1884 Cleveland Blues season

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1884 Cleveland Blues

League| National League
Ballpark| Kennard Street Park
City| Cleveland, Ohio
Manager| Charlie Hackett

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The 1884 Cleveland Blues season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blues finishing the season at 35–72, seventh place in the National League. After the season, the team was purchased by Charles Byrne for $10,000 and shut down, many of the players being added to Byrne's Brooklyn Grays team.[1]

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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[edit]

1884 National League record

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Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Team  | BSN  | BUF  | CHI  | CLV  | DTN  | NYG  | 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[edit]

1884 Cleveland Blues

Roster
Pitchers

* John Harkins
* John Henry
* Jim McCormick

Catchers

* Fatty Briody
* Doc Bushong
* Jerry Moore

|  | Infielders

* Joe Ardner
* George Fisher
* Jack Glasscock
* Mike Moynahan
* Mike Muldoon
* Bill Phillips
* George Pinkney
* Germany Smith

|  | Outfielders

* Ernie Burch
* Jake Evans
* Pit Gilman
* Pete Hotaling
* Sam Moffet
* Willie Murphy
* Bill Smith
* George Strief
* Guerdon Whiteley

|  | Manager

* Charlie Hackett

## 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; RBI = Runs batted in

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

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C | Doc Bushong | 62 | 203 | 48 | .236 | 0 | 10
1B | Bill Phillips | 111 | 464 | 128 | .276 | 3 | 46
2B | Germany Smith | 72 | 291 | 74 | .254 | 4 | 26
SS | Jack Glasscock | 72 | 281 | 70 | .249 | 1 | 22
3B | Mike Muldoon | 110 | 422 | 101 | .239 | 2 | 38
OF | Pete Hotaling | 102 | 408 | 99 | .243 | 3 | 27
OF | Willie Murphy | 42 | 168 | 38 | .226 | 1 | 9
OF | Jake Evans | 80 | 313 | 81 | .259 | 1 | 38

#### Other batters[edit]

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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Sam Moffet | 67 | 256 | 47 | .184 | 0 | 15
Fatty Briody | 43 | 148 | 25 | .169 | 1 | 12
George Pinkney | 36 | 144 | 45 | .313 | 0 | 16
Ernie Burch | 32 | 124 | 26 | .210 | 0 | 7
Joe Ardner | 26 | 92 | 16 | .174 | 0 | 4
Mike Moynahan | 12 | 45 | 13 | .289 | 0 | 6
Guerdon Whiteley | 8 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 0
Jerry Moore | 9 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 10
George Strief | 8 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 0
George Fisher | 6 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0
Pit Gilman | 2 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0
Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 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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John Harkins | 46 | 391.0 | 12 | 32 | 3.68 | 192
Jim McCormick | 42 | 359.0 | 19 | 22 | 2.86 | 182
Sam Moffet | 24 | 197.2 | 3 | 19 | 3.87 | 84
John Henry | 5 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.64 | 23

#### 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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Jack Glasscock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1

## References[edit]

* 1884 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference

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1884 MLB season by team

National League|

* Boston
* Buffalo
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Providence

American Association|

* Baltimore
* Brooklyn
* Cincinnati
* Columbus
* Indianapolis
* Louisville
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* Richmond
* St. Louis
* Toledo
* Washington

Union Association|

* Altoona
* Baltimore
* Boston
* Chicago/Pittsburgh
* Cincinnati
* Kansas City
* Milwaukee
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* St. Paul
* Washington
* Wilmington

1884 World Series

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