1883 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1883 throughout the world.

Champions

Inter-league playoff: Philadelphia (AA) declined to play Boston (NL)

Major league baseball final standings

National League final standings

1883 Boston Beaneaters
National League
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Boston Beaneaters6335.64341‍–‍822‍–‍27
Chicago White Stockings5939.602436‍–‍1323‍–‍26
Providence Grays5840.592534‍–‍1524‍–‍25
Cleveland Blues5542.56731‍–‍1824‍–‍24
Buffalo Bisons4945.5211236‍–‍1313‍–‍32
New York Gothams4650.4791628‍–‍1918‍–‍31
Detroit Wolverines4058.4082323‍–‍2617‍–‍32
Philadelphia Quakers1781.173469‍–‍408‍–‍41

American Association final standings

American Association
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Philadelphia Athletics6632.67337‍–‍1429‍–‍18
St. Louis Browns6533.663135‍–‍1430‍–‍19
Cincinnati Red Stockings6137.622538‍–‍1323‍–‍24
New York Metropolitans5442.5621129‍–‍1725‍–‍25
Louisville Eclipse5245.53613½29‍–‍1823‍–‍27
Columbus Buckeyes3265.33033½18‍–‍2914‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys3167.3163518‍–‍3113‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles2868.2923718‍–‍3110‍–‍37

Statistical leaders

National League statistical leaders

National League
TypeNameStat
AVGDan Brouthers BUF.374
HRBuck Ewing NYG10
RBIDan Brouthers BUF97
WinsCharles Radbourn PRO48
ERAJim McCormick CLE1.84
StrikeoutsJim Whitney BOS345

American Association statistical leaders

American Association
TypeNameStat
AVGEd Swartwood PIT.357
HRHarry Stovey PHA14
RBICharley Jones CIN80
WinsWill White CIN43
ERAWill White CIN2.09
StrikeoutsTim Keefe NYM361

Notable seasons

Charles Radbourn
  • First baseman Dan Brouthers led the NL in batting average (.374), on-base percentage (.397), slugging percentage (.572), adjusted OPS+ (187), hits (159), total bases (243), and runs batted in (97).[1][2]
  • Pitcher Charles Radbourn led the NL with 48 wins. He finished second in the NL in innings pitched (632.1), earned run average (2.05), adjusted ERA+ (150), and strikeouts (315).[3][4]

Events

January–March

  • February 17 – The American Association and the National League, along with the Northwestern League, sign the Tripartite Agreement (also known as the National Agreement). This agreement binds the leagues to respect each other's valid player contracts as well as increasing the size of the reserve list from 6 to 11 players. This leads to relative harmony among the leagues until the Players' League wars of 18891890.
  • March 14 – The Peoria Club of the Northwestern League makes a motion to ban blacks, a move directly aimed at Toledo's star catcher, Moses Fleetwood Walker. After heated discussion, the motion is withdrawn and Walker remains eligible to play.
  • March 30 – Charles Fowle, one of the original founders of the National League, and secretary of the St. Louis Brown Stockings from 1875 to 1877, dies in St. Louis.
  • March 31 – The nation's oldest baseball club, the Olympic Town-Ball Club of Philadelphia, marks its 50th anniversary.

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date of birth unknown

Deaths

  • April 17 – John Bergh, 25, back-up catcher for the 1880 Boston Red Stockings.
  • July 5 – Charlie Guth, 27?, pitched a complete game victory in his only major league game in 1880 for the Chicago White Stockings.
  • September 21 – Dan Collins, 29, outfielder who played in 10 games from 1874 to 1876.
  • October 10 – Jim Devlin, 34, pitcher for the Louisville Grays in 1876–77 who led NL in games, innings, starts and strikeouts in its first season; expelled from baseball in the 1877 Louisville Grays scandal

See also

References

Sources
  • Nemec, David (1994). The Beer and Whiskey League: The Illustrated History of the American Association-Baseball's Renegade Major League. New York: Lyons & Burford, Publishers ISBN 1-55821-285-X