1883 St. Louis Browns season

1883 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record65–33 (.663)
League place2nd
OwnersChris von der Ahe
ManagersTed Sullivan (53–26)
Charlie Comiskey (12–7)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1883 St. Louis Browns season was the team's second season in St. Louis, Missouri and its second season in the American Association. The Browns went 65–33 during the season and finished second in the American Association.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 66 32 .673 37‍–‍14 29‍–‍18
St. Louis Browns 65 33 .663 1 35‍–‍14 30‍–‍19
Cincinnati Red Stockings 61 37 .622 5 38‍–‍13 23‍–‍24
New York Metropolitans 54 42 .562 11 29‍–‍17 25‍–‍25
Louisville Eclipse 52 45 .536 13½ 29‍–‍18 23‍–‍27
Columbus Buckeyes 32 65 .330 33½ 18‍–‍29 14‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 31 67 .316 35 18‍–‍31 13‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 28 68 .292 37 18‍–‍31 10‍–‍37

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL CIN CLB LOU NY PHI PIT STL
Baltimore 3–11 6–7 6–8 3–10 3–11 5–9 2–12
Cincinnati 11–3 11–3 10–4 4–10 9–5 8–6 8–6
Columbus 7–6 3–11 5–9 3–11 1–13 10–4 3–11
Louisville 8–6 4–10 9–5 7–6–1 7–7 11–3 6–8
New York 10–3 10–4 11–3 6–7–1 5–9 9–5 3–11
Philadelphia 11–3 5–9 13–1 7–7 9–5 12–2 9–5
Pittsburgh 9–5 6–8 4–10 3–11 5–9 2–12 2–12
St. Louis 12–2 6–8 11–3 8–6 11–3 5–9 12–2


Roster

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1883 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Pos=Position, G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, Avg=Batting average, HR=Home runs, RBI=Runs batted in, BB=Base on balls, Slg=Slugging percentage

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR RBI BB Slg
C Pat Deasley 58 206 27 53 2 1 .257 0 15 6 .277
1B Charles Comiskey 96 401 87 118 17 9 .294 2 64 11 .397
2B George Strief 82 302 22 68 9 0 .225 1 22 12 .265
3B Arlie Latham 98 406 86 96 12 7 .236 0 ? 18 .300
SS Bill Gleason 98 425 81 122 21 9 .287 2 42 15 .393
OF Hugh Nicol 94 368 73 105 13 3 .285 0 39 18 .337
OF Fred Lewis 49 209 37 63 8 4 .301 1 33 1 .392
OF Tom Dolan 81 295 32 63 9 2 .214 1 18 9 .268

Other batters

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G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, Avg.=Batting average, HR=Home runs, RBI=Runs batted in, BB=Base on balls, Slg=Slugging percentage

Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg. HR RBI BB Slg
Tom Mansell 28 112 23 45 8 1 .402 0 24 7 .491
Joe Quest 19 78 12 20 3 1 .256 0 10 1 .321
Ned Cuthbert 21 71 3 12 1 0 .169 0 3 4 .183
Jack Gleason 9 34 2 8 0 0 .235 0 0 4 .235
Sleeper Sullivan 8 27 2 6 0 1 .222 0 0 0 .296
Tom Loftus 6 22 1 4 0 0 .182 0 0 2 .182
Harry McCaffery 5 18 0 1 0 0 .056 0 1 1 .056
Henry Oberbeck 4 14 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
John Ewing 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000
Jack Gorman 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tony Mullane 53 460.2 35 15 2.19 191
Jumbo McGinnis 45 382.2 28 16 2.33 128
Charlie Hodnett 4 32.0 2 2 1.41 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Dolan 1 0 0 0 4.50 0
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