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1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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30-78, Finished 11th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Denny McKnight (4-8), Bob Ferguson (11-31), Joe Battin (6-7), George Creamer (0-8) and Horace Phillips (9-24)
Scored 406 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 28-80

Ballparks: Exposition Park I ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101


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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
Gus Alberts 23 R R 5' 6" 180 Sep, 1860 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Battin 31 R R 5' 10" 169 Nov 1, 1852 9 43 43 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Frank Beck 25 R 5' 9" 141 Nov, 1858 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Ed Colgan 180 Unknown 1st 48 48 0 44 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 -1.1
George Creamer 29 R R 6' 2" 1855 7 98 98 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jim Dee Unknown 1st 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Conny Doyle 22 5' 10" 185 1862 2 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 0 14 0.0
Charlie Eden 29 L L 168 Jan 18, 1855 3 32 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 31 -0.2
Jay Faatz 23 R R 6' 4" 196 Oct 24, 1860 1st 29 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bob Ferguson 39 B R 5' 9" 149 Jan 31, 1845 14 10 10 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 6 -0.6
Tom Forster 25 R R 5' 9" 153 May 1, 1859 2 35 35 0 0 0 1 6 28 0 0 0 0 -0.3
John Fox 25 Feb 7, 1859 3 8 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Jack Gorman 25 R 1859 2 8 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 -0.4
Jim Gray 21 R Aug 7, 1862 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Charlie Hautz 32 R 5' 7" 150 Feb 5, 1852 2 7 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 -0.1
Jackie Hayes 23 R 5' 8" 175 Jun 27, 1861 3 33 33 0 24 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.0
Jimmy Knowles 27 R 5' 9" 160 Sep 5, 1856 1st 46 46 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Chuck Lauer 19 R 5' 8" 185 Apr 5, 1865 1st 13 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 10 -1.6
Mike Mansell 26 L 5' 11" 175 Jan 15, 1858 5 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 3 27 -0.8
Jim McDonald 23 R 5' 9" 180 Aug 6, 1860 1st 38 38 0 0 0 1 22 0 1 12 2 15 -1.3
Doggie Miller 19 R R 5' 6" 145 Aug 15, 1864 1st 89 89 0 36 0 1 3 0 48 0 1 49 -1.1
Jack Neagle 26 R R 5' 6" 155 Jan 2, 1858 3 43 43 38 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0.4
Bill Nelson 20 R Sep 28, 1863 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
John Peters 34 R R 5' 7" 180 Apr 8, 1850 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Quest 31 R R 5' 6" 150 Nov 16, 1852 8 12 12 0 0 0 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Billy Reid 27 L R 6' 0" 170 May 17, 1857 2 19 19 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0 0 17 -0.4
Frank Smith 26 R 5' 10" 175 Nov 24, 1857 1st 10 10 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 -0.1
Phenomenal Smith 19 L L 5' 6" 161 Dec 12, 1864 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Fleury Sullivan 22 1862 1st 54 54 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 -2.3
Ed Swartwood 25 L R 5' 11" 198 Jan 12, 1859 4 102 102 1 0 22 0 1 0 0 2 77 79 0.1
Live Oak Taylor 33 5' 9" 170 Feb 3, 1851 3 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 -1.0
Bill White 24 May 1, 1860 2 74 74 0 0 0 0 10 60 0 0 4 4 -0.4
Art Whitney 26 R R 5' 8" 155 Jan 16, 1858 4 23 23 0 0 0 0 21 1 0 1 0 1 0.3
Jimmy Woulfe 24 R 5' 11" Nov 25, 1859 1st 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 15 -0.7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1883 / 1885 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers