1883 Louisville Eclipse season

1883 Louisville Eclipse
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Eclipse Park (since 1882)
Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager(s)	Joe Gerhardt
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The 1883 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 52–45 record, fifth place in the American Association.

Regular season

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 Louisville Eclipse
Roster
Pitchers Guy Hecker Sam Weaver Catchers Dan Sullivan Ed Whiting		Infielders Lew Brown Joe Gerhardt Jack Gleason Juice Latham Jack Leary Henry Luff Tom McLaughlin		Outfielders Pete Browning Ri Jones Leech Maskrey Walter Prince John Reccius Phil Reccius George Winkleman Jimmy Wolf		Manager Joe Gerhardt

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	Whiting, EdEd Whiting	58	240	70	.292	2
1B	Latham, JuiceJuice Latham	88	368	92	.250	0
2B	Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt	78	319	84	.263	0
3B	Gleason, JackJack Gleason	84	355	106	.299	2
SS	Leary, JackJack Leary	40	165	31	.188	3
OF	Wolf, JimmyJimmy Wolf	98	389	102	.262	1
OF	Maskrey, LeechLeech Maskrey	96	361	73	.202	1
OF	Browning, PetePete Browning	84	358	121	.338	4

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker	81	332	90	.271	1
McLaughlin, TomTom McLaughlin	42	146	28	.192	0
Sullivan, DanDan Sullivan	37	147	31	.211	0
Reccius, JohnJohn Reccius	18	63	9	.143	0
Brown, LewLew Brown	14	60	11	.183	0
Luff, HenryHenry Luff	6	23	4	.174	0
Winkleman, GeorgeGeorge Winkleman	4	13	0	.000	0
Prince, WalterWalter Prince	4	11	2	.182	0
Jones, RiRi Jones	2	7	0	.000	0
Reccius, PhilPhil Reccius	1	3	1	.333	0
Sullivan, SleeperSleeper Sullivan	1	2	0	.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
Hecker, GuyGuy Hecker	51	451	26	23	3.33	153
Weaver, SamSam Weaver	48	418.2	26	22	3.70	116

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
Reccius, JohnJohn Reccius	1	0	0	0	2.25	0

References

• 1883 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference