1–1–1 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Milwaukee | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 3–1 | 2–10 | 3–8 | 5–3 | 0–9 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–8 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 0–0 | |||||
| St. Louis | 8–0 | 14–1 | 8–8 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 11–0–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | — | 2–1 | 13–3 | 4–0 | |||||
| St. Paul | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||
| Washington | 1–3 | 5–11 | 4–12 | 8–4–1 | 6–10 | 8–4–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 3–13 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | |||||
| Wilmington | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | |||||
Roster
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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 |
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| C | Krieg, BillBill Krieg | 71 | 279 | 69 | .247 | 0 |
| 1B | Schoeneck, JumboJumbo Schoeneck | 90 | 366 | 116 | .317 | 2 |
| 2B | Hengel, MoxieMoxie Hengel | 19 | 74 | 15 | .203 | 0 |
| 3B | Householder, CharlieCharlie Householder | 83 | 310 | 74 | .239 | 1 |
| SS | Matthias, SteveSteve Matthias | 37 | 142 | 39 | .275 | 0 |
| OF | Briggs, CharlieCharlie Briggs | 49 | 182 | 31 | .170 | 1 |
| OF | Ellick, JoeJoe Ellick | 92 | 394 | 93 | .236 | 0 |
| OF | Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler | 37 | 158 | 36 | .228 | 1 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
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| Suck, TonyTony Suck | 53 | 188 | 28 | .149 | 0 |
| Gardner, GidGid Gardner | 38 | 149 | 38 | .255 | 0 |
| Gross, EmilEmil Gross | 23 | 95 | 34 | .358 | 4 |
| McGarr, ChippyChippy McGarr | 19 | 70 | 11 | .157 | 0 |
| Foley, WillWill Foley | 19 | 71 | 20 | .282 | 0 |
| Battin, JoeJoe Battin | 18 | 69 | 13 | .188 | 0 |
| McLaughlin, FrankFrank McLaughlin | 15 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 |
| Baker, CharlieCharlie Baker | 15 | 57 | 8 | .140 | 0 |
| Strief, GeorgeGeorge Strief | 15 | 53 | 11 | .208 | 0 |
| Leary, JackJack Leary | 10 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 |
| Berry, CharlieCharlie Berry | 7 | 27 | 3 | .111 | 0 |
| Bishop, FrankFrank Bishop | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 |
| Wyman, FrankFrank Wyman | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 |
| Coridan, PhilPhil Coridan | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 |
| Graham, BernieBernie Graham | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 |
| Cronin, DanDan Cronin | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Richardson, ArtArt Richardson | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Fisher, CharlieCharlie Fisher | 1 | 3 | 2 | .667 | 0 |
| Skinner, AlAl Skinner | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 |
| Koons, HarryHarry Koons | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Baldwin, KidKid Baldwin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
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| Daily, HughHugh Daily | 56 | 484.2 | 27 | 27 | 2.43 | 469 |
| Atkinson, AlAl Atkinson | 16 | 140 | 6 | 10 | 2.76 | 104 |
| Horan, PatrickPatrick Horan | 13 | 98 | 3 | 6 | 3.49 | 55 |
| Cady, CharlieCharlie Cady | 4 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2.83 | 15 |
| Foreman, FrankFrank Foreman | 3 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4.00 | 10 |
| Miller, CycloneCyclone Miller | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 13 |
| Gardner, GidGid Gardner | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 4 |
Other 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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| Leary, JackJack Leary | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5.40 | 6 |
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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| Householder, CharlieCharlie Householder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |