1883 Providence Grays season

1883 Providence Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1878)
Location
Messer Street Grounds (since 1878)
Providence, Rhode Island (since 1878)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. T. Gardner
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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The Providence Grays finished the 1883 season in third place after a hard-fought four-way battle for the National League pennant.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	63	35	0.643	—	41–8	22–27
Chicago White Stockings	59	39	0.602	4	36–13	23–26
Providence Grays	58	40	0.592	5	34–15	24–25
Cleveland Blues	55	42	0.567	7½	31–18	24–24
Buffalo Bisons	49	45	0.521	12	36–13	13–32
New York Gothams	46	50	0.479	16	28–19	18–31
Detroit Wolverines	40	58	0.408	23	23–26	17–32
Philadelphia Quakers	17	81	0.173	46	9–40	8–41

Record vs. opponents

1883 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	7–7	7–7	10–4	10–4	7–7	14–0	8–6
Buffalo	7–7	—	5–9	7–7	9–5–1	8–5	9–5	7–7
Chicago	7–7	9–5	—	6–8	9–5	9–5	12–2	7–7
Cleveland	4–10	7–7	8–6	—	9–5–1	7–6–2	12–2	8–6
Detroit	4–10	5–9–1	5–9	5–9–1	—	8–6	11–3–1	2–12
New York	7–7	5–8	5–9	6–7–2	6–8	—	12–2	5–9
Philadelphia	0–14	5–9	2–12	2–12	3–11–1	2–12	—	3–11
Providence	6–8	7–7	7–7	6–8	12–2	9–5	11–3	—

Roster

1883 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers Old Hoss Radbourn Charlie Sweeney Catchers Barney Gilligan Sandy Nava		Infielders Jerry Denny Jack Farrell Arthur Irwin Joe Mulvey Edgar Smith Joe Start		Outfielders Cliff Carroll John Cassidy Paul Hines Lee Richmond		Manager Harry Wright

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	Gilligan, BarneyBarney Gilligan	74	263	52	.198	0	24
1B	Start, JoeJoe Start	87	370	105	.284	1	57
2B	Farrell, JackJack Farrell	95	420	128	.305	3	61
3B	Denny, JerryJerry Denny	98	393	108	.275	8	55
SS	Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin	98	406	116	.286	0	44
OF	Hines, PaulPaul Hines	97	442	132	.299	4	45
OF	Cassidy, JohnJohn Cassidy	89	366	87	.238	0	42
OF	Carroll, CliffCliff Carroll	58	238	63	.265	1	20

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
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond	49	194	55	.284	1	19
Nava, SandySandy Nava	29	100	24	.240	0	16
Mulvey, JoeJoe Mulvey	4	16	2	.125	0	2
Smith, EdgarEdgar Smith	2	9	2	.222	0	1

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
Radbourn, Old HossOld Hoss Radbourn	76	632.1	48	25	2.05	315
Sweeney, CharlieCharlie Sweeney	20	146.2	7	7	3.13	48
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond	12	92	3	7	3.33	13

References

• 1883 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference