1884 New York Metropolitans season

The 1884 New York Metropolitans finished with a 75–32 record, first place in the American Association. After the season, they played the National League champion Providence Grays in the 1884 World Series and lost three games to zero.

1884 New York Metropolitans
1884 American Association Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersJohn B. Day, Jim Mutrie
ManagersJim Mutrie
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Regular season

Season standings
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Metropolitans 7532 0.701 — 42–9 33–23
Columbus Buckeyes 6939 0.639 6½ 38–16 31–23
Louisville Eclipse 6840 0.630 7½ 41–14 27–26
St. Louis Browns 6740 0.626 8 38–16 29–24
Cincinnati Red Stockings 6841 0.624 8 40–16 28–25
Baltimore Orioles 6343 0.594 11½ 42–13 21–30
Philadelphia Athletics 6146 0.570 14 38–16 23–30
Toledo Blue Stockings 4658 0.442 27½ 28–25 18–33
Brooklyn Atlantics 4064 0.385 33½ 23–26 17–38
Richmond Virginians 1230 0.286 30½ 5–15 7–15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3078 0.278 45½ 18–37 12–41
Indianapolis Hoosiers 2978 0.271 46 15–39 14–39
Washington Nationals 1251 0.190 41 10–20 2–31

Record vs. opponents
1884 American Association record

Sources:
Team BAL BR CIN COL IND LOU NY PHI PIT RIC STL TOL WSH
Baltimore —5–54–66–49–16–4–15–53–79–04–05–55–5–12–1
Brooklyn 5–5—2–83–77–33–61–9–13–64–63–2–12–7–14–4–23–1
Cincinnati 6–48–2—3–79–1–15–54–6–14–68–1–14–04–67–36–0
Columbus 4–67–37–3—8–25–54–55–5–19–12–25–58–1–15–1
Indianapolis 1–93–71–9–12–8—1–92–84–64–61–2–13–6–13–64–2
Louisville 4–6–16–35–55–59–1—3–7–16–38–24–15–59–14–1
New York 5–59–1–16–4–15–48–27–3–1—8–29–12–05–4–15–4–16–2
Philadelphia 7–36–36–45–5–16–43–62–8—8–22–03–76–37–1
Pittsburgh 0–96–41–8–11–96–42–81–92–8—1–4–11–95–54–1
Richmond 0–42–3–10–42–22–1–11–40–20–24–1–1—1–30–4–10–0
St. Louis 5–57–2–16–45–56–3–15–54–5–17–39–13–1—5–55–1
Toledo 5–5–14–4–23–71–8–16–31–94–5–13–65–54–0–15–5—5–1
Washington 1–21–30–61–52–41–42–61–71–40–01–51–5—

Roster
1884 New York Metropolitans
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR
CBill Holbert6525553.2800
1BDave Orr110458162.3549
2BDasher Troy107421111.2642
SSCandy Nelson111432110.2551
3BDude Esterbrook112477150.3141
OFChief Roseman107436130.2984
OFSteve Brady112485122.2521
OFEd Kennedy10337872.1901

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Charlie Reipschlager5923356.2400
Gracie Pierce5205.2500
Henry Oxley130.0000
Tony Murphy131.3330

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
Jack Lynch55496.037152.67292
Tim Keefe58483.037172.25334
Buck Becannon16.0101.502

The World Series of 1884
Main article: 1884 World Series

Providence Grays (NL) (84–28) vs New York Metropolitans (AA) (75–32)

Game 1

Friday, October 23, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 6–0

Game 2

Saturday, October 24, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 3–1 (7 innings)

Game 3

Sunday, October 25, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 12–2 (6 innings)

References


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