# 1884 New York Gothams season

The 1884 New York Gothams season was the second season of that baseball franchise, eventually known as the San Francisco Giants. The team finished in fourth place, 22 games behind the pennant-winning Providence Grays.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Providence Grays | 84 | 28 | .750 | — | 45‍–‍11 | 39‍–‍17 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 73 | 38 | .658 | 10½ | 40‍–‍16 | 33‍–‍22 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 64 | 47 | .577 | 19½ | 37‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍29 |
| New York Gothams | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 34‍–‍22 | 28‍–‍28 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 62 | 50 | .554 | 22 | 39‍–‍17 | 23‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 39 | 73 | .348 | 45 | 19‍–‍37 | 20‍–‍36 |
| Cleveland Blues | 35 | 77 | .312 | 49 | 22‍–‍34 | 13‍–‍43 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 28 | 84 | .250 | 56 | 18‍–‍38 | 10‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1884 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BSN | BUF | CHI | CLV | DTN | NYG | PHI | PRV |
| Boston | — | 9–6–2 | 10–6 | 14–2 | 12–4–1 | 8–8–1 | 13–3 | 7–9–1 |
| Buffalo | 6–9–2 | — | 10–6–1 | 14–2 | 12–4 | 5–11–1 | 11–5 | 6–10 |
| Chicago | 6–10 | 6–10–1 | — | 8–8 | 11–5 | 12–4 | 14–2 | 5–11 |
| Cleveland | 2–14 | 2–14 | 8–8 | — | 9–7 | 5–11 | 6–10–1 | 3–13 |
| Detroit | 4–12–1 | 4–12 | 5–11 | 7–9 | — | 2–14–1 | 5–11 | 1–15 |
| New York | 8–8–1 | 11–5–1 | 4–12 | 11–5 | 14–2–1 | — | 11–5 | 3–13–1 |
| Philadelphia | 3–13 | 5–11 | 2–14 | 10–6–1 | 11–5 | 5–11 | — | 3–13 |
| Providence | 9–7–1 | 10–6 | 11–5 | 13–3 | 15–1 | 13–3–1 | 13–3 | — |

### 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 | Buck Ewing | 94 | 382 | 106 | .277 | 3 | 41 |
| 1B | Alex McKinnon | 116 | 470 | 128 | .272 | 3 | 73 |
| 2B | Roger Connor | 116 | 477 | 151 | .317 | 4 | 82 |
| SS | Ed Caskin | 100 | 351 | 81 | .231 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | Frank Hankinson | 105 | 389 | 90 | .231 | 2 | 43 |
| OF | Mike Dorgan | 83 | 341 | 94 | .276 | 1 | 48 |
| OF | Patrick Gillespie | 101 | 413 | 109 | .264 | 2 | 44 |
| OF | John Ward | 113 | 482 | 122 | .253 | 2 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Richardson | 74 | 277 | 70 | .253 | 1 | 27 |
| John Humphries | 20 | 64 | 6 | .094 | 0 | 2 |
| Sandy Griffin | 16 | 62 | 11 | .177 | 0 | 6 |
| Bill Loughran | 9 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 3 |
| Charlie Manlove | 3 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Oxley | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Mickey Welch | 65 | 557.1 | 39 | 21 | 2.50 | 345 |
| Ed Bagley | 31 | 266.0 | 12 | 18 | 4.16 | 104 |
| Mike Dorgan | 14 | 113.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.50 | 90 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 2 |
| Buck Ewing | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| John Ward | 9 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.41 | 23 |