# 1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

The 1883 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American Association with a record of 61–37, 5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Regular season

The Red Stockings came into the 1883 season looking to repeat as American Association Champions, as they had a league best record of 55–25 in 1882. During the off-season, the team announced that catcher Pop Snyder would return as player-manager. Cincinnati also made a big signing, as they signed Charley Jones, who played with the Cincinnati Reds of the National League from 1876–1878. Jones had not played professional baseball since 1880, when he played for the Boston Red Caps of the NL, after which he was black-balled from professional baseball. The Red Stockings also signed another former Reds player, John Reilly, who had also last played major league baseball for the Reds in the 1880 season.
On the diamond, the Red Stockings were led by Jones, who hit .294 with a team leading ten home runs, as well as a league leading 80 RBI. Reilly hit a team high .311 with nine homers and 79 RBI. On the mound, Will White continued to be the ace of the pitching staff, posting a 43–22 record with 64 complete games and a 2.09 ERA in 577 innings pitched.

### Season summary

Cincinnati started off the season on the right foot, winning their first four games, and had an impressive 11–5 record in their first sixteen ballgames. However, they were 3.5 games behind the Athletics. The Red Stockings would continue to play good baseball, and had a 31–23 record. However, they sat in fourth place. Cincinnati would then go on to win twelve of their next thirteen games to improve to 43–24. However, they only moved up to third place. The Red Stockings would remain in third place for the rest of the season, finishing the year at 61–37, five games behind the Athletics.

### 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 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Red Stockings Win | Red Stockings Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1883 Game Log: 61–37 (Home: 38–13; Away: 23–24) :
May: 12–8 (Home: 7–2; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1May 1Browns6–5Bank Street GroundsN/A1–0W1
2May 2Browns12–1Bank Street GroundsN/A2–0W2
3May 3Browns3–2Bank Street GroundsN/A3–0W3
4May 5Eclipse4–2Bank Street GroundsN/A4–0W4
5May 7Eclipse2–5Bank Street GroundsN/A4–1L1
6May 8Eclipse3–4Bank Street GroundsN/A4–2L2
7May 10@ Buckeyes3–4Recreation ParkN/A4–3L3
8May 12@ Buckeyes7–6Recreation ParkN/A5–3W1
9May 13@ Buckeyes7–0Recreation ParkN/A6–3W2
10May 15@ Browns4–7Sportsman's ParkN/A6–4L1
11May 16@ Browns5–9Sportsman's ParkN/A6–5L2
12May 17@ Browns6–3Sportsman's ParkN/A7–5W1
13May 19@ Eclipse6–3Eclipse ParkN/A8–5W2
–May 20@ EclipsePostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 14 (site change)
–May 22@ EclipsePostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 8 (site change)
14May 24Buckeyes10–8Bank Street GroundsN/A9–5W3
15May 25Buckeyes13–11Bank Street GroundsN/A10–5W4
16May 26Buckeyes6–0Bank Street GroundsN/A11–5W5
17May 29@ Athletics1–2Jefferson Street GroundsN/A11–6L1
18May 30 1@ Metropolitans0–1Polo GroundsN/A11–7L2
19May 30 2@ Athletics10–9Jefferson Street GroundsN/A12–7W1
20May 31@ Athletics7–8Jefferson Street GroundsN/A12–8L1 :
June: 10–7 (Home: 5–2; Away: 5–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
21June 2@ Alleghenys9–10Exposition ParkN/A12–9L2
22June 4@ Alleghenys12–8Exposition ParkN/A13–9W1
23June 5@ Alleghenys3–2Exposition ParkN/A14–9W2
24June 7@ Metropolitans1–3Polo GroundsN/A14–10L1
25June 8@ Metropolitans8–7Polo GroundsN/A15–10W1
26June 12@ Orioles9–3Oriole ParkN/A16–10W2
–June 13@ OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 15
27June 14@ Orioles8–12Oriole ParkN/A16–11L1
28June 15@ Orioles11–3Oriole ParkN/A17–11W1
29June 18Athletics6–0Bank Street GroundsN/A18–11W2
30June 19Athletics7–0Bank Street GroundsN/A19–11W3
31June 20Athletics11–1Bank Street GroundsN/A20–11W4
32June 21Athletics4–15Bank Street GroundsN/A20–12L1
33June 23Alleghenys7–2Bank Street GroundsN/A21–12W1
34June 25Alleghenys1–2Bank Street GroundsN/A21–13L1
35June 26Alleghenys1–4Bank Street GroundsN/A21–14L2
–June 28MetropolitansPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 3
36June 29Metropolitans4–2Bank Street GroundsN/A22–14W1
37June 30Metropolitans5–9Bank Street GroundsN/A22–15L1 :
July: 14–8 (Home: 8–2; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
38July 2Metropolitans3–4Bank Street GroundsN/A22–16L2
39July 3Metropolitans12–1Bank Street GroundsN/A23–16W1
40July 4 1Orioles14–2Bank Street GroundsN/A24–16W2
41July 4 2Orioles7–8Bank Street GroundsN/A24–17L1
42July 6Orioles23–0Bank Street GroundsN/A25–17W1
43July 7Orioles4–3Bank Street GroundsN/A26–17W2
44July 10@ Eclipse0–4Eclipse ParkN/A26–18L1
45July 11@ Eclipse9–3Eclipse ParkN/A27–18W1
46July 12@ Eclipse11–2Eclipse ParkN/A28–18W2
47July 13@ Eclipse3–1Eclipse ParkN/A29–18W3
48July 14Eclipse9–3Bank Street GroundsN/A30–18W4
49July 15@ Browns4–1Sportsman's ParkN/A31–18W5
50July 17@ Browns4–5Sportsman's ParkN/A31–19L1
51July 18@ Browns3–5Sportsman's ParkN/A31–20L2
52July 19@ Browns7–13Sportsman's ParkN/A31–21L3
53July 21@ Buckeyes1–6Recreation ParkN/A31–22L4
54July 22@ Buckeyes2–4Recreation ParkN/A31–23L5
–July 24@ BuckeyesPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 25
55July 25@ Buckeyes8–1Recreation ParkN/A32–23W1
56July 26@ Buckeyes8–2Recreation ParkN/A33–23W2
57July 28Buckeyes8–3Bank Street GroundsN/A34–23W3
58July 30Buckeyes17–4Bank Street GroundsN/A35–23W4
59July 31Buckeyes3–1Bank Street GroundsN/A36–23W5 :
August: 13–8 (Home: 8–2; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
60August 1Buckeyes10–2Bank Street GroundsN/A37–23W6
61August 3Browns4–3Bank Street GroundsN/A38–23W7
62August 4Browns0–1Bank Street GroundsN/A38–24L1
63August 6Browns5–2Bank Street GroundsN/A39–24W1
64August 7Browns6–3Bank Street GroundsN/A40–24W2
65August 8Eclipse8–1Bank Street GroundsN/A41–24W3
66August 9Eclipse5–0Bank Street GroundsN/A42–24W4
67August 10Eclipse14–4Bank Street GroundsN/A43–24W5
68August 11Eclipse1–2Bank Street GroundsN/A43–25L1
69August 13Eclipse17–3Bank Street GroundsN/A44–25W1
70August 16@ Metropolitans1–3Polo GroundsN/A44–26L1
71August 17@ Metropolitans4–5Polo GroundsN/A44–27L2
72August 18@ Metropolitans2–3Polo GroundsN/A44–28L3
73August 20@ Metropolitans1–9Polo GroundsN/A44–29L4
74August 21@ Athletics9–11Jefferson Street GroundsN/A44–30L5
75August 22@ Athletics8–6Jefferson Street GroundsN/A45–30W1
76August 23@ Athletics4–1Jefferson Street GroundsN/A46–30W2
77August 24@ Athletics8–5Jefferson Street GroundsN/A47–30W3
78August 28@ Orioles14–4Oriole ParkN/A48–30W4
–August 29@ OriolesPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 1
79August 30@ Orioles5–7Oriole ParkN/A48–31L1
80August 31@ Orioles5–3Oriole ParkN/A49–31W1 :
September: 12–6 (Home: 10–3; Away: 2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
81September 1@ Orioles7–5Oriole ParkN/A50–31W2
82September 3@ Alleghenys3–4Exposition ParkN/A50–32L1
83September 4@ Alleghenys9–7Exposition ParkN/A51–32W1
84September 5@ Alleghenys9–15Exposition ParkN/A51–33L1
85September 6@ Alleghenys4–12Exposition ParkN/A51–34L2
86September 10Alleghenys12–6Bank Street GroundsN/A52–34W1
87September 11Alleghenys7–2Bank Street GroundsN/A53–34W2
88September 12Alleghenys27–5Bank Street GroundsN/A54–34W3
89September 13Alleghenys8–2Bank Street GroundsN/A55–34W4
90September 15Athletics11–0Bank Street GroundsN/A56–34W5
91September 18Athletics12–13Bank Street GroundsN/A56–35L1
92September 19Athletics12–3Bank Street GroundsN/A57–35W1
93September 20Orioles3–2Bank Street GroundsN/A58–35W2
94September 21Orioles10–2Bank Street GroundsN/A59–35W3
95September 22Orioles7–0Bank Street GroundsN/A60–35W4
96September 26Metropolitans6–2Bank Street GroundsN/A61–35W5
97September 27Metropolitans0–3Bank Street GroundsN/A61–36L1
98September 29Metropolitans1–4Bank Street GroundsN/A61–37L2 :

### 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 | 58 | 250 | 64 | .256 | 0 | 34 |
| 1B | John Reilly | 98 | 437 | 136 | .311 | 9 | 79 |
| 2B | Bid McPhee | 96 | 367 | 90 | .245 | 2 | 42 |
| 3B | Hick Carpenter | 95 | 435 | 130 | .299 | 3 | 40 |
| SS | Chick Fulmer | 92 | 362 | 92 | .254 | 5 | 52 |
| OF | Joe Sommer | 97 | 413 | 115 | .278 | 3 | 52 |
| OF | Charley Jones | 90 | 391 | 115 | .294 | 10 | 80 |
| OF | Pop Corkhill | 88 | 375 | 81 | .216 | 2 | 46 |

#### 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 | 30 | 114 | 28 | .246 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill Traffley | 30 | 105 | 21 | .200 | 0 | 8 |
| Jimmy Macullar | 14 | 48 | 8 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Podge Weihe | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 | 65 | 577.0 | 43 | 22 | 2.09 | 141 |
| Ren Deagle | 18 | 148.0 | 10 | 8 | 2.31 | 48 |
| Harry McCormick | 15 | 128.2 | 8 | 6 | 2.87 | 21 |
| Bill Mountjoy | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 |