1884 Boston Reds season

1884 Boston Reds
Major League affiliations
Union Association (since 1884)
Location
Dartmouth Grounds (since 1884)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1884)
Other information
Manager(s)	Tim Murnane

The 1884 Boston Reds finished with a 58–51 record in the Union Association, finishing in fifth place (fourth among teams that played a full schedule). This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

Regular season

Season standings

Union Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Maroons	94	19	0.832	—	49–6	45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	69	36	0.657	21	35–17	34–19
Baltimore Monumentals	58	47	0.552	32	29–21	29–26
Boston Reds	58	51	0.532	34	34–22	24–29
Milwaukee Brewers	8	5	0.615	36	8–4	0–1
St. Paul Saints	2	6	0.250	39½	0–0	2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies	41	50	0.451	42	21–19	20–31
Altoona Mountain Citys	6	19	0.240	44	6–12	0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps	2	16	0.111	44½	1–6	1–10
Washington Nationals (UA)	47	65	0.420	46½	36–27	11–38
Philadelphia Keystones	21	46	0.313	50	14–21	7–25
Kansas City Cowboys	16	63	0.203	61	11–23	5–40

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ALT	BAL	BOS	CHI/PIT	CIN	KC	MIL	PHI	STL	STP	WSH	WIL
Altoona	—	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–8	0–0	3–1	0–0
Baltimore	3–1	—	10–5–1	7–5	4–10	10–2	1–3	10–2	1–14	0–0	11–5	1–0
Boston	1–1	5–10–1	—	4–8–1	5–11	8–4	2–2	8–3	8–8	0–0	12–4	5–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh	0–0	5–7	8–4–1	—	7–8	12–4	0–0	3–5	2–14	0–0	4–8–1	0–0
Cincinnati	3–0	10–4	11–5	8–7	—	9–1	0–0	9–0	4–12	3–0	10–6	2–1
Kansas City	0–0	2–10	4–8	4–12	1–9	—	0–0	0–4	0–11–1	1–1–1	4–8–1	0–0
Milwaukee	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0
Philadelphia	3–1	2–10	3–8	5–3	0–9	4–0	0–0	—	0–8	0–0	4–7	0–0
St. Louis	8–0	14–1	8–8	14–2	12–4	11–0–1	0–0	8–0	—	2–1	13–3	4–0
St. Paul	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–0
Washington	1–3	5–11	4–12	8–4–1	6–10	8–4–1	1–3	7–4	3–13	0–0	—	4–1
Wilmington	0–0	0–1	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–4	—

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
C	Lew Brown	85	325	75	.231	1
1B	Tim Murnane	76	311	73	.235	0
2B	Tom O'Brien	103	449	118	.263	4
3B	John Irwin	105	432	101	.234	1
SS	Walter Hackett	103	415	101	.243	1
OF	Kid Butler	71	255	43	.169	0
OF	Mike Slattery	106	413	86	.208	0
OF	Ed Crane	101	428	122	.285	12

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
Tommy McCarthy	53	209	45	.215	0
Jim McKeever	16	66	9	.136	0
Joe Flynn	9	31	7	.226	0
Pat Scanlon	6	24	7	.292	0
Ed Callahan	4	13	5	.385	0
Charlie Reilley	3	11	0	.000	0
Henry Mullin	2	8	0	.000	0
Art Sladen	2	7	0	.000	0
Clarence Dow	1	6	2	.333	0
John Rudderham	1	4	1	.250	0
Elias Peak	1	4	2	.500	0
Murphy	1	3	0	.000	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dupee Shaw	39	315.2	21	15	1.77	309
James Burke	38	322	19	15	2.85	255
Tommy Bond	23	189	13	9	3.00	128
Tommy McCarthy	7	56	0	7	4.82	18
Fred Tenney	4	35	3	1	2.31	18
Charlie Daniels	2	16.2	0	2	4.32	12

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Crane	4	18	0	2	4.00	13

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lew Brown	1	0	0	1	36.00	0

References

• 1884 Boston Reds at Baseball Reference