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1884 New York Gothams

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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62-50, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Price (56-42) and Monte Ward (6-8)
Scored 693 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-51

Ballparks: Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97


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1883 / 1885 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ed Bagley 20 Oct, 1863 1st 33 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2.0 $
Jim Brown 23 Dec 12, 1860 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ed Caskin 32 R R 5' 9" 165 Dec 30, 1851 5 100 100 0 6 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Roger Connor HOF 26 L L 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1857 5 116 116 0 0 0 67 12 0 0 37 0 37 3.1 $2,000
Mike Dorgan 30 R R 5' 9" 180 Oct 2, 1853 6 83 83 14 6 0 3 0 0 2 2 60 64 0.9 $
Buck Ewing HOF 24 R R 5' 10" 188 Oct 17, 1859 5 94 94 1 80 0 0 1 3 3 1 8 12 5.5 $3,100
Patrick Gillespie 32 L R 6' 1" 178 Nov 30, 1851 5 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 1 101 0.4 $
Sandy Griffin 25 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 24, 1858 1st 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 16 -0.7 $
Frank Hankinson 28 R R 5' 11" 168 Apr 29, 1856 6 105 105 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 $
John Humphries 22 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 12, 1861 2 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bill Loughran 22 Jun, 1862 1st 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 $
Charlie Manlove 21 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 8, 1862 1st 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3 $
Alex McKinnon 27 R 5' 11" 170 Aug 14, 1856 1st 116 116 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Henry Oxley 26 R 5' 11" 163 Jan 4, 1858 1st 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Danny Richardson 21 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 25, 1863 1st 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 19 11 7 37 55 0.2 $700
Monte Ward HOF 24 L R 5' 9" 165 Mar 3, 1860 7 113 113 9 0 0 47 0 0 0 59 0 59 2.0 $3,000
Mickey Welch HOF 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 4, 1859 5 71 71 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7 11.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1883 / 1885 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers