1884 St. Louis Browns season

The 1884 St. Louis Browns season was the team's third season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its third season in the American Association. The Browns went 67–40 during the season and finished fourth in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Metropolitans	75	32	0.701	—	42–9	33–23
Columbus Buckeyes	69	39	0.639	6½	38–16	31–23
Louisville Eclipse	68	40	0.630	7½	41–14	27–26
St. Louis Browns	67	40	0.626	8	38–16	29–24
Cincinnati Red Stockings	68	41	0.624	8	40–16	28–25
Baltimore Orioles	63	43	0.594	11½	42–13	21–30
Philadelphia Athletics	61	46	0.570	14	38–16	23–30
Toledo Blue Stockings	46	58	0.442	27½	28–25	18–33
Brooklyn Atlantics	40	64	0.385	33½	23–26	17–38
Richmond Virginians	12	30	0.286	30½	5–15	7–15
Pittsburg Alleghenys	30	78	0.278	45½	18–37	12–41
Indianapolis Hoosiers	29	78	0.271	46	15–39	14–39
Washington Nationals	12	51	0.190	41	10–20	2–31

Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	COL	IND	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	RIC	STL	TOL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–5	4–6	6–4	9–1	6–4–1	5–5	3–7	9–0	4–0	5–5	5–5–1	2–1
Brooklyn	5–5	—	2–8	3–7	7–3	3–6	1–9–1	3–6	4–6	3–2–1	2–7–1	4–4–2	3–1
Cincinnati	6–4	8–2	—	3–7	9–1–1	5–5	4–6–1	4–6	8–1–1	4–0	4–6	7–3	6–0
Columbus	4–6	7–3	7–3	—	8–2	5–5	4–5	5–5–1	9–1	2–2	5–5	8–1–1	5–1
Indianapolis	1–9	3–7	1–9–1	2–8	—	1–9	2–8	4–6	4–6	1–2–1	3–6–1	3–6	4–2
Louisville	4–6–1	6–3	5–5	5–5	9–1	—	3–7–1	6–3	8–2	4–1	5–5	9–1	4–1
New York	5–5	9–1–1	6–4–1	5–4	8–2	7–3–1	—	8–2	9–1	2–0	5–4–1	5–4–1	6–2
Philadelphia	7–3	6–3	6–4	5–5–1	6–4	3–6	2–8	—	8–2	2–0	3–7	6–3	7–1
Pittsburg	0–9	6–4	1–8–1	1–9	6–4	2–8	1–9	2–8	—	1–4–1	1–9	5–5	4–1
Richmond	0–4	2–3–1	0–4	2–2	2–1–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	4–1–1	—	1–3	0–4–1	0–0
St. Louis	5–5	7–2–1	6–4	5–5	6–3–1	5–5	4–5–1	7–3	9–1	3–1	—	5–5	5–1
Toledo	5–5–1	4–4–2	3–7	1–8–1	6–3	1–9	4–5–1	3–6	5–5	4–0–1	5–5	—	5–1
Washington	1–2	1–3	0–6	1–5	2–4	1–4	2–6	1–7	1–4	0–0	1–5	1–5	—

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
C	Pat Deasley	75	254	52	.205	0
1B	Charlie Comiskey	108	460	109	.237	2
2B	Joe Quest	81	310	64	.206	0
SS	Bill Gleason	110	472	127	.269	1
3B	Arlie Latham	110	474	130	.274	1
OF	Tip O'Neill	78	297	82	.276	3
OF	Fred Lewis	73	300	97	.323	0
OF	Hugh Nicol	110	442	116	.262	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
George Strief	48	184	37	.201	2
Walt Goldsby	5	20	4	.200	0
Harry Wheeler	5	19	5	.263	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
Jumbo McGinnis	40	354.1	24	16	2.84	141
Dave Foutz	25	206.2	15	6	2.18	95
Daisy Davis	25	198.1	10	12	2.90	143
Tip O'Neill	17	141	11	4	2.68	36

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
Bob Caruthers	13	82.2	7	2	2.61	58

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
Charlie Comiskey	1	0	0	0	2.25	4

References

• 1884 St. Louis Browns
• 1884 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com