1883 Providence Grays season

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1883  Providence Grays
League National League
Ballpark Messer Street Grounds
City Providence, Rhode Island
OwnerC. T. Gardner
Manager Harry Wright
  1882
1884  

The Providence Grays finished the 1883 season in third place after a hard-fought four-way battle for the National League pennant.

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Regular season

Manager Harry Wright Harry Wright Baseball Card.jpg
Manager Harry Wright
Pitcher Charles Radbourn Radbourne charles 1.jpg
Pitcher Charles Radbourn
Center fielder Paul Hines Paul Hines.jpg
Center fielder Paul Hines
Third baseman Jerry Denny Jerry Denny Baseball Card.jpg
Third baseman Jerry Denny
Left fielder Cliff Carroll Cliff Carroll.jpg
Left fielder Cliff Carroll

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 63350.64341–822–27
Chicago White Stockings 59390.602436–1323–26
Providence Grays 58400.592534–1524–25
Cleveland Blues 55420.56731–1824–24
Buffalo Bisons 49450.5211236–1313–32
New York Gothams 46500.4791628–1918–31
Detroit Wolverines 40580.4082323–2617–32
Philadelphia Quakers 17810.173469–408–41

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBUFCHICLEDETNYGPHIPRV
Boston 7–77–710–410–47–714–08–6
Buffalo 7–75–97–79–5–18–59–57–7
Chicago 7–79–56–89–59–512–27–7
Cleveland 4–107–78–69–5–17–6–212–28–6
Detroit 4–105–9–15–95–9–18–611–3–12–12
New York 7–75–85–96–7–26–812–25–9
Philadelphia 0–145–92–122–123–11–12–123–11
Providence 6–87–77–76–812–29–511–3

Roster

1883 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Barney Gilligan 7426352.198024
1B Joe Start 87370105.284157
2B Jack Farrell 95420128.305361
3B Jerry Denny 98393108.275855
SS Arthur Irwin 98406116.286044
OF Paul Hines 97442132.299445
OF John Cassidy 8936687.238042
OF Cliff Carroll 5823863.265120

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Lee Richmond 4919455.284119
Sandy Nava 2910024.240016
Joe Mulvey 4162.12502
Edgar Smith 292.22201

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Old Hoss Radbourn 76632.148252.05315
Charlie Sweeney 20146.2773.1348
Lee Richmond 1292.0373.3313

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