1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers season explained

Indianapolis Hoosiers
Season:	1884
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	Seventh Street Park, Bruce Grounds
City:	Indianapolis, Indiana
Managers:	Jim Gifford, Bill Watkins

The 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers baseball team finished with a 29–78 record, 12th place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in operation.

Regular season

Roster

1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		68	249	73	.293	3
1B		94	364	78	.214	6
2B		55	196	35	.179	0
SS		97	413	111	.269	0
3B		61	258	67	.260	2
OF		106	393	86	.219	3
OF		63	256	65	.254	4
OF		44	182	48	.264	1

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
	34	141	42	.298	0
	38	138	31	.225	0
	40	134	34	.254	0
	35	127	26	.205	0
	27	102	22	.216	1
	24	97	20	.206	0
	20	80	23	.288	0
	17	53	10	.189	0
	10	37	8	.216	0
	9	31	7	.226	0
	7	29	7	.241	0
	6	21	6	.286	0
	5	18	2	.111	0
	6	18	4	.222	0
	4	15	4	.267	0
	5	13	1	.077	0
	3	10	2	.200	0
	2	8	0	.000	0
	3	8	0	.000	0
	2	8	0	.000	0
	3	8	2	.250	0
	1	3	1	.333	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
	61	512.0	18	41	3.50	308
	16	132.0	3	11	4.98	69
	12	106.0	5	7	4.92	30
	10	76.0	2	7	5.09	34
	6	52.0	1	5	5.02	19
	5	43.0	0	5	5.65	15
	2	13.2	0	2	5.27	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

References

• 1884 Indianapolis Hoosiers team page at Baseball Reference