# 1884 Louisville Eclipse season

The 1884 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 68–40 record, third place in the American Association.
There has been some debate over whom the manager of this club was, with some sources listing the club's starting second baseman, Joe Gerhardt, as manager for at least part of the year, with others crediting team official Mike Walsh with either all or part of the year.
Guy Hecker started 75 games for the Eclipse in 1884 and won the American Association Pitching Triple Crown by leading the league in wins, with 52, strikeouts, with 385, and earned run average with 1.80.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | Dan Sullivan | 63 | 247 | 59 | .239 | 0 | 26 |
| 1B | Jumbo Latham | 77 | 308 | 52 | .169 | 0 | 23 |
| 2B | Joe Gerhardt | 106 | 404 | 89 | .220 | 0 | 40 |
| 3B | Pete Browning | 103 | 447 | 150 | .336 | 4 | 47 |
| SS | Tom McLaughlin | 98 | 335 | 67 | .200 | 0 | 21 |
| OF | Jimmy Wolf | 110 | 486 | 146 | .300 | 3 | 73 |
| OF | Leech Maskrey | 105 | 412 | 103 | .250 | 0 | 36 |
| OF | Monk Cline | 94 | 396 | 115 | .290 | 2 | 39 |

#### 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 Reccius | 73 | 263 | 63 | .240 | 3 | 21 |
| Ed Whiting | 42 | 157 | 35 | .223 | 0 | 18 |
| Wally Andrews | 14 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 8 |
| Buttercup Dickerson | 8 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 1 | - |
| Len Stockwell | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | - |
| Bill Hunter | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Guy Hecker | 75 | 670.2 | 52 | 20 | 1.80 | 385 |
| Denny Driscoll | 13 | 102.0 | 6 | 6 | 3.44 | 16 |
| Ren Deagle | 12 | 87.1 | 4 | 6 | 2.58 | 23 |
| Pete Browning | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 54.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Phil Reccius | 18 | 129.1 | 6 | 7 | 2.71 | 46 |