1884 Providence Grays season

1884 Providence Grays 1884 National League Champions 1884 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1878)
Location
Messer Street Grounds (Since 1878) Providence, Rhode Island (Since 1878)
1884 Information
Owner(s)	C. T. Gardner
Manager(s)	Frank Bancroft
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The Providence Grays went 84-28 during the 1884 season, easily capturing the National League championship. They then faced the American Association champions, the New York Metropolitans, in the very first World Series. Thanks to excellent pitching by Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, the Grays swept the series and became the "World Champions."

During the last half of the regular season, Radbourn was the team's main pitcher after Charlie Sweeney jumped to the Union Association. Radbourn won 59 games for the Grays, which set a Major League Baseball record that has stood for over 120 years.

Regular season

1884 World Series Champion Providence Grays

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Providence Grays	84	28	--	.750
Boston Beaneaters	73	38	10.5	.658
Buffalo Bisons	64	47	19.5	.577
New York Gothams	62	50	22	.554
Chicago White Stockings	62	50	22	.554
Philadelphia Quakers	39	73	45	.348
Cleveland Blues	35	77	49	.313
Detroit Wolverines	28	84	56	.250

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	Gilligan, BarneyBarney Gilligan	82	294	72	.245	1	38
1B	Start, JoeJoe Start	93	381	105	.276	2	32
2B	Farrell, JackJack Farrell	111	469	102	.217	1	37
3B	Denny, JerryJerry Denny	110	439	109	.248	6	59
SS	Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin	102	404	97	.240	2	44
OF	Hines, PaulPaul Hines	114	490	148	.302	3	41
OF	Radford, PaulPaul Radford	97	355	70	.197	1	29
OF	Carroll, CliffCliff Carroll	113	452	118	.261	3	54

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
Nava, SandySandy Nava	34	116	11	.095	0	6
Bassett, CharleyCharley Bassett	27	79	11	.139	0	6
Murray, MiahMiah Murray	8	27	5	.185	0	1
Cattanach, JohnJohn Cattanach	1	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
Radbourn, Old HossOld Hoss Radbourn	75	678.2	59	12	1.38	441
Sweeney, CharlieCharlie Sweeney	27	221	17	8	1.55	145
Conley, EdEd Conley	8	71	4	4	2.15	33
Miller, CycloneCyclone Miller	6	34.2	3	2	2.08	12
Radford, PaulPaul Radford	2	13	0	2	7.62	2
Arundel, HarryHarry Arundel	1	9	1	0	1.00	4
Cattanach, JohnJohn Cattanach	1	5	0	0	9.00	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin	1	0	0	0	3.00	0
Hines, PaulPaul Hines	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

The World Series of 1884

Main article: 1884 World Series

Providence Grays (NL) (84-28) vs New York Metropolitans (AA) (75-32)

Game 1

Friday, October 23rd, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 6-0

Game 2

Saturday, October 24th, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 3-1 (7 innings)

Game 3

Sunday, October 25th, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 12-2 (6 innings)

References

• 1884 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference

Preceded by Boston Beaneaters 1883

National League Championship Season 1884

Succeeded by Chicago White Stockings 1885