# 1884 Cleveland Blues season

The 1884 Cleveland Blues season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blues finishing the season at 35–72, seventh place in the National League. After the season, the team was purchased by Charles Byrne for $10,000 and shut down, many of the players being added to Byrne's Brooklyn Grays team.

## 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 | Doc Bushong | 62 | 203 | 48 | .236 | 0 | 10 |
| 1B | Bill Phillips | 111 | 464 | 128 | .276 | 3 | 46 |
| 2B | Germany Smith | 72 | 291 | 74 | .254 | 4 | 26 |
| SS | Jack Glasscock | 72 | 281 | 70 | .249 | 1 | 22 |
| 3B | Mike Muldoon | 110 | 422 | 101 | .239 | 2 | 38 |
| OF | Pete Hotaling | 102 | 408 | 99 | .243 | 3 | 27 |
| OF | Willie Murphy | 42 | 168 | 38 | .226 | 1 | 9 |
| OF | Jake Evans | 80 | 313 | 81 | .259 | 1 | 38 |

#### 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 |
| Sam Moffet | 67 | 256 | 47 | .184 | 0 | 15 |
| Fatty Briody | 43 | 148 | 25 | .169 | 1 | 12 |
| George Pinkney | 36 | 144 | 45 | .313 | 0 | 16 |
| Ernie Burch | 32 | 124 | 26 | .210 | 0 | 7 |
| Joe Ardner | 26 | 92 | 16 | .174 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Moynahan | 12 | 45 | 13 | .289 | 0 | 6 |
| Guerdon Whiteley | 8 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Moore | 9 | 30 | 6 | .200 | 0 | 10 |
| George Strief | 8 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 0 |
| George Fisher | 6 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Gilman | 2 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 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 |
| John Harkins | 46 | 391.0 | 12 | 32 | 3.68 | 192 |
| Jim McCormick | 42 | 359.0 | 19 | 22 | 2.86 | 182 |
| Sam Moffet | 24 | 197.2 | 3 | 19 | 3.87 | 84 |
| John Henry | 5 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.64 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Glasscock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |