1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1884)
Location
Seventh Street Park, Bruce Grounds (since 1884)
Indianapolis, Indiana (since 1884)
Other information
Manager(s)	Jim Gifford, Bill Watkins

The 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball team finished with a 29–78 record, 12th place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.

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:
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	—

Roster

1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers Jake Aydelott Bob Barr Tommy Bond Mac MacArthur Al McCauley Larry McKeon		Catchers Marty Barrett Harry Decker Jim Keenan George Mundinger Charlie Robinson Jim Tray Harry Weber Infielders Bob Blakiston Pat Callaghan Chub Collins Jim Donnelly John Kerins Charlie Levis Ed Merrill Marr Phillips Bill Watkins		Outfielders Bill Butler Jerry Dorgan Pete Fries Jim Holdsworth Marshall Locke Frank Monroe Gene Moriarty Jon Morrison John Peltz Charlie Reising John Sneed Tug Thompson Podge Weihe		Manager Jim Gifford Bill Watkins

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	Keenan, JimJim Keenan	68	249	73	.293	3

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Moriarty, GeneGene Moriarty	10	37	8	.216	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
Barr, BobBob Barr	16	132	3	11	4.98	69
Aydelott, JakeJake Aydelott	12	106	5	7	4.92	30
Bond, TommyTommy Bond	5	43	0	5	5.65	15
Moriarty, GeneGene Moriarty	2	13.2	0	2	5.27	4

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
Keenan, JimJim Keenan	1	0	0	0	3.00	0

References

• 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers team page at Baseball Reference