# 1884 St. Louis Browns season

The 1884 St. Louis Browns season was the team's third season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its third season in the American Association. The Browns went 67–40 during the season and finished fourth in the American Association.

## 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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
| C | Pat Deasley | 75 | 254 | 52 | .205 | 0 |
| 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 108 | 460 | 109 | .237 | 2 |
| 2B | Joe Quest | 81 | 310 | 64 | .206 | 0 |
| SS | Bill Gleason | 110 | 472 | 127 | .269 | 1 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 110 | 474 | 130 | .274 | 1 |
| OF | Tip O'Neill | 78 | 297 | 82 | .276 | 3 |
| OF | Fred Lewis | 73 | 300 | 97 | .323 | 0 |
| OF | Hugh Nicol | 110 | 442 | 116 | .262 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
| George Strief | 48 | 184 | 37 | .201 | 2 |
| Tom Dolan | 35 | 137 | 36 | .263 | 0 |
| Bob Caruthers | 23 | 82 | 22 | .268 | 2 |
| Charlie Krehmeyer | 21 | 70 | 16 | .229 | 0 |
| Johnny Lavin | 16 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 |
| Walt Goldsby | 5 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 |
| Harry Wheeler | 5 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 |
| Walt Kinzie | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 |
| Al Strueve | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 |
| Chick Fulmer | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nin Alexander | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jim McCauley | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Jumbo McGinnis | 40 | 354.1 | 24 | 16 | 2.84 | 141 |
| Dave Foutz | 25 | 206.2 | 15 | 6 | 2.18 | 95 |
| Daisy Davis | 25 | 198.1 | 10 | 12 | 2.90 | 143 |
| Tip O'Neill | 17 | 141.0 | 11 | 4 | 2.68 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Caruthers | 13 | 82.2 | 7 | 2 | 2.61 | 58 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Comiskey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 |