1884 Washington Nationals season

Not to be confused with 1884 Washington Nationals (UA) season.

1884 Washington Nationals
League	American Association
Ballpark	Athletic Park
City	Washington, D.C.
Manager	Holly Hollingshead

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

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American 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1884 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Bob Barr John Hamill Edgar Smith Catchers Alex Gardner John Hanna John Humphries		Infielders Frank Fennelly Buck Gladmon Thorny Hawkes Sam King Frank Olin Walter Prince Andy Swan Ed Yewell		Outfielders Jack Beach Lyman Drake Lawrence Farley Walt Goldsby Jones John Kiley Bill Morgan Henry Mullin Willie Murphy John Shoupe Ed Trumbull Wills		Manager Holly Hollingshead

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

References

• 1884 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference