# 1884 Boston Reds season

The 1884 Boston Reds finished with a 58–51 record in the Union Association, finishing in fifth place (fourth among teams that played a full schedule). This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteUnion Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Maroons | 94 | 19 | .832 | — | 49‍–‍6 | 45‍–‍13 |
| Cincinnati Outlaw Reds | 69 | 36 | .657 | 21 | 35‍–‍17 | 34‍–‍19 |
| Baltimore Monumentals | 58 | 47 | .552 | 32 | 29‍–‍21 | 29‍–‍26 |
| Boston Reds | 58 | 51 | .532 | 34 | 34‍–‍22 | 24‍–‍29 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 8 | 4 | .667 | 35½ | 8‍–‍4 | 0‍–‍0 |
| St. Paul Saints | 2 | 6 | .250 | 39½ | 0‍–‍0 | 2‍–‍6 |
| Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies | 41 | 50 | .451 | 42 | 21‍–‍19 | 20‍–‍31 |
| Altoona Mountain Citys | 6 | 19 | .240 | 44 | 6‍–‍12 | 0‍–‍7 |
| Wilmington Quicksteps | 2 | 16 | .111 | 44½ | 1‍–‍6 | 1‍–‍10 |
| Washington Nationals (UA) | 47 | 65 | .420 | 46½ | 36‍–‍27 | 11‍–‍38 |
| Philadelphia Keystones | 21 | 46 | .313 | 50 | 14‍–‍21 | 7‍–‍25 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 16 | 63 | .203 | 61 | 11‍–‍23 | 5‍–‍40 |

### Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ALT | BAL | BOS | CHI/PIT | CIN | KC | MIL | PHI | STL | STP | WSH | WIL |
| Altoona | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Baltimore | 3–1 | — | 10–5–1 | 7–5 | 4–10 | 10–2 | 1–3 | 10–2 | 1–14 | 0–0 | 11–5 | 1–0 |
| Boston | 1–1 | 5–10–1 | — | 4–8–1 | 5–11 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 8–8 | 0–0 | 12–4 | 5–0 |
| Chicago/Pittsburgh | 0–0 | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | — | 7–8 | 12–4 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–14 | 0–0 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati | 3–0 | 10–4 | 11–5 | 8–7 | — | 9–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 4–12 | 3–0 | 10–6 | 2–1 |
| Kansas City | 0–0 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–12 | 1–9 | — | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–11–1 | 1–1–1 | 4–8–1 | 0–0 |
| Milwaukee | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Philadelphia | 3–1 | 2–10 | 3–8 | 5–3 | 0–9 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–8 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 0–0 |
| St. Louis | 8–0 | 14–1 | 8–8 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 11–0–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | — | 2–1 | 13–3 | 4–0 |
| St. Paul | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Washington | 1–3 | 5–11 | 4–12 | 8–4–1 | 6–10 | 8–4–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 3–13 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Wilmington | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — |

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

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
| C | Lew Brown | 85 | 325 | 75 | .231 | 1 |
| 1B | Tim Murnane | 76 | 311 | 73 | .235 | 0 |
| 2B | Tom O'Brien | 103 | 449 | 118 | .263 | 4 |
| 3B | John Irwin | 105 | 432 | 101 | .234 | 1 |
| SS | Walter Hackett | 103 | 415 | 101 | .243 | 1 |
| OF | Kid Butler | 71 | 255 | 43 | .169 | 0 |
| OF | Mike Slattery | 106 | 413 | 86 | .208 | 0 |
| OF | Ed Crane | 101 | 428 | 122 | .285 | 12 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
| Tommy McCarthy | 53 | 209 | 45 | .215 | 0 |
| Jim McKeever | 16 | 66 | 9 | .136 | 0 |
| Joe Flynn | 9 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 |
| Pat Scanlon | 6 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 |
| Ed Callahan | 4 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 |
| Charlie Reilley | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Henry Mullin | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Art Sladen | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Clarence Dow | 1 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 |
| John Rudderham | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Elias Peak | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 |
| Murphy | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Dupee Shaw | 39 | 315.2 | 21 | 15 | 1.77 | 309 |
| James Burke | 38 | 322.0 | 19 | 15 | 2.85 | 255 |
| Tommy Bond | 23 | 189.0 | 13 | 9 | 3.00 | 128 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 7 | 56.0 | 0 | 7 | 4.82 | 18 |
| Fred Tenney | 4 | 35.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.31 | 18 |
| Charlie Daniels | 2 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.32 | 12 |

#### Other 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 |
| Ed Crane | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Lew Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |