# 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the third season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise. The Alleghenys finished 11th in the American Association with a record of 30–78.

## Game log

1884 Game Log :
May: 8–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1Thursday, May 1Philadelphia Athletics2–90–1
2Friday, May 2Philadelphia Athletics2–110–2
3Saturday, May 3Philadelphia Athletics9–81–2
4Monday, May 5New York Metropolitans1–61–3
5Wednesday, May 7New York Metropolitans1–81–4
6Thursday, May 8New York Metropolitans1–81–5
7Friday, May 9Brooklyn Atlantics8–22–5
8Saturday, May 10Brooklyn Atlantics16–63–5
9Monday, May 12Brooklyn Atlantics9–64–5
10Tuesday, May 13@ New York Metropolitans4–134–6
11Wednesday, May 14@ New York Metropolitans2–44–7
12Thursday, May 15@ New York Metropolitans0–84–8
13Saturday, May 17@ Brooklyn Atlantics4–35–8
14Monday, May 19@ Brooklyn Atlantics6–115–9
15Tuesday, May 20@ Brooklyn Atlantics10–16–9
16Thursday, May 22@ Philadelphia Athletics1–86–10
17Friday, May 23@ Philadelphia Athletics4–96–11
18Saturday, May 24@ Philadelphia Athletics1–106–12
19Wednesday, May 28Columbus Buckeyes0–56–13
20Thursday, May 29Columbus Buckeyes0–56–14
21Friday, May 30Toledo Blue Stockings8–67–14
22Friday, May 30Toledo Blue Stockings1–27–15
23Saturday, May 31Toledo Blue Stockings5–38–15 :
June: 4–16 (Home: 3–10; Away: 1–6)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
24Tuesday, Jun 3Indianapolis Hoosiers2–38–16
25Wednesday, Jun 4Indianapolis Hoosiers11–69–16
26Thursday, Jun 5Indianapolis Hoosiers10–119–17
27Saturday, Jun 7St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns5–139–18
28Monday, Jun 9St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns3–99–19
29Wednesday, Jun 11St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns0–39–20
30Thursday, Jun 12Cincinnati Red Stockings5–79–21
31Friday, Jun 13Cincinnati Red Stockings2–010–21
32Monday, Jun 16Louisville Eclipse3–710–22
33Tuesday, Jun 17Louisville Eclipse6–710–23
34Wednesday, Jun 18Louisville Eclipse6–211–23
35Thursday, Jun 19Cincinnati Red Stockings1–711–24
36Friday, Jun 20Columbus Buckeyes3–611–25
37Saturday, Jun 21@ Cincinnati Red Stockings0–511–26
38Sunday, Jun 22@ Cincinnati Red Stockings2–411–27
39Tuesday, Jun 24@ Cincinnati Red Stockings0–1211–28
40Thursday, Jun 26@ Columbus Buckeyes3–611–29
41Friday, Jun 27@ Columbus Buckeyes1–411–30
42Saturday, Jun 28@ Columbus Buckeyes3–411–31
43Monday, Jun 30@ Toledo Blue Stockings4–312–31 :
July: 8–13 (Home: 3–1; Away: 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
44Tuesday, Jul 1@ Toledo Blue Stockings3–512–32
45Wednesday, Jul 2@ Toledo Blue Stockings8–713–32
46Friday, Jul 4@ Indianapolis Hoosiers4–1513–33
47Friday, Jul 4@ Indianapolis Hoosiers3–114–33
48Saturday, Jul 5@ Indianapolis Hoosiers3–1214–34
49Sunday, Jul 6@ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns6–1214–35
50Tuesday, Jul 8@ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns1–714–36
51Thursday, Jul 10@ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns2–1114–37
52Saturday, Jul 12@ Louisville Eclipse1–414–38
53Sunday, Jul 13@ Louisville Eclipse5–415–38
54Monday, Jul 14@ Louisville Eclipse0–615–39
55Thursday, Jul 17Washington Nationals3–216–39
56Friday, Jul 18Washington Nationals4–217–39
57Saturday, Jul 19Washington Nationals7–118–39
58Monday, Jul 21@ Washington Nationals3–1218–40
59Tuesday, Jul 22@ Washington Nationals9–819–40
60Wednesday, Jul 23@ Brooklyn Atlantics4–1019–41
61Thursday, Jul 24@ Brooklyn Atlantics6–220–41
62Saturday, Jul 26@ New York Metropolitans3–920–42
63Monday, Jul 28@ New York Metropolitans1–920–43
64Wednesday, Jul 30Baltimore Orioles2–920–44 :
August: 3–14 (Home: 2–6; Away: 1–8)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
65Friday, Aug 1Philadelphia Athletics4–321–44
66Saturday, Aug 2Philadelphia Athletics2–721–45
67Monday, Aug 4Brooklyn Atlantics2–421–46
68Wednesday, Aug 6Brooklyn Atlantics0–621–47
69Thursday, Aug 7@ Philadelphia Athletics1–721–48
70Saturday, Aug 9@ Philadelphia Athletics2–1321–49
71Monday, Aug 11@ Baltimore Orioles4–1021–50
72Tuesday, Aug 12@ Baltimore Orioles3–421–51
73Wednesday, Aug 13Baltimore Orioles0–821–52
74Thursday, Aug 14Baltimore Orioles4–1421–53
75Saturday, Aug 16New York Metropolitans0–621–54
76Monday, Aug 18New York Metropolitans1–022–54
77Friday, Aug 22@ Baltimore Orioles6–822–55
78Saturday, Aug 23@ Baltimore Orioles3–722–56
79Monday, Aug 25@ Baltimore Orioles3–922–57
80Tuesday, Aug 26@ Richmond Virginians4–422–57
81Wednesday, Aug 27@ Richmond Virginians5–722–58
82Thursday, Aug 28@ Richmond Virginians5–023–58 :
September: 6–12 (Home: 3–4; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
83Monday, Sep 1Richmond Virginians5–1023–59
84Tuesday, Sep 2Richmond Virginians1–223–60
85Wednesday, Sep 3Richmond Virginians4–823–61
86Thursday, Sep 4@ Toledo Blue Stockings2–423–62
87Saturday, Sep 6@ Toledo Blue Stockings10–324–62
88Sunday, Sep 7@ Columbus Buckeyes7–325–62
89Wednesday, Sep 10@ Columbus Buckeyes2–1025–63
90Thursday, Sep 11@ Cincinnati Red Stockings1–1125–64
91Saturday, Sep 13@ Cincinnati Red Stockings6–1125–65
92Tuesday, Sep 16@ Louisville Eclipse1–625–66
93Wednesday, Sep 17@ Louisville Eclipse1–425–67
94Thursday, Sep 18@ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns4–625–68
95Saturday, Sep 20@ St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns1–425–69
96Sunday, Sep 21@ Indianapolis Hoosiers4–226–69
97Wednesday, Sep 24Baltimore Orioles6–826–70
98Thursday, Sep 25Indianapolis Hoosiers15–427–70
99Saturday, Sep 27Indianapolis Hoosiers8–428–70
100Monday, Sep 29Indianapolis Hoosiers2–029–70 :
October: 1–8 (Home: 1–8; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
101Wednesday, Oct 1St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns2–130–70
102Thursday, Oct 2St. Louisville Eclipseis Browns5–1030–71
103Friday, Oct 3Columbus Buckeyes3–1430–72
104Saturday, Oct 4Columbus Buckeyes4–1530–73
105Monday, Oct 6Cincinnati Red Stockings8–830–73
106Tuesday, Oct 7Cincinnati Red Stockings3–830–74
107Thursday, Oct 9Toledo Blue Stockings3–930–75
108Saturday, Oct 11Toledo Blue Stockings0–230–76
109Tuesday, Oct 14Louisville Eclipse3–1030–77
110Wednesday, Oct 15Louisville Eclipse4–930–78 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie :

## Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Metropolitans | 75 | 32 | .701 | — | 42‍–‍9 | 33‍–‍23 |
| Columbus Buckeyes | 69 | 39 | .639 | 6½ | 38‍–‍16 | 31‍–‍23 |
| Louisville Eclipse | 68 | 40 | .630 | 7½ | 41‍–‍14 | 27‍–‍26 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 40 | .626 | 8 | 38‍–‍16 | 29‍–‍24 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 68 | 41 | .624 | 8 | 40‍–‍16 | 28‍–‍25 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 43 | .594 | 11½ | 42‍–‍13 | 21‍–‍30 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 61 | 46 | .570 | 14 | 38‍–‍16 | 23‍–‍30 |
| Toledo Blue Stockings | 46 | 58 | .442 | 27½ | 28‍–‍25 | 18‍–‍33 |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 40 | 64 | .385 | 33½ | 23‍–‍26 | 17‍–‍38 |
| Richmond Virginians | 12 | 30 | .286 | 30½ | 5‍–‍15 | 7‍–‍15 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 30 | 78 | .278 | 45½ | 18‍–‍37 | 12‍–‍41 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 29 | 78 | .271 | 46 | 15‍–‍39 | 14‍–‍39 |
| Washington Nationals | 12 | 51 | .190 | 41 | 10‍–‍20 | 2‍–‍31 |

### Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | CIN | COL | IND | LOU | NY | PHI | PIT | RIC | STL | TOL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 5–5 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 9–1 | 6–4–1 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 9–0 | 4–0 | 5–5 | 5–5–1 | 2–1 |
| Brooklyn | 5–5 | — | 2–8 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 3–6 | 1–9–1 | 3–6 | 4–6 | 3–2–1 | 2–7–1 | 4–4–2 | 3–1 |
| Cincinnati | 6–4 | 8–2 | — | 3–7 | 9–1–1 | 5–5 | 4–6–1 | 4–6 | 8–1–1 | 4–0 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 6–0 |
| Columbus | 4–6 | 7–3 | 7–3 | — | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5–1 | 9–1 | 2–2 | 5–5 | 8–1–1 | 5–1 |
| Indianapolis | 1–9 | 3–7 | 1–9–1 | 2–8 | — | 1–9 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 1–2–1 | 3–6–1 | 3–6 | 4–2 |
| Louisville | 4–6–1 | 6–3 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 9–1 | — | 3–7–1 | 6–3 | 8–2 | 4–1 | 5–5 | 9–1 | 4–1 |
| New York | 5–5 | 9–1–1 | 6–4–1 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 7–3–1 | — | 8–2 | 9–1 | 2–0 | 5–4–1 | 5–4–1 | 6–2 |
| Philadelphia | 7–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 5–5–1 | 6–4 | 3–6 | 2–8 | — | 8–2 | 2–0 | 3–7 | 6–3 | 7–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 0–9 | 6–4 | 1–8–1 | 1–9 | 6–4 | 2–8 | 1–9 | 2–8 | — | 1–4–1 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 4–1 |
| Richmond | 0–4 | 2–3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–4–1 | 0–0 |
| St. Louis | 5–5 | 7–2–1 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–3–1 | 5–5 | 4–5–1 | 7–3 | 9–1 | 3–1 | — | 5–5 | 5–1 |
| Toledo | 5–5–1 | 4–4–2 | 3–7 | 1–8–1 | 6–3 | 1–9 | 4–5–1 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 4–0–1 | 5–5 | — | 5–1 |
| Washington | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 1–7 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–5 | — |

## Player stats
### Batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Jim Gray | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Beck | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Whitney | 23 | 94 | 28 | 0.298 | 0 | 0 |
| Conny Doyle | 15 | 58 | 17 | 0.293 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Swartwood | 102 | 399 | 115 | 0.288 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Eden | 32 | 122 | 33 | 0.270 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Smith | 10 | 36 | 9 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Reid | 19 | 70 | 17 | 0.243 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Faatz | 29 | 112 | 27 | 0.241 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fox | 8 | 25 | 6 | 0.240 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Knowles | 46 | 182 | 42 | 0.231 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 74 | 291 | 66 | 0.227 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Hayes | 33 | 124 | 28 | 0.226 | 0 | 0 |
| Doggie Miller | 89 | 347 | 78 | 0.225 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Forster | 35 | 126 | 28 | 0.222 | 0 | 0 |
| Live Oak Taylor | 41 | 152 | 32 | 0.211 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Quest | 12 | 43 | 9 | 0.209 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hautz | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0.208 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Alberts | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 |
| George Creamer | 98 | 339 | 62 | 0.183 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Battin | 43 | 158 | 28 | 0.177 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Nelson | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McDonald | 38 | 145 | 23 | 0.159 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Colgan | 48 | 161 | 25 | 0.155 | 0 | 0 |
| Fleury Sullivan | 54 | 189 | 29 | 0.153 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Neagle | 43 | 148 | 22 | 0.149 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gorman | 8 | 27 | 4 | 0.148 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Ferguson | 10 | 41 | 6 | 0.146 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mansell | 27 | 100 | 14 | 0.140 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Dee | 12 | 40 | 5 | 0.125 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Lauer | 13 | 44 | 5 | 0.114 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Woulfe | 15 | 53 | 6 | 0.113 | 0 | 1 |
| John Peters | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jack Neagle | 38 | 326 | 11 | 26 | 3.73 | 85 |
| Fleury Sullivan | 51 | 441 | 16 | 35 | 4.20 | 189 |
| Bill Nelson | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 6 |
| Jack Gorman | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 4.68 | 10 |
| John Fox | 7 | 59 | 1 | 6 | 5.64 | 22 |
| Charlie Eden | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 3 |
| Frank Beck | 3 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 6.12 | 11 |
| Chuck Lauer | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7.58 | 8 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Ed Swartwood | 1 | 21⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 0 |