1883 Providence Grays | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Messer Street Grounds |
City | Providence, Rhode Island |
Owner | C. T. Gardner |
Manager | Harry Wright |
The Providence Grays finished the 1883 season in third place after a hard-fought four-way battle for the National League pennant.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 63 | 35 | 0.643 | — | 41–8 | 22–27 |
Chicago White Stockings | 59 | 39 | 0.602 | 4 | 36–13 | 23–26 |
Providence Grays | 58 | 40 | 0.592 | 5 | 34–15 | 24–25 |
Cleveland Blues | 55 | 42 | 0.567 | 7½ | 31–18 | 24–24 |
Buffalo Bisons | 49 | 45 | 0.521 | 12 | 36–13 | 13–32 |
New York Gothams | 46 | 50 | 0.479 | 16 | 28–19 | 18–31 |
Detroit Wolverines | 40 | 58 | 0.408 | 23 | 23–26 | 17–32 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 17 | 81 | 0.173 | 46 | 9–40 | 8–41 |
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CLE | DET | NYG | PHI | PRV | |||||||||
Boston | — | 7–7 | 7–7 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 14–0 | 8–6 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 7–7 | — | 5–9 | 7–7 | 9–5–1 | 8–5 | 9–5 | 7–7 | |||||||||
Chicago | 7–7 | 9–5 | — | 6–8 | 9–5 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 7–7 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 4–10 | 7–7 | 8–6 | — | 9–5–1 | 7–6–2 | 12–2 | 8–6 | |||||||||
Detroit | 4–10 | 5–9–1 | 5–9 | 5–9–1 | — | 8–6 | 11–3–1 | 2–12 | |||||||||
New York | 7–7 | 5–8 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 6–8 | — | 12–2 | 5–9 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 0–14 | 5–9 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 3–11–1 | 2–12 | — | 3–11 | |||||||||
Providence | 6–8 | 7–7 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 12–2 | 9–5 | 11–3 | — |
1883 Providence Grays | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Barney Gilligan | 74 | 263 | 52 | .198 | 0 | 24 |
1B | Joe Start | 87 | 370 | 105 | .284 | 1 | 57 |
2B | Jack Farrell | 95 | 420 | 128 | .305 | 3 | 61 |
3B | Jerry Denny | 98 | 393 | 108 | .275 | 8 | 55 |
SS | Arthur Irwin | 98 | 406 | 116 | .286 | 0 | 44 |
OF | Paul Hines | 97 | 442 | 132 | .299 | 4 | 45 |
OF | John Cassidy | 89 | 366 | 87 | .238 | 0 | 42 |
OF | Cliff Carroll | 58 | 238 | 63 | .265 | 1 | 20 |
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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Lee Richmond | 49 | 194 | 55 | .284 | 1 | 19 |
Sandy Nava | 29 | 100 | 24 | .240 | 0 | 16 |
Joe Mulvey | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Edgar Smith | 2 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
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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Old Hoss Radbourn | 76 | 632.1 | 48 | 25 | 2.05 | 315 |
Charlie Sweeney | 20 | 146.2 | 7 | 7 | 3.13 | 48 |
Lee Richmond | 12 | 92.0 | 3 | 7 | 3.33 | 13 |
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