1883 Philadelphia Athletics season
Appearance
1883 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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1883 American Association Champions | |
League | American Association |
Ballpark | Jefferson Street Grounds |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Owners | Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason |
Manager | Lon Knight |
The 1883 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 66–32 record and won the championship of the American Association.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
Batting
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 |
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C | Jack O'Brien | 94 | 390 | 113 | .290 | 0 | 70 |
1B | Harry Stovey | 94 | 421 | 128 | .304 | 14 | 66 |
2B | Cub Stricker | 89 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 1 | 40 |
3B | George Bradley | 76 | 312 | 73 | .234 | 1 | 36 |
SS | Mike Moynahan | 95 | 400 | 124 | .310 | 1 | 67 |
OF | Lon Knight | 97 | 429 | 108 | .252 | 1 | 53 |
OF | Jud Birchall | 96 | 448 | 108 | .241 | 1 | 24 |
OF | Bob Blakiston | 44 | 167 | 41 | .246 | 0 | 26 |
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 |
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Fred Corey | 71 | 298 | 77 | .258 | 1 | 40 |
Ed Rowen | 49 | 196 | 43 | .219 | 0 | 21 |
Bill Crowley | 23 | 96 | 24 | .250 | 0 | 16 |
Al Hubbard | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Charlie Mason | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
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 |
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Bobby Mathews | 44 | 381.0 | 30 | 13 | 2.46 | 203 |
George Bradley | 26 | 214.1 | 16 | 7 | 3.15 | 56 |
Fred Corey | 18 | 148.1 | 10 | 7 | 3.40 | 42 |
Jack Jones | 7 | 65.0 | 5 | 2 | 2.63 | 28 |
Jersey Bakley | 8 | 61.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.23 | 14 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Harry Stovey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |