1884 New York Gothams season

1884  New York Gothams
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Record	62–50 (.554)
League place	4th
Owners	John B. Day
Managers	Jim Price, John Montgomery Ward
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The 1884 New York Gothams season was the second season of that baseball franchise, eventually known as the San Francisco Giants. The team finished in fourth place, 22 games behind the pennant-winning Providence Grays.

Regular season

1884 New York Gothams team photo

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1884 National League record v t e Sources:
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

1884 New York Gothams
Roster
Pitchers Ed Bagley Jim Brown Mickey Welch		Catchers Buck Ewing John Humphries Bill Loughran Charlie Manlove Henry Oxley Infielders Ed Caskin Roger Connor Frank Hankinson Alex McKinnon		Outfielders Mike Dorgan Pete Gillespie Sandy Griffin Danny Richardson John Ward		Manager Jim Price John Ward

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	RBI
C	Buck Ewing	94	382	106	.277	3	41
1B	Alex McKinnon	116	470	128	.272	3	73
2B	Roger Connor	116	477	151	.317	4	82
SS	Ed Caskin	100	351	81	.231	1	40
3B	Frank Hankinson	105	389	90	.231	2	43
OF	Mike Dorgan	83	341	94	.276	1	48
OF	Patrick Gillespie	101	413	109	.264	2	44
OF	John Ward	113	482	122	.253	2	51

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	RBI
Danny Richardson	74	277	70	.253	1	27
John Humphries	20	64	6	.094	0	2
Sandy Griffin	16	62	11	.177	0	6
Bill Loughran	9	29	3	.103	0	3
Charlie Manlove	3	10	0	.000	0	0
Henry Oxley	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mickey Welch	65	557.1	39	21	2.50	345
Ed Bagley	31	266.0	12	18	4.16	104
Mike Dorgan	14	113.0	8	6	3.50	90
Jim Brown	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	2
Buck Ewing	1	8.0	0	1	1.13	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Ward	9	60.2	3	3	3.41	23

References

• 1884 New York Gothams season at Baseball Reference