1884 New York Gothams season

The 1884 New York Gothams season was the second season of that baseball franchise, eventually known as the San Francisco Giants. The team finished in fourth place, 22 games behind the pennant-winning Providence Grays.

1884 New York Gothams
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1883) New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	John B. Day
Manager(s)	Jim Price, John Montgomery Ward
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Regular season

1884 New York Gothams team photo

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Providence Grays	84	28	0.750	—	45–11	39–17
Boston Beaneaters	73	38	0.658	10½	40–16	33–22
Buffalo Bisons	64	47	0.577	19½	37–18	27–29
New York Gothams	62	50	0.554	22	34–22	28–28
Chicago White Stockings	62	50	0.554	22	39–17	23–33
Philadelphia Quakers	39	73	0.348	45	19–37	20–36
Cleveland Blues	35	77	0.312	49	22–34	13–43
Detroit Wolverines	28	84	0.250	56	18–38	10–46

Record vs. opponents

1884 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	9–6–2	10–6	14–2	12–4–1	8–8–1	13–3	7–9–1
Buffalo	6–9–2	—	10–6–1	14–2	12–4	5–11–1	11–5	6–10
Chicago	6–10	6–10–1	—	8–8	11–5	12–4	14–2	5–11
Cleveland	2–14	2–14	8–8	—	9–7	5–11	6–10–1	3–13
Detroit	4–12–1	4–12	5–11	7–9	—	2–14–1	5–11	1–15
New York	8–8–1	11–5–1	4–12	11–5	14–2–1	—	11–5	3–13–1
Philadelphia	3–13	5–11	2–14	10–6–1	11–5	5–11	—	3–13
Providence	9–7–1	10–6	11–5	13–3	15–1	13–3–1	13–3	—

Roster

1884 New York Gothams
Roster
Pitchers Ed Bagley Jim Brown Mickey Welch		Catchers Buck Ewing John Humphries Bill Loughran Charlie Manlove Henry Oxley Infielders Ed Caskin Roger Connor Frank Hankinson Alex McKinnon		Outfielders Mike Dorgan Pete Gillespie Sandy Griffin Danny Richardson John Ward		Manager Jim Price John Ward

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Buck Ewing	94	382	106	.277	3	41
1B	Alex McKinnon	116	470	128	.272	3	73
2B	Roger Connor	116	477	151	.317	4	82
SS	Ed Caskin	100	351	81	.231	1	40
3B	Frank Hankinson	105	389	90	.231	2	43
OF	Mike Dorgan	83	341	94	.276	1	48
OF	Patrick Gillespie	101	413	109	.264	2	44
OF	John Ward	113	482	122	.253	2	51

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Danny Richardson	74	277	70	.253	1	27
John Humphries	20	64	6	.094	0	2
Sandy Griffin	16	62	11	.177	0	6
Bill Loughran	9	29	3	.103	0	3
Charlie Manlove	3	10	0	.000	0	0
Henry Oxley	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mickey Welch	65	557.1	39	21	2.50	345
Ed Bagley	31	266	12	18	4.16	104
Mike Dorgan	14	113	8	6	3.50	90
Jim Brown	1	9	0	1	5.00	2
Buck Ewing	1	8	0	1	1.13	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Ward	9	60.2	3	3	3.41	23

References

• 1884 New York Gothams season at Baseball Reference