1883 Columbus Buckeyes season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season

1883 Columbus Buckeyes

League| American Association
Ballpark| Recreation Park
City| Columbus, Ohio
Manager| Horace Phillips

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The 1883 Columbus Buckeyes finished with a 32–65 record, sixth place in the American Association. This was the first season in the major leagues for the team.

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 32  | 0.673  | —  | 37–14  | 29–18
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 33  | 0.663  | 1  | 35–14  | 30–19
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 61 | 37  | 0.622  | 5  | 38–13  | 23–24
New York Metropolitans | 54 | 42  | 0.562  | 11  | 29–17  | 25–25
Louisville Eclipse | 52 | 45  | 0.536  | 13½  | 29–18  | 23–27
Columbus Buckeyes | 32 | 65  | 0.330  | 33½  | 18–29  | 14–36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 31 | 67  | 0.316  | 35  | 18–31  | 13–36
Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 68  | 0.292  | 37  | 18–31  | 10–37

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1883 American Association record

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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 | —

### Opening Day lineup[edit]

### Roster[edit]

1883 Columbus Buckeyes

Roster
Pitchers

*   * Ed Dundon
*   * Pete Fries
*   * Frank McIntyre
*   * Frank Mountain
*   * John Valentine

|  | Catchers

*   * Rudy Kemmler
*   * Joe Straub

Infielders

*   * Sam Childs
*   * Jim Field
*   * Bill Kuehne
*   * Gracie Pierce
*   * John Richmond
*   * Bill Schwartz
*   * Pop Smith

|  | Outfielders

*   * Tom Brown
*   * Fred Mann
*   * Harry Wheeler

|  | Manager

*   * Horace Phillips

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

Pos  | Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR

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C | Rudy Kemmler | 84 | 318 | 66 | .208 | 0
1B | Jim Field | 76 | 292 | 75 | .257 | 1
2B | Pop Smith | 97 | 405 | 106 | .262 | 4
3B | Bill Kuehne | 95 | 374 | 85 | .227 | 1
SS | John Richmond | 92 | 385 | 109 | .283 | 0
OF | Fred Mann | 96 | 394 | 98 | .249 | 1
OF | Tom Brown | 97 | 420 | 115 | .274 | 5
OF | Harry Wheeler | 82 | 371 | 84 | .226 | 0

#### Other batters[edit]

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

Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR

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Joe Straub | 27 | 100 | 13 | .130 | 0
Gracie Pierce | 11 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0
Bill Schwartz | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0
Sam Childs | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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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Frank Mountain | 59 | 503.0 | 26 | 33 | 3.60 | 159
Ed Dundon | 20 | 166.2 | 3 | 16 | 4.48 | 31
John Valentine | 13 | 102.0 | 2 | 10 | 3.53 | 13
Pete Fries | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.48 | 7
Frank McIntyre | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.21 | 6
Harry Wheeler | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.20 | 2

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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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Tom Brown | 3 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 6

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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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Pop Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 0

## References[edit]

* 1883 Columbus Buckeyes team page at Baseball Reference

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