# 1883 St. Louis Browns season

The 1883 St. Louis Browns season was the team's second season in St. Louis, Missouri and its second season in the American Association. The Browns went 65–33 during the season and finished second in the American Association.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 32 | .673 | — | 37‍–‍14 | 29‍–‍18 |
| St. Louis Browns | 65 | 33 | .663 | 1 | 35‍–‍14 | 30‍–‍19 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 61 | 37 | .622 | 5 | 38‍–‍13 | 23‍–‍24 |
| New York Metropolitans | 54 | 42 | .562 | 11 | 29‍–‍17 | 25‍–‍25 |
| Louisville Eclipse | 52 | 45 | .536 | 13½ | 29‍–‍18 | 23‍–‍27 |
| Columbus Buckeyes | 32 | 65 | .330 | 33½ | 18‍–‍29 | 14‍–‍36 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 31 | 67 | .316 | 35 | 18‍–‍31 | 13‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 68 | .292 | 37 | 18‍–‍31 | 10‍–‍37 |

### Record vs. opponents

1883 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | CIN | CLB | LOU | NY | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–11 | 6–7 | 6–8 | 3–10 | 3–11 | 5–9 | 2–12 |
| Cincinnati | 11–3 | — | 11–3 | 10–4 | 4–10 | 9–5 | 8–6 | 8–6 |
| Columbus | 7–6 | 3–11 | — | 5–9 | 3–11 | 1–13 | 10–4 | 3–11 |
| Louisville | 8–6 | 4–10 | 9–5 | — | 7–6–1 | 7–7 | 11–3 | 6–8 |
| New York | 10–3 | 10–4 | 11–3 | 6–7–1 | — | 5–9 | 9–5 | 3–11 |
| Philadelphia | 11–3 | 5–9 | 13–1 | 7–7 | 9–5 | — | 12–2 | 9–5 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–5 | 6–8 | 4–10 | 3–11 | 5–9 | 2–12 | — | 2–12 |
| St. Louis | 12–2 | 6–8 | 11–3 | 8–6 | 11–3 | 5–9 | 12–2 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Pos=Position, G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, Avg=Batting average, HR=Home runs, RBI=Runs batted in, BB=Base on balls, Slg=Slugging percentage
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | BB | Slg |
| C | Pat Deasley | 58 | 206 | 27 | 53 | 2 | 1 | .257 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .277 |
| 1B | Charles Comiskey | 96 | 401 | 87 | 118 | 17 | 9 | .294 | 2 | 64 | 11 | .397 |
| 2B | George Strief | 82 | 302 | 22 | 68 | 9 | 0 | .225 | 1 | 22 | 12 | .265 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 98 | 406 | 86 | 96 | 12 | 7 | .236 | 0 | ? | 18 | .300 |
| SS | Bill Gleason | 98 | 425 | 81 | 122 | 21 | 9 | .287 | 2 | 42 | 15 | .393 |
| OF | Hugh Nicol | 94 | 368 | 73 | 105 | 13 | 3 | .285 | 0 | 39 | 18 | .337 |
| OF | Fred Lewis | 49 | 209 | 37 | 63 | 8 | 4 | .301 | 1 | 33 | 1 | .392 |
| OF | Tom Dolan | 81 | 295 | 32 | 63 | 9 | 2 | .214 | 1 | 18 | 9 | .268 |

#### Other batters

G=Games played, AB=At bats, R=Runs scored, H=Hits, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, Avg.=Batting average, HR=Home runs, RBI=Runs batted in, BB=Base on balls, Slg=Slugging percentage
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | BB | Slg |
| Tom Mansell | 28 | 112 | 23 | 45 | 8 | 1 | .402 | 0 | 24 | 7 | .491 |
| Joe Quest | 19 | 78 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .256 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .321 |
| Ned Cuthbert | 21 | 71 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .169 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .183 |
| Jack Gleason | 9 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .235 |
| Sleeper Sullivan | 8 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| Tom Loftus | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 |
| Harry McCaffery | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .056 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .056 |
| Henry Oberbeck | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Ewing | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jack Gorman | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |

### 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 |
| Tony Mullane | 53 | 460.2 | 35 | 15 | 2.19 | 191 |
| Jumbo McGinnis | 45 | 382.2 | 28 | 16 | 2.33 | 128 |
| Charlie Hodnett | 4 | 32.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.41 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Dolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |