1884 Providence Grays Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-28
Finished 1st in the NL
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated New York Metropolitans 3-0
Manager: Frank Bancroft (84-28)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1884 Providence Grays RosterTeam Record: 84-28
Finished 1st in the NL
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated New York Metropolitans 3-0
Manager: Frank Bancroft (84-28)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1884 Providence Grays Results
The Providence Grays of the National League ended the 1884 season with a record of 84 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Grays paced the circuit with just 388 runs allowed. Providence scored 665 runs. Jerry Denny drove in 59 runs. Paul Hines led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Old Hoss Radbourn earned 60 wins for the squad, while Charlie Sweeney added 15 or more victories also Old Hoss Radbourn earned a 1.38 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Bancroft coached the team. The 1884 Providence Grays won the World Series.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 60 | 12 | .833 | 1.38 | 75 | 73 | 2 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 678.7 | 528 | 216 | 104 | 18 | 98 | 0 | 441 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2672 |
| Charlie Sweeney | 17 | 8 | .680 | 1.55 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 221.0 | 153 | 70 | 38 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 846 |
| Ed Conley | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 63 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 304 |
| Cyclone Miller | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.08 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 150 |
| Harry Arundel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Paul Hines | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Arthur Irwin | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| John Cattanach | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | |
| Paul Radford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Totals | 84 | 28 | .750 | 1.61 | 122 | 114 | 7 | 107 | 16 | 2 | 1036.3 | 825 | 388 | 185 | 26 | 172 | 0 | 639 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 4123 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hines | 114 | 534 | 490 | 94 | 148 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 28 | .302 | .360 | .435 | .794 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Carroll | 113 | 481 | 452 | 90 | 118 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 39 | .261 | .306 | .334 | .640 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Denny | 110 | 453 | 439 | 57 | 109 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 58 | .248 | .272 | .380 | .652 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Start | 93 | 416 | 381 | 80 | 105 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 25 | .276 | .337 | .344 | .680 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Farrell | 111 | 504 | 469 | 70 | 102 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 44 | .217 | .272 | .277 | .549 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Irwin | 102 | 432 | 404 | 73 | 97 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 52 | .240 | .289 | .304 | .594 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 87 | 387 | 361 | 48 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 42 | .230 | .282 | .263 | .545 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Gilligan | 82 | 329 | 294 | 47 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 41 | .245 | .325 | .313 | .638 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Radford | 97 | 380 | 355 | 56 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 43 | .197 | .250 | .248 | .498 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sweeney | 41 | 179 | 168 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .298 | .341 | .369 | .710 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Bassett | 27 | 83 | 79 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .139 | .181 | .190 | .371 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandy Nava | 34 | 127 | 116 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 35 | .095 | .173 | .095 | .268 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miah Murray | 8 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .399 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Conley | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Arundel | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyclone Miller | 6 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .043 | .083 | .043 | .127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cattanach | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1035 | 4393 | 4093 | 665 | 987 | 153 | 43 | 21 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 469 | .241 | .293 | .315 | .608 | 1289 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Start | 1B | 93 | 0 | 848.0 | 939 | 21 | 20 | 31 | .980 | 1.189 | 1.323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | 1B | 9 | 0 | 81.0 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .979 | 1.444 | 1.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hines | 1B | 7 | 0 | 59.0 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .955 | 9.763 | 9.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 1B | 5 | 0 | 33.0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 9.818 | 7.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sweeney | 1B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.900 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Gilligan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.286 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miah Murray | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Farrell | 2B | 109 | 0 | 988.0 | 249 | 351 | 51 | 36 | .922 | 5.466 | 5.505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | 2B | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 5.760 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 2B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 4.846 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Nava | 2B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Bassett | 2B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | 3B | 99 | 0 | 896.0 | 144 | 168 | 45 | 5 | .874 | 3.134 | 3.152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Bassett | 3B | 13 | 0 | 125.0 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 1 | .815 | 3.168 | 3.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Farrell | 3B | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.895 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Gilligan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Gilligan | C | 81 | 0 | 744.0 | 605 | 94 | 54 | 7 | .928 | 8.456 | 8.630 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Nava | C | 27 | 0 | 238.0 | 172 | 40 | 27 | 1 | .887 | 8.017 | 7.852 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miah Murray | C | 7 | 0 | 58.0 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .836 | 7.138 | 6.571 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Carroll | OF | 113 | 0 | 1033.0 | 206 | 11 | 23 | 1 | .904 | 1.891 | 1.920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hines | OF | 108 | 0 | 997.0 | 202 | 20 | 26 | 5 | .895 | 2.004 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Radford | OF | 96 | 0 | 895.0 | 146 | 26 | 23 | 4 | .882 | 1.730 | 1.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sweeney | OF | 17 | 0 | 99.0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.545 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | OF | 7 | 0 | 65.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.662 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Bassett | OF | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyclone Miller | OF | 4 | 0 | 15.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miah Murray | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cattanach | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Old Hoss Radbourn | P | 75 | 0 | 679.0 | 21 | 119 | 17 | 1 | .892 | 1.856 | 1.867 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sweeney | P | 27 | 0 | 221.0 | 16 | 47 | 4 | 1 | .940 | 2.566 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Conley | P | 8 | 0 | 71.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.268 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyclone Miller | P | 6 | 0 | 35.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.543 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Radford | P | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2.077 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Arundel | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cattanach | P | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Irwin | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hines | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Irwin | SS | 102 | 0 | 931.0 | 99 | 307 | 55 | 20 | .881 | 3.925 | 3.980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Nava | SS | 6 | 0 | 47.0 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .826 | 3.638 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Bassett | SS | 7 | 0 | 45.0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 3.800 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | SS | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .625 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1052 | 0 | 9371.0 | 3121 | 1324 | 398 | 128 | .918 | 4.269 | 4.225 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Hoss Radbourn | WS | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Denny | WS | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .444 | .444 | 1.000 | 1.444 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Farrell | WS | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .667 | 1.111 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Gilligan | WS | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .444 | .444 | .667 | 1.111 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hines | WS | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .455 | .250 | .705 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Irwin | WS | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Carroll | WS | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | WS | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Start | WS | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Radford | WS | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 86 | 81 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .235 | .279 | .370 | .649 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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