# 1884 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1884 Chicago White Stockings season was the 13th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the ninth in the National League and the seventh at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fifth in the National League with a record of 62–50. White Stocking third baseman, Ned Williamson set the then major league single season home run record with 27 home runs. After hitting just 13 home runs in 1883, the White Stockings hit 142, the first time that a team had hit 100+ home runs in a season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | .750 | — | 45‍–‍11 | 39‍–‍17 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | .658 | 10½ | 40‍–‍16 | 33‍–‍22 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | .577 | 19½ | 37‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍29 |
| New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 34‍–‍22 | 28‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 39‍–‍17 | 23‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | .348 | 45 | 19‍–‍37 | 20‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | .312 | 49 | 22‍–‍34 | 13‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | .250 | 56 | 18‍–‍38 | 10‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1884 National League recordvte 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
## 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 | Silver Flint | 73 | 279 | 57 | .204 | 9 | 45 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 112 | 475 | 159 | .335 | 21 | 102 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 112 | 467 | 135 | .289 | 25 | 101 |
| 3B | Ned Williamson | 107 | 417 | 116 | .278 | 27 | 84 |
| SS | Tom Burns | 83 | 343 | 84 | .245 | 7 | 44 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 111 | 521 | 161 | .309 | 22 | 69 |
| OF | George Gore | 103 | 422 | 134 | .318 | 5 | 34 |
| OF | King Kelly | 108 | 452 | 160 | .354 | 13 | 95 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Sunday | 43 | 176 | 39 | .222 | 4 | 28 |
| Walt Kinzie | 19 | 82 | 13 | .159 | 2 | 8 |
| Joe Brown | 15 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 3 |
| Sy Sutcliffe | 4 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Larry Corcoran | 60 | 516.2 | 35 | 23 | 2.40 | 272 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 21 | 188.0 | 9 | 11 | 4.26 | 34 |
| John Clarkson | 14 | 118.0 | 10 | 3 | 2.14 | 102 |
| Joe Brown | 7 | 50.0 | 4 | 2 | 4.68 | 27 |
| Tom Lee | 5 | 45.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.77 | 14 |
| George Crosby | 3 | 28.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.54 | 11 |
| John Hibbard | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.65 | 4 |
| Fred Andrus | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 2 |
| Mike Corcoran | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 2 |
| Thomas Lynch | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 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 |
| King Kelly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.44 | 1 |
| Ned Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| Fred Pfeffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Cap Anson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |