# 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

The 1884 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American Association with a record of 68–41, 8 games behind the New York Metropolitans.

## Regular season

The Red Stockings were looking to return to their 1882 form, when they won the American Association pennant before falling to third place in 1883. The club named pitcher Will White the player-manager for the 1884 season, taking over for catcher Pop Snyder. Cincinnati was relatively quiet during the off-season, although they did sign Tom Mansell, who had split the previous season between the Detroit Wolverines of the National League, and the St. Louis Browns of the AA, hitting .305 with 34 RBI and 45 runs between those two teams. The club also moved into American Park for the 1884 season.
John Reilly was the offensive force on the team, hitting .339 with eleven home runs and 91 RBI, all club highs. Charley Jones hit .314 with seven home runs and 71 RBI, along with a team high 117 runs. On the mound, White led the way with a 34–18 record and a 3.32 ERA in 52 starts.

### Season summary

Cincinnati got off to a slow start, as they lost their first game in their new ballpark, 10–9 to the Columbus Buckeyes, and they had a record of 4–5 in their first nine games, before reeling off four wins in a row to stay above the .500 level for the rest of the season. The Red Stockings got red hot, as they eventually had a 28–14 record, only one game out of first place. In a three-game series against the Washington Nationals, the Red Stockings outscored their opposition 48–6. Cincinnati started to fade as the season continued on, and with their record at 44–27 changed managers, bringing Pop Snyder back as player-manager. Cincinnati continued to slump, falling to 10½ games out of first place with a 52–35 record, but then won ten games in a row to climb back to within 4½ games. It was too little too late though, as Cincinnati finished the season with a 68–41 record, good enough for fifth place, eight games behind the Metropolitans.

### 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 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Red Stockings Win | Red Stockings Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1884 Game Log: 68–41 (Home: 40–16; Away: 28–25) :
May: 12–8 (Home: 4–2; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1May 1Buckeyes9–10American ParkN/A0–1L1
2May 2Buckeyes4–3American ParkN/A1–1W1
3May 3Buckeyes4–6American ParkN/A1–2L1
–May 4HoosiersPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 8
4May 6Hoosiers0–0American ParkN/A1–2L1
–May 7HoosiersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 27 as part of doubleheader
5May 8Hoosiers8–3American ParkN/A2–2W1
6May 9Blue Stockings9–1American ParkN/A3–2W2
7May 10Blue Stockings11–1American ParkN/A4–2W3
8May 11Blue Stockings2–3American ParkN/A4–3L1
–May 13@ BuckeyesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 16
9May 14@ Buckeyes2–8Recreation ParkN/A4–4L2
10May 15@ Buckeyes3–5Recreation ParkN/A4–5L3
11May 16@ Buckeyes8–3Recreation ParkN/A5–5W1
12May 17@ Hoosiers8–2Bruce GroundsN/A6–5W2
13May 18@ Hoosiers5–1Bruce GroundsN/A7–5W3
14May 20@ Hoosiers12–0Bruce GroundsN/A8–5W4
–May 22@ Blue StockingsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 10 (site change)
15May 23@ Blue Stockings9–10League ParkN/A8–6L1
16May 24@ Blue Stockings11–2League ParkN/A9–6W1
17May 26@ Orioles3–11Oriole ParkN/A9–7L1
18May 28@ Orioles6–4Oriole ParkN/A10–7W1
19May 29@ Orioles0–2Oriole ParkN/A10–8L1
20May 30@ Nationals6–5Athletic ParkN/A11–8W1
21May 31@ Nationals6–0Athletic ParkN/A12–8W2 :
June: 14–6 (Home: 6–1; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
22June 2@ Nationals3–0Athletic ParkN/A13–8W3
23June 3@ Metropolitans10–6Polo GroundsN/A14–8W4
24June 4@ Metropolitans2–19Polo GroundsN/A14–9L1
25June 5@ Metropolitans5–2Polo GroundsN/A15–9W1
26June 7@ Atlantics2–3Washington ParkN/A15–10L1
27June 9@ Atlantics13–10Washington ParkN/A16–10W1
28June 10@ Atlantics8–6Washington ParkN/A17–10W2
29June 12@ Alleghenys7–5Recreation ParkN/A18–10W3
30June 13@ Alleghenys0–2Recreation ParkN/A18–11L1
–June 14@ AlleghenysPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 19
31June 16@ Athletics14–9Jefferson Street GroundsN/A19–11W1
32June 17@ Athletics8–10Jefferson Street GroundsN/A19–12L1
33June 18@ Athletics6–11Jefferson Street GroundsN/A19–13L2
34June 19@ Alleghenys7–1Recreation ParkN/A20–13W1
35June 21Alleghenys5–0American ParkN/A21–13W2
36June 22Alleghenys4–2American ParkN/A22–13W3
37June 24Alleghenys12–0American ParkN/A23–13W4
38June 26Metropolitans4–0American ParkN/A24–13W5
39June 27Metropolitans4–12American ParkN/A24–14L1
40June 28Metropolitans8–7American ParkN/A25–14W1
41June 29Nationals16–0American ParkN/A26–14W2 :
July: 15–8 (Home: 11–5; Away: 4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
42July 1Nationals16–5American ParkN/A27–14W3
43July 2Nationals16–1American ParkN/A28–14W4
44July 4 1Athletics1–2American ParkN/A28–15L1
45July 4 2Athletics3–4American ParkN/A28–16L2
46July 5Athletics17–2American ParkN/A29–16W1
47July 6Atlantics4–3American ParkN/A30–16W2
48July 8Atlantics10–4American ParkN/A31–16W3
49July 10Atlantics3–4American ParkN/A31–17L1
50July 12Orioles15–10American ParkN/A32–17W1
51July 13Orioles9–2American ParkN/A33–17W2
52July 15Orioles9–2American ParkN/A34–17W3
53July 17@ Eclipse1–2Eclipse ParkN/A34–18L1
54July 18@ Eclipse6–5Eclipse ParkN/A35–18W1
55July 19@ Eclipse1–3Eclipse ParkN/A35–19L1
56July 20@ Hoosiers17–5Bruce GroundsN/A36–19W1
57July 22@ Hoosiers9–2Bruce GroundsN/A37–19W2
58July 23@ Browns0–2Sportsman's ParkN/A37–20L1
59July 24@ Browns12–10Sportsman's ParkN/A38–20W1
–July 25@ BrownsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
60July 26Eclipse7–6American ParkN/A39–20W2
61July 27Eclipse6–2American ParkN/A40–20W3
–July 28EclipsePostponed (rain); Makeup: August 15
62July 29Browns5–6American ParkN/A40–21L1
63July 30Browns9–8American ParkN/A41–21W1
64July 31Browns2–3American ParkN/A41–22L1 :
August: 9–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 1–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
65August 2Blue Stockings12–0American ParkN/A42–22W1
66August 3Blue Stockings0–3American ParkN/A42–23L1
67August 5@ Eclipse3–6Eclipse ParkN/A42–24L2
68August 6@ Eclipse3–6Eclipse ParkN/A42–25L3
69August 7@ Browns5–4Sportsman's ParkN/A43–25W1
70August 8@ Browns3–5Sportsman's ParkN/A43–26L1
71August 9@ Browns3–4Sportsman's ParkN/A43–27L2
72August 10Blue Stockings10–6American ParkN/A44–27W1
73August 13Eclipse9–2American ParkN/A45–27W2
74August 14Eclipse8–4American ParkN/A46–27W3
75August 15Eclipse4–7American ParkN/A46–28L1
76August 16Browns14–8American ParkN/A47–28W1
77August 17Browns8–10American ParkN/A47–29L1
78August 23Buckeyes3–4American ParkN/A47–30L2
79August 24Buckeyes11–2American ParkN/A48–30W1
80August 26Hoosiers5–4American ParkN/A49–30W2
81August 27 1Hoosiers3–2American ParkN/A50–30W3
82August 27 2Hoosiers7–9American ParkN/A50–31L1
–August 28@ BuckeyesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 29
83August 29@ Buckeyes4–6Recreation ParkN/A50–32L2
84August 30@ Buckeyes2–3Recreation ParkN/A50–33L3 :
September: 12–4 (Home: 10–2; Away: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
85September 1@ Blue Stockings12–7League ParkN/A51–33W1
86September 2@ Blue Stockings9–7League ParkN/A52–33W2
–September 4MetropolitansPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 5
87September 5Metropolitans8–13American ParkN/A52–34L1
88September 6Metropolitans3–10American ParkN/A52–35L2
89September 7Virginians12–1American ParkN/A53–35W1
90September 9Virginians17–3American ParkN/A54–35W2
91September 11Alleghenys11–1American ParkN/A55–35W3
92September 13Alleghenys11–6American ParkN/A56–35W4
93September 14Atlantics4–3American ParkN/A57–35W5
94September 16Atlantics11–0American ParkN/A58–35W6
95September 18Athletics9–6American ParkN/A59–35W7
96September 20Athletics7–4American ParkN/A60–35W8
97September 21Orioles11–10American ParkN/A61–35W9
98September 22Orioles5–0American ParkN/A62–35W10
99September 27@ Athletics5–12Jefferson Street GroundsN/A62–36L1
100September 29@ Athletics1–8Jefferson Street GroundsN/A62–37L2 :
October: 6–4 (Home: 1–0; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
101October 1@ Orioles0–3Oriole ParkN/A62–38L3
102October 2@ Orioles2–4Oriole ParkN/A62–39L4
103October 3@ Virginians8–3Allen PastureN/A63–39W1
104October 4@ Virginians7–5Allen PastureN/A64–39W2
105October 6@ Alleghenys8–8Recreation ParkN/A64–39W2
106October 7@ Alleghenys8–3Recreation ParkN/A65–39W3
107October 9@ Metropolitans1–5Polo GroundsN/A65–40L1
108October 10Hoosiers4–3American ParkN/A66–40W1
109October 11@ Metropolitans7–7Polo GroundsN/A66–40W1
110October 13@ Atlantics5–2Washington ParkN/A67–40W2
111October 14@ Metropolitans3–4Polo GroundsN/A67–41L1
112October 15@ Atlantics6–1Washington ParkN/A68–41W1 :

### 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 | Pop Snyder | 67 | 268 | 69 | .257 | 0 | 39 |
| 1B | John Reilly | 105 | 448 | 152 | .339 | 11 | 91 |
| 2B | Bid McPhee | 112 | 450 | 125 | .278 | 5 | 64 |
| 3B | Hick Carpenter | 108 | 474 | 121 | .255 | 4 | 60 |
| SS | Jimmy Peoples | 69 | 267 | 45 | .169 | 1 | 16 |
| OF | Charley Jones | 112 | 472 | 148 | .314 | 7 | 71 |
| OF | Pop Corkhill | 110 | 452 | 124 | .274 | 4 | 70 |
| OF | Tom Mansell | 65 | 266 | 66 | .248 | 0 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Phil Powers | 35 | 133 | 18 | .135 | 0 | 8 |
| Buck West | 33 | 131 | 32 | .244 | 1 | 15 |
| Frank Fennelly | 28 | 122 | 43 | .352 | 2 | ? |
| Chick Fulmer | 31 | 114 | 20 | .175 | 0 | 8 |
| Jimmy Woulfe | 8 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 2 |
| Frank Berkelbach | 6 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 3 |
| George Miller | 6 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Icicle Reeder | 3 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 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 |
| Will White | 52 | 456.0 | 34 | 18 | 3.32 | 118 |
| Bill Mountjoy | 33 | 289.0 | 19 | 12 | 2.93 | 96 |
| Gus Shallix | 23 | 199.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.70 | 78 |
| Ren Deagle | 4 | 34.0 | 3 | 1 | 5.03 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Pop Corkhill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 |