1884 Philadelphia (A) Athletics
Record: 90-72
Finish: 2nd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 675
Runs Allowed: 572
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Old League Park
Attendance: 2,793,396
Manager: Jeff Sheppard

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-77, 6th in the American League
AA: 79-59, 2nd in the American League
A: 69-69, 5th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Joe Quinn 19 151 619 90 186 36 8 2 55 66 17 26 39 .300 .327 .394 .721 81.4 23.8 3.9
1B  Harry Stovey 26 150 587 80 166 34 11 4 69 75 16 57 85 .283 .344 .399 .742 84.9 25.2 2.2
SS  Steve Bellan 34 130 515 50 135 27 0 2 69 2 0 10 43 .262 .274 .326 .600 41.9 8.0 9.9
2B *Mike Moynahan 28 116 446 53 116 32 0 2 46 1 0 17 25 .260 .285 .345 .631 40.9 9.3 3.6
CF  Jack O'Brien 23 121 390 60 104 20 4 0 48 42 6 28 14 .267 .315 .338 .653 41.4 10.1 3.8
RF  Doggie Miller 19 117 382 58 104 19 2 2 47 41 8 28 12 .272 .322 .348 .670 43.5 11.2 4.3
3B  Billy Nash 19 113 332 56 74 22 4 0 22 43 9 43 37 .223 .312 .313 .625 38.6 9.3 4.4
C  Tom Barlow 32 100 353 30 85 14 1 0 46 3 0 7 32 .241 .251 .286 .537 24.6 2.5 5.4
CF  Charley Bassett 21 84 305 45 71 16 3 0 21 29 9 22 33 .233 .284 .305 .589 27.5 5.3 3.3
LF  Jud Birchall 29 62 238 22 57 7 2 2 25 3 2 1 10 .239 .242 .311 .553 15.1 1.6 1.5
3B  Lon Knight 30 54 172 19 42 9 0 0 21 2 0 5 7 .244 .263 .297 .559 14.3 2.5 2.2
P  Bobby Mathews 31 43 130 12 22 3 0 0 10 1 0 4 11 .169 .190 .192 .382 3.8 0.0 0.0
C  Pat Deasley 25 44 136 15 31 12 0 0 17 1 0 3 6 .228 .245 .316 .561 8.0 0.9 1.9
RF *Walt Goldsby 22 40 122 7 32 4 2 0 19 3 1 4 4 .262 .281 .328 .609 11.8 2.6 1.0
P  Jersey Bakely 19 39 105 6 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 42 .133 .157 .171 .329 -0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Tom Brown 22 24 102 14 31 5 1 2 16 14 3 4 20 .304 .330 .431 .762 14.6 4.3 0.5
3B  Ed Rowen 25 34 95 6 24 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 15 .253 .273 .295 .567 6.8 0.7 1.9
2B  Cub Stricker 24 25 85 7 18 2 0 0 9 6 2 5 3 .212 .253 .235 .488 5.1 0.2 0.7
P  George Bradley 30 33 80 3 10 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 19 .125 .136 .163 .298 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Fred Corey 29 23 74 9 20 6 1 0 10 0 1 0 7 .270 .276 .378 .655 6.3 1.2 0.0
2B  Dickie Flowers 34 26 72 3 10 0 0 1 6 1 0 3 3 .139 .171 .181 .352 1.5 0.0 1.1
P  Jim Chatterton 19 31 71 1 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 31 .113 .113 .155 .268 -1.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Holly Hollingshead 31 35 72 5 15 4 1 0 9 0 0 1 2 .208 .216 .292 .508 4.5 0.2 0.5
1B  Bill Crowley 26 17 37 5 12 5 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 .324 .308 .459 .767 5.6 1.6 0.1
3B  Bob Blakiston 27 17 35 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .171 .171 .171 .343 -0.4 0.0 0.2
SS  Dick Johnston 21 20 34 10 10 1 0 0 4 12 1 1 6 .294 .314 .324 .638 4.7 1.3 0.4
1B  Jake Goodman 30 6 18 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .333 .702 1.9 0.3 0.1
P  Frank Buttery 33 27 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .273 .429 .273 .701 1.6 0.4 0.0
P *Tom Lynch 21 31 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Morrie Critchley 34 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *John Mansell 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 26.1 1738 5635 675 1415 292 40 17 599 345 77 280 520 .251 .285 .326 .611 527.3 122.9 52.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 4 5 4 6 7 5 1 6 4 3 5 5 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bobby Mathews 31 29 11 .725 43 43 0 377.7 334 93 0 36 119 2.22 33.8
 Jersey Bakely 19 18 14 .563 39 37 0 284.7 266 79 1 60 114 2.50 22.4
 George Bradley 30 10 14 .417 33 27 1 234.7 242 78 3 34 63 2.99 11.1
 Fred Corey 29 14 6 .700 23 23 0 203.0 194 63 1 28 54 2.79 14.9
 Jim Chatterton 19 12 10 .545 31 23 0 203.0 196 70 3 57 60 3.10 9.8
 Frank Buttery 33 4 6 .400 27 4 11 58.0 68 33 0 27 16 5.12 1.5
 Tom Lynch 21 2 5 .286 31 3 0 52.7 58 29 3 20 22 4.96 0.0
 Morrie Critchley 34 1 5 .167 23 2 2 32.0 34 23 1 18 11 6.47 0.0
 Chuck Lauer 19 0 1 .000 10 0 0 11.3 9 3 0 5 2 2.38 0.6
 Bob Blakiston 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 26.2 90 72 .556 261 162 14 1457.3 1401 471 12 285 461 2.91 94.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 4 4 1 3 6 8 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 22.9
T.Barlow 860.0 98 98 295 64 27 3 .930 28.1
P.Deasley 302.1 30 34 105 19 6 0 .954 30.0
C.Stricker 182.7 20 21 40 7 3 0 .940 12.5
J.O'Brien 73.0 8 11 31 3 2 0 .944 10.0
E.Rowen 9.3 0 3 2 2 1 0 .800 0.0
D.Miller 8.7 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1435.8 156 169 478 95 39 3 .936 25.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 12.79
H.Stovey 1340.3 149 150 1796 114 18 112 .991 12.83
B.Crowley 58.0 7 7 80 5 0 6 1.000 13.19
J.Goodman 40.0 5 5 57 4 2 3 .968 13.73
T.Brown 36.1 4 4 46 3 1 3 .980 12.22
B.Blakiston 19.0 1 3 30 2 0 4 1.000 15.16
Team Total 1493.4 166 169 2009 128 21 128 .990 12.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 5.97
M.Moynahan 1007.3 114 114 266 444 11 69 .985 6.34
L.Knight 220.3 25 29 39 62 3 8 .971 4.13
H.Hollingshead 127.7 14 15 31 59 1 11 .989 6.34
D.Miller 28.0 2 5 7 10 2 4 .895 5.46
C.Stricker 26.0 3 3 10 8 2 0 .900 6.23
D.Flowers 17.0 2 3 3 4 1 1 .875 3.71
E.Rowen 15.0 1 4 4 8 1 2 .923 7.20
T.Brown 8.4 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.29
C.Bassett 6.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.7 162 176 363 599 21 96 .979 5.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .898 3.14
B.Nash 784.3 83 103 55 212 24 16 .918 3.06
D.Miller 230.0 26 27 15 71 1 4 .989 3.37
E.Rowen 210.0 25 26 15 70 5 3 .944 3.64
L.Knight 206.0 25 26 15 69 6 2 .933 3.67
J.O'Brien 27.0 3 3 4 6 1 0 .909 3.33
Team Total 1457.3 162 185 104 428 37 25 .935 3.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .927 5.16
S.Bellan 1129.3 130 130 162 544 10 67 .986 5.63
D.Flowers 157.4 19 23 29 71 9 11 .917 5.72
J.O'Brien 129.7 13 19 17 60 6 9 .928 5.34
D.Johnston 33.7 3 9 3 15 0 1 1.000 4.81
T.Barlow 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Moynahan 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.1 165 185 213 692 25 89 .973 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .922 2.06
J.Quinn 1312.3 146 146 306 8 5 3 .984 2.15
D.Miller 101.0 11 13 17 0 1 0 .944 1.51
T.Brown 84.2 9 9 22 1 2 0 .920 2.46
J.Birchall 26.0 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.42
W.Goldsby 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1541.5 171 173 355 9 9 3 .976 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .906 2.63
C.Bassett 729.7 82 82 226 8 0 4 1.000 2.89
J.O'Brien 649.7 72 72 174 6 5 1 .973 2.49
D.Johnston 35.0 3 6 12 0 1 0 .923 3.09
J.Birchall 25.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
W.Goldsby 18.0 2 2 7 0 1 0 .875 3.50
T.Brown 16.3 2 2 4 0 1 0 .800 2.21
P.Deasley 5.6 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
Team Total 1479.2 164 169 432 14 8 5 .982 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .927 2.07
D.Miller 512.7 55 65 141 8 0 2 1.000 2.62
J.Birchall 431.7 51 51 113 0 3 0 .974 2.36
W.Goldsby 241.0 27 28 64 3 2 1 .971 2.50
T.Brown 67.8 7 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
B.Blakiston 58.0 6 8 15 0 2 0 .882 2.33
J.Quinn 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1314.1 146 161 347 11 7 3 .981 2.45
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .926 2.62
B.Mathews 377.7 43 43 28 83 16 9 .874 2.65
J.Bakely 284.7 37 39 16 52 2 6 .971 2.15
G.Bradley 234.7 27 33 18 39 10 0 .851 2.19
J.Chatterton 203.0 23 31 18 54 2 2 .973 3.19
F.Corey 203.0 23 23 9 28 11 1 .771 1.64
F.Buttery 58.0 4 27 1 22 4 2 .852 3.57
T.Lynch 52.7 3 31 6 10 1 0 .941 2.73
M.Critchley 32.0 2 23 4 13 0 0 1.000 4.78
C.Lauer 11.3 0 10 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.77
Team Total 1457.0 162 260 102 305 46 20 .898 2.51
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Quinn .300
On-Base Pct Stovey .344
Slugging Pct Stovey .399
OPS Stovey .742
XR Stovey 84.9
Games Quinn 151
At-Bats Quinn 619
Runs Quinn 90
Hits Quinn 186
Total Bases Quinn 244
Singles Quinn 140
Doubles Quinn 36
Triples Stovey 11
Homeruns Stovey 4
RBIs Bellan, Stovey 69
Stolen Bases Stovey 75
Caught Stealing Quinn 17
Walks Stovey 57
Strikeouts Stovey 85
ERA Mathews 2.22
Wins Mathews 29
Losses Bakely, Bradley 14
Winning Pct Mathews .725
Saves Buttery 11
Games Pitched Mathews 43
Games Started Mathews 43
Complete Games Mathews 34
Shutouts Mathews 6
Innings Pitched Mathews 377.7
Hits Allowed Mathews 334
Homeruns Allowed Bradley, Chatterton, Lynch 3
Strikeouts Mathews 119
Walks Allowed Bakely 60
Walks per 9IP Mathews 0.9
Hits per 9IP Mathews 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Bakely 3.6
WHiP Mathews 0.98
OAVG Mathews .234
OOBP Mathews .253
OSLG Mathews .285
OOPS Mathews .538
Team All-Stars
George Bradley
Bobby Mathews
Joe Quinn
Player Salaries
George Bradley $ 16,110,000
Bobby Mathews $ 14,690,000
Dickie Flowers $ 11,000,000
Tom Barlow $ 7,000,000
Steve Bellan $ 5,000,000
Harry Stovey $ 4,071,429
Morrie Critchley $ 3,000,000
Mike Moynahan $ 2,821,429
Jake Goodman $ 2,000,000
Frank Buttery $ 2,000,000
John Mansell $ 2,000,000
Holly Hollingshead $ 810,000
Pat Deasley $ 428,571
Bill Crowley $ 350,000
Lon Knight $ 350,000
Doggie Miller $ 250,000
Ed Rowen $ 250,000
Charley Bassett $ 250,000
Joe Quinn $ 250,000
Jud Birchall $ 250,000
Bob Blakiston $ 250,000
Jack O'Brien $ 250,000
Tom Brown $ 250,000
Walt Goldsby $ 250,000
Jim Chatterton $ 250,000
Tom Lynch $ 250,000
Jersey Bakely $ 250,000
Chuck Lauer $ 250,000
Cub Stricker $ 250,000
Dick Johnston $ 250,000
Billy Nash $ 250,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Holly Hollingshead
2/13 Signed     Morrie Critchley
2/13 Signed     Frank Buttery
2/15 Signed     John Mansell
2/16 Signed     Jake Goodman
2/21 Signed     Steve Bellan
2/25 Signed     Tom Barlow
6/11 Traded Marr Phillips St. Louis (N) Pat Deasley
7/20 Traded Fred Corey St. Louis (A) Tom Brown
Frank Berkelbach
Dickie Flowers