1884 Grand Rapids Statistics

Northwestern League (NL)
Team Record: 48-15
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Horace Phillips (48-15)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Grand Rapids Base Ball Park

1884 Grand Rapids Roster

The Grand Rapids of the Northwestern League ended the 1884 season with a record of 48 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the NL.Grand Rapids and Muskegon disbanded August 2, forcing a second season.

Grand Rapids scored 415 runs and conceded 208 runs. Henry Jones and Charlie Eden topped all regular batters with a .280 average. Pretzels Getzien recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 0.52 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1884 Grand Rapids team who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie Eden, George Fisher, Len Stockwell, Henry Jones, Frank Cox, John Henry, Will Sawyer, Ed Gastfield, Tom Kearns and Pretzels Getzien.

Horace Phillips served as manager.

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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
Pretzels Getzien	27	4	.871	0.52	31	30		30	11		276.0	167	70	16		31		239			19
John Henry	12	5	.706	1.08	20	17		15	2		149.3	132	76	18		48		59			8
Will Sawyer	8	4	.667	1.15	13	13		10	0		101.3	96	58	13		38		72			6
Charlie Eden	1	0	1.000	2.45	2	1		1	0		11.0	11	4	3		0		6			1
Totals	48	13	.787	0.84	66	61	0	56	13	0	537.7	406	208	50	0	117	0	376	0	0	34	0

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
Charlie Eden	58	257	257	51	72	16	8	4						.280	.280	.451	.732	116
John Henry	60	257	257	44	71	15	3	3						.276	.276	.393	.669	101
Frank Cox	61	280	280	67	71	14	3	0						.254	.254	.325	.579	91
Tom Kearns	61	242	242	33	67	18	6	0						.277	.277	.401	.678	97
Henry Jones	55	232	232	57	65	20	4	0						.280	.280	.401	.681	93
Charles Houtz	61	227	227	39	49	7	0	0						.216	.216	.247	.463	56
Frank Madden	60	233	233	38	46	8	3	1						.197	.197	.270	.468	63
Len Stockwell	39	169	169	23	35	12	2	0						.207	.207	.302	.509	51
Pretzels Getzien	35	138	138	30	33	5	0	1						.239	.239	.297	.536	41
Ed Gastfield	26	99	99	15	18	2	0	0						.182	.182	.202	.384	20
Edward St. Lawrence	15	54	54	14	13	1	0	0						.241	.241	.259	.500	14
Will Sawyer	14	55	55	3	5	3	0	0						.091	.091	.145	.236	8
Totals	545	2243	2243	414	545	121	29	9	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.335	.578	751	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Charles Houtz	1B	61					.000
Tom Kearns	2B	60					.000
Henry Jones	2B	1					.000
Frank Madden	3B	60					.000
Henry Jones	3B	1					.000
Len Stockwell	C	30					.000
Ed Gastfield	C	19					.000
Edward St. Lawrence	C	14					.000
Tom Kearns	C	1					.000
George Fisher	C	1					.000
Charlie Eden	OF	57					.000
Henry Jones	OF	53					.000
John Henry	OF	45					.000
Len Stockwell	OF	13					.000
Ed Gastfield	OF	7					.000
Pretzels Getzien	OF	5					.000
Edward St. Lawrence	OF	4					.000
Will Sawyer	OF	4					.000
George Fisher	OF	3					.000
Pretzels Getzien	P	31					.000
John Henry	P	20					.000
Will Sawyer	P	13					.000
Charlie Eden	P	2					.000
Frank Cox	SS	61					.000
Totals		566	0	0	0	0	.000

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