1884 Philadelphia Athletics season

1884 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1883)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager(s)	Lon Knight
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The 1884 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 61–46 record and finished in seventh place in the American Association.

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	—

Notable transactions

• August 1884: Frank Ringo was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[1]

Roster

1884 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Al Atkinson Bobby Mathews Phenomenal Smith Billy Taylor		Catchers Robert Foster Jocko Milligan Jack O'Brien Frank Ringo Ed Rowen Frank Siffell Infielders Fred Corey Sadie Houck Harry Stovey Cub Stricker		Outfielders Jud Birchall Bob Blakiston John Coleman Charlie Hilsey Lon Knight Henry Larkin Mike Mansell Mike Moynahan		Manager Lon Knight

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
OF	Knight, LonLon Knight	108	484	131	.271	1

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Ringo, FrankFrank Ringo	2	6	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
Atkinson, AlAl Atkinson	22	184.1	11	11	4.20	93

Other 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

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

Notes

1. Frank Ringo page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1884 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference