1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Bank Street Grounds (since 1882)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Justus Thorner
Manager(s)	Pop Snyder
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The 1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American Association with a record of 61–37, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

The Red Stockings came into the 1883 season looking to repeat as American Association Champions, as they had a league best record of 55–25 in 1882. During the off-season, the team announced that catcher Pop Snyder would return as player-manager. Cincinnati also made a big signing, as they signed Charley Jones, who played with the Cincinnati Reds of the National League from 1876–1878. Jones had not played professional baseball since 1880, when he played for the Boston Red Caps of the NL, after which he was black-balled from professional baseball. The Red Stockings also signed another former Reds player, John Reilly, who had also last played major league baseball for the Reds in the 1880 season.

On the diamond, the Red Stockings were led by Jones, who hit .294 with a team leading ten home runs, as well as a league leading 80 RBI. Reilly hit a team high .311 with nine homers and 79 RBI. On the mound, Will White continued to be the ace of the pitching staff, posting a 43–22 record with 64 complete games and a 2.09 ERA in 577 innings pitched.

Season summary

Cincinnati started off the season on the right foot, winning their first four games, and had an impressive 11–5 record in their first sixteen ballgames. However, they were 3.5 games behind the Athletics. The Red Stockings would continue to play good baseball, and had a 31–23 record. However, they sat in fourth place. Cincinnati would then go on to win twelve of their next thirteen games to improve to 43–24. However, they only moved up to third place. The Red Stockings would remain in third place for the rest of the season, finishing the year at 61–37, five games behind the Athletics.

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	66	32	0.673	—	37–14	29–18
St. Louis Browns	65	33	0.663	1	35–14	30–19
Cincinnati Red Stockings	61	37	0.622	5	38–13	23–24
New York Metropolitans	54	42	0.562	11	29–17	25–25
Louisville Eclipse	52	45	0.536	13½	29–18	23–27
Columbus Buckeyes	32	65	0.330	33½	18–29	14–36
Pittsburg Alleghenys	31	67	0.316	35	18–31	13–36
Baltimore Orioles	28	68	0.292	37	18–31	10–37

Record vs. opponents

1883 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	CIN	COL	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	3–11	6–7	6–8	3–10	3–11	5–9	2–12
Cincinnati	11–3	—	11–3	10–4	4–10	9–5	8–6	8–6
Columbus	7–6	3–11	—	5–9	3–11	1–13	10–4	3–11
Louisville	8–6	4–10	9–5	—	7–6–1	7–7	11–3	6–8
New York	10–3	10–4	11–3	6–7–1	—	5–9	9–5	3–11
Philadelphia	11–3	5–9	13–1	7–7	9–5	—	12–2	9–5
Pittsburg	9–5	6–8	4–10	3–11	5–9	2–12	—	2–12
St. Louis	12–2	6–8	11–3	8–6	11–3	5–9	12–2	—

Roster

1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Ren Deagle Harry McCormick Bill Mountjoy Will White		Catchers Pop Snyder Bill Traffley Infielders Hick Carpenter Chick Fulmer Bid McPhee John Reilly		Outfielders Pop Corkhill Charley Jones Jimmy Macullar Phil Powers Joe Sommer Podge Weihe		Manager Pop Snyder

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Snyder, PopPop Snyder	58	250	64	.256	0	34
1B	Reilly, JohnJohn Reilly	98	437	136	.311	9	79
2B	McPhee, BidBid McPhee	96	367	90	.245	2	42
3B	Carpenter, HickHick Carpenter	95	435	130	.299	3	40
SS	Fulmer, ChickChick Fulmer	92	362	92	.254	5	52
OF	Sommer, JoeJoe Sommer	97	413	115	.278	3	52
OF	Jones, CharleyCharley Jones	90	391	115	.294	10	80
OF	Corkhill, PopPop Corkhill	88	375	81	.216	2	46

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
Powers, PhilPhil Powers	30	114	28	.246	0	8
Traffley, BillBill Traffley	30	105	21	.200	0	8
Macullar, JimmyJimmy Macullar	14	48	8	.167	0	4
Weihe, PodgePodge Weihe	1	4	1	.250	0	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
White, WillWill White	65	577	43	22	2.09	141
Deagle, RenRen Deagle	18	148	10	8	2.31	48
McCormick, HarryHarry McCormick	15	128.2	8	6	2.87	21
Mountjoy, BillBill Mountjoy	1	8	0	1	2.25	3

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
Sommer, JoeJoe Sommer	1	0	0	0	5.40	2

References

• 1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference