1884 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 61-46
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Lon Knight (61-46)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1884 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 61-46
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Lon Knight (61-46)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1884 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association ended the 1884 season with a record of 61 wins and 46 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Athletics scored 700 runs and yielded 546 runs. Harry Stovey led Philadelphia with 10 home runs and drove in 83 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .326 average. Bobby Mathews earned 30 wins on the mound for the squad, plus Billy Taylor, too added 15 or more wins, too Billy Taylor recorded a 2.53 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Lon Knight coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Mathews | 30 | 18 | .625 | 3.32 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 430.7 | 401 | 238 | 159 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 286 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 1788 |
| Billy Taylor | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.53 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 260.0 | 232 | 118 | 73 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1115 |
| Al Atkinson | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.20 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 184.3 | 186 | 130 | 86 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 93 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 792 |
| Charlie Hilsey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 |
| Cub Stricker | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Phenomenal Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Lon Knight | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 74 |
| John Coleman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Totals | 61 | 46 | .570 | 3.41 | 111 | 108 | 3 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 949.0 | 920 | 546 | 360 | 16 | 127 | 0 | 530 | 39 | 0 | 70 | 4043 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 104 | 478 | 448 | 124 | 146 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | .326 | .368 | .545 | .913 | 244 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadie Houck | 108 | 487 | 472 | 93 | 140 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .297 | .318 | .396 | .714 | 187 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lon Knight | 108 | 495 | 484 | 94 | 131 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .271 | .287 | .364 | .651 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Corey | 104 | 458 | 439 | 64 | 121 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .276 | .306 | .421 | .727 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cub Stricker | 107 | 419 | 399 | 59 | 92 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | .231 | .267 | .333 | .601 | 133 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Larkin | 85 | 349 | 326 | 59 | 90 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .276 | .324 | .423 | .747 | 138 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Milligan | 66 | 276 | 268 | 39 | 77 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .287 | .308 | .418 | .726 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jud Birchall | 54 | 230 | 221 | 36 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .258 | .287 | .285 | .572 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 36 | 150 | 138 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .283 | .340 | .362 | .702 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mathews | 49 | 191 | 184 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .185 | .215 | .223 | .437 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Blakiston | 32 | 143 | 128 | 21 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .258 | .336 | .305 | .640 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 30 | 114 | 111 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .252 | .272 | .342 | .614 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Coleman | 28 | 112 | 107 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .206 | .241 | .336 | .578 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 22 | 88 | 83 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .193 | .239 | .253 | .492 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mansell | 20 | 75 | 70 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .253 | .243 | .496 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Rowen | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .471 | .467 | .937 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hilsey | 6 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .333 | .542 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Siffell | 7 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .458 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Foster | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ringo | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Moynahan | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 978 | 4152 | 3959 | 700 | 1057 | 167 | 100 | 26 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 0 | .267 | .301 | .379 | .680 | 1502 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 104 | 0 | 908.0 | 1061 | 32 | 45 | 46 | .960 | 1.834 | 1.510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 9.000 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 1B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 16.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Blakiston | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 11.000 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | 1B | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | 2B | 107 | 0 | 927.0 | 280 | 257 | 80 | 40 | .870 | 5.214 | 5.019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Blakiston | 2B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 3.273 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | 2B | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 4.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadie Houck | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Corey | 3B | 104 | 0 | 914.0 | 121 | 209 | 42 | 10 | .887 | 3.249 | 3.173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Birchall | 3B | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.682 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Blakiston | 3B | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.769 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | C | 65 | 0 | 591.0 | 474 | 100 | 37 | 5 | .939 | 8.741 | 8.831 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | C | 30 | 0 | 240.0 | 169 | 43 | 16 | 6 | .930 | 7.950 | 7.067 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Siffell | C | 7 | 0 | 36.0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | 4.000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Rowen | C | 4 | 0 | 35.0 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .806 | 6.429 | 6.250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Foster | C | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 7.138 | 5.750 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Ringo | C | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 8.471 | 8.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lon Knight | OF | 108 | 0 | 929.0 | 158 | 36 | 19 | 6 | .911 | 1.879 | 1.796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | OF | 85 | 0 | 683.0 | 106 | 7 | 19 | 0 | .856 | 1.489 | 1.329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jud Birchall | OF | 52 | 0 | 491.0 | 81 | 7 | 17 | 1 | .838 | 1.613 | 1.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Blakiston | OF | 28 | 0 | 257.0 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .911 | 1.786 | 1.821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mansell | OF | 20 | 0 | 191.0 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .762 | 1.508 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | OF | 24 | 0 | 186.0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .743 | 1.258 | 1.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | OF | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 1.964 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hilsey | OF | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .450 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | OF | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Moynahan | OF | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .818 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Atkinson | OF | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mathews | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Foster | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Mathews | P | 49 | 0 | 431.0 | 8 | 78 | 25 | 1 | .775 | 1.796 | 1.755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | P | 30 | 0 | 260.0 | 12 | 66 | 21 | 1 | .788 | 2.700 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Atkinson | P | 22 | 0 | 184.0 | 12 | 39 | 15 | 0 | .773 | 2.495 | 2.318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hilsey | P | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | P | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lon Knight | P | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phenomenal Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadie Houck | SS | 108 | 0 | 941.0 | 122 | 379 | 60 | 30 | .893 | 4.792 | 4.639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Blakiston | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 993 | 0 | 8548.0 | 2845 | 1328 | 457 | 152 | .901 | 4.394 | 4.202 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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