1883 Providence Grays season

The Providence Grays finished the 1883 season in third place after a hard-fought four-way battle for the National League pennant.

1883 Providence Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
OwnerC. T. Gardner
ManagerHarry Wright
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1884 →

Regular season edit

 
Manager Harry Wright
 
Pitcher Charles Radbourn
 
Center fielder Paul Hines
 
Third baseman Jerry Denny
 
Left fielder Cliff Carroll

Season standings edit

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 63 35 0.643 41–8 22–27
Chicago White Stockings 59 39 0.602 4 36–13 23–26
Providence Grays 58 40 0.592 5 34–15 24–25
Cleveland Blues 55 42 0.567 31–18 24–24
Buffalo Bisons 49 45 0.521 12 36–13 13–32
New York Gothams 46 50 0.479 16 28–19 18–31
Detroit Wolverines 40 58 0.408 23 23–26 17–32
Philadelphia Quakers 17 81 0.173 46 9–40 8–41

Record vs. opponents edit


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET NYG PHI PRV
Boston 7–7 7–7 10–4 10–4 7–7 14–0 8–6
Buffalo 7–7 5–9 7–7 9–5–1 8–5 9–5 7–7
Chicago 7–7 9–5 6–8 9–5 9–5 12–2 7–7
Cleveland 4–10 7–7 8–6 9–5–1 7–6–2 12–2 8–6
Detroit 4–10 5–9–1 5–9 5–9–1 8–6 11–3–1 2–12
New York 7–7 5–8 5–9 6–7–2 6–8 12–2 5–9
Philadelphia 0–14 5–9 2–12 2–12 3–11–1 2–12 3–11
Providence 6–8 7–7 7–7 6–8 12–2 9–5 11–3


Roster edit

1883 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Barney Gilligan 74 263 52 .198 0 24
1B Joe Start 87 370 105 .284 1 57
2B Jack Farrell 95 420 128 .305 3 61
3B Jerry Denny 98 393 108 .275 8 55
SS Arthur Irwin 98 406 116 .286 0 44
OF Paul Hines 97 442 132 .299 4 45
OF John Cassidy 89 366 87 .238 0 42
OF Cliff Carroll 58 238 63 .265 1 20

Other batters edit

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
Lee Richmond 49 194 55 .284 1 19
Sandy Nava 29 100 24 .240 0 16
Joe Mulvey 4 16 2 .125 0 2
Edgar Smith 2 9 2 .222 0 1

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Old Hoss Radbourn 76 632.1 48 25 2.05 315
Charlie Sweeney 20 146.2 7 7 3.13 48
Lee Richmond 12 92.0 3 7 3.33 13

References edit