# 1884 Washington Nationals season

The 1884 Washington Nationals (sometimes called the Washington Statesmen) had a 12–51 record in the American Association when the team folded without finishing the season.

## 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 | John Humphries | 49 | 193 | 34 | .176 | 0 |
| 1B | Walter Prince | 43 | 166 | 36 | .217 | 1 |
| 2B | Thorny Hawkes | 38 | 151 | 42 | .278 | 0 |
| SS | Frank Fennelly | 62 | 257 | 75 | .292 | 2 |
| 3B | Buck Gladmon | 56 | 224 | 35 | .156 | 1 |
| OF | Bill Morgan | 45 | 162 | 28 | .173 | 0 |
| OF | Henry Mullin | 34 | 120 | 17 | .142 | 0 |
| OF | John Kiley | 14 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR |
| Ed Yewell | 27 | 93 | 23 | .247 | 0 |
| Ed Trumbull | 25 | 86 | 10 | .116 | 0 |
| Frank Olin | 21 | 83 | 32 | .386 | 0 |
| John Hanna | 23 | 76 | 5 | .066 | 0 |
| Edgar Smith | 14 | 57 | 5 | .088 | 0 |
| Lawrence Farley | 14 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 |
| Sam King | 12 | 45 | 8 | .178 | 0 |
| Jack Beach | 8 | 31 | 3 | .097 | 0 |
| Walt Goldsby | 6 | 24 | 9 | .375 | 0 |
| Willie Murphy | 5 | 21 | 10 | .476 | 0 |
| Andy Swan | 5 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 |
| Jones | 4 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 |
| Wills | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 |
| Lyman Drake | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 |
| Alex Gardner | 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 |
| Bob Barr | 32 | 281.1 | 9 | 23 | 3.45 | 138 |
| John Hamill | 19 | 156.2 | 2 | 17 | 4.48 | 50 |
| Ed Trumbull | 10 | 84.0 | 1 | 9 | 4.71 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Edgar Smith | 3 | 22.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.91 | 4 |