1884 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	30-78, Final Rank:11, GB: 45.5
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	45.5	last on Wednesday, Oct 15, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	never
Most Games under .500	48	last on Wednesday, Oct 15
Longest Winning Streak	4	Thursday, Sep 25 to Wednesday, Oct 1
Longest Losing Streak	10	Saturday, Aug 2 to Saturday, Aug 16
Most Runs Allowed	15	Friday, Jul 4 and Saturday, Oct 4
Most Runs Scored	16	Saturday, May 10
Times Shutout by Opponent	11
Times Opponent Shutout	4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	30	78	407	722	.278
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	18	37	225	350	.327
Road	12	41	182	372	.226
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	8	15	95	152	.348
June	4	16	70	119	.200
July	8	13	78	148	.381
August	3	14	49	117	.176
September	6	12	80	100	.333
October	1	8	35	86	.111

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	18	39	215	360	.316
Second Half	12	39	192	362	.235
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	10	7	75	72	.588
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	8	50	199	495	.138

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	0	9	31	77	.000
BRO	6	4	65	51	.600
CIN	1	8	28	73	.111
COL	1	9	26	72	.100
IND	6	4	62	58	.600
LOU	2	8	30	59	.200
NYP	1	9	14	71	.100
PHA	2	8	28	85	.200
RIC	1	4	24	31	.200
STL	1	9	29	76	.100
TOL	5	5	44	44	.500
WAS	4	1	26	25	.800

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Thursday, May 1	PIT		PHA	L	2	9		0-1	8	1.0							`-`
2	2	Friday, May 2	PIT		PHA	L	2	11		0-2	10	2.0							`--`
3	3	Saturday, May 3	PIT		PHA	W	9	8		1-2	8	2.0							`+`
4	4	Monday, May 5	PIT		NYP	L	1	6		1-3	10	3.0							`-`
5	5	Wednesday, May 7	PIT		NYP	L	1	8		1-4	12	4.0							`--`
6	6	Thursday, May 8	PIT		NYP	L	1	8		1-5	12	4.5							`---`
7	7	Friday, May 9	PIT		BRO	W	8	2		2-5	11	4.5							`+`
8	8	Saturday, May 10	PIT		BRO	W	16	6		3-5	10	3.5							`++`
9	9	Monday, May 12	PIT		BRO	W	9	6		4-5	8	3.5							`+++`
10	10	Tuesday, May 13	PIT	@	NYP	L	4	13		4-6	9	4.0							`-`
11	11	Wednesday, May 14	PIT	@	NYP	L	2	4		4-7	10	5.0							`--`
12	12	Thursday, May 15	PIT	@	NYP	L	0	8		4-8	11	6.0							`---`
13	13	Saturday, May 17	PIT	@	BRO	W	4	3		5-8	10	6.0							`+`
14	14	Monday, May 19	PIT	@	BRO	L	6	11		5-9	10	6.0							`-`
15	15	Tuesday, May 20	PIT	@	BRO	W	10	1		6-9	10	5.0							`+`
16	16	Thursday, May 22	PIT	@	PHA	L	1	8		6-10	10	6.0							`-`
17	17	Friday, May 23	PIT	@	PHA	L	4	9		6-11	10	7.0							`--`
18	18	Saturday, May 24	PIT	@	PHA	L	1	10		6-12	10	8.0							`---`
19	19	Wednesday, May 28	PIT		COL	L	0	5		6-13	10	9.5							`----`
20	20	Thursday, May 29	PIT		COL	L	0	5		6-14	10	10.0							`-----`
21	21	Friday, May 30	PIT		TOL	W	8	6		7-14	10	10.0							`+`
22	22	Friday, May 30	PIT		TOL	L	1	2		7-15	10	10.0							`-`
23	23	Saturday, May 31	PIT		TOL	W	5	3		8-15	10	10.0							`+`
24	24	Tuesday, Jun 3	PIT		IND	L	2	3		8-16	10	11.0							`-`
25	25	Wednesday, Jun 4	PIT		IND	W	11	6		9-16	10	11.0							`+`
26	26	Thursday, Jun 5	PIT		IND	L	10	11		9-17	10	11.0							`-`
27	27	Saturday, Jun 7	PIT		STL	L	5	13		9-18	10	11.0							`--`
28	28	Monday, Jun 9	PIT		STL	L	3	9		9-19	10	11.0							`---`
29	29	Wednesday, Jun 11	PIT		STL	L	0	3		9-20	10	12.0							`----`
30	30	Thursday, Jun 12	PIT		CIN	L	5	7		9-21	10	13.0							`-----`
31	31	Friday, Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W	2	0		10-21	10	13.0							`+`
32	32	Monday, Jun 16	PIT		LOU	L	3	7		10-22	10	13.5							`-`
33	33	Tuesday, Jun 17	PIT		LOU	L	6	7		10-23	10	14.5							`--`
34	34	Wednesday, Jun 18	PIT		LOU	W	6	2		11-23	10	14.5							`+`
35	35	Thursday, Jun 19	PIT		CIN	L	1	7		11-24	10	15.0							`-`
36	36	Friday, Jun 20	PIT		COL	L	3	6		11-25	10	15.5							`--`
37	37	Saturday, Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	L	0	5		11-26	10	16.5							`---`
38	38	Sunday, Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L	2	4		11-27	10	16.5							`----`
39	39	Tuesday, Jun 24	PIT	@	CIN	L	0	12		11-28	12	16.5							`-----`
40	40	Thursday, Jun 26	PIT	@	COL	L	3	6		11-29	12	16.5							`------`
41	41	Friday, Jun 27	PIT	@	COL	L	1	4		11-30	12	17.5							`-------`
42	42	Saturday, Jun 28	PIT	@	COL	L	3	4		11-31	12	17.5							`--------`
43	43	Monday, Jun 30	PIT	@	TOL	W	4	3		12-31	11	17.5							`+`
44	44	Tuesday, Jul 1	PIT	@	TOL	L	3	5		12-32	11	18.0							`-`
45	45	Wednesday, Jul 2	PIT	@	TOL	W	8	7		13-32	11	17.5							`+`
46	46	Friday, Jul 4	PIT	@	IND	L	4	15		13-33	11	18.0							`-`
47	47	Friday, Jul 4	PIT	@	IND	W	3	1		14-33	11	18.0							`+`
48	48	Saturday, Jul 5	PIT	@	IND	L	3	12		14-34	11	18.5							`-`
49	49	Sunday, Jul 6	PIT	@	STL	L	6	12		14-35	12	19.0							`--`
50	50	Tuesday, Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	L	1	7		14-36	12	20.0							`---`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Thursday, Jul 10	PIT	@	STL	L	2	11		14-37	12	21.0							`----`
52	52	Saturday, Jul 12	PIT	@	LOU	L	1	4		14-38	12	22.0							`-----`
53	53	Sunday, Jul 13	PIT	@	LOU	W	5	4		15-38	12	21.0							`+`
54	54	Monday, Jul 14	PIT	@	LOU	L	0	6		15-39	12	22.0							`-`
55	55	Thursday, Jul 17	PIT		WAS	W	3	2		16-39	12	22.0							`+`
56	56	Friday, Jul 18	PIT		WAS	W	4	2		17-39	11	21.0							`++`
57	57	Saturday, Jul 19	PIT		WAS	W	7	1		18-39	11	21.0							`+++`
58	58	Monday, Jul 21	PIT	@	WAS	L	3	12		18-40	11	21.5							`-`
59	59	Tuesday, Jul 22	PIT	@	WAS	W	9	8		19-40	11	21.5							`+`
60	60	Wednesday, Jul 23	PIT	@	BRO	L	4	10		19-41	11	22.5							`-`
61	61	Thursday, Jul 24	PIT	@	BRO	W	6	2		20-41	11	22.5							`+`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 26	PIT	@	NYP	L	3	9		20-42	11	24.0							`-`
63	63	Monday, Jul 28	PIT	@	NYP	L	1	9		20-43	11	25.0							`--`
64	64	Wednesday, Jul 30	PIT		BAL	L	2	9		20-44	11	26.5							`---`
65	65	Friday, Aug 1	PIT		PHA	W	4	3		21-44	11	25.5							`+`
66	66	Saturday, Aug 2	PIT		PHA	L	2	7		21-45	11	26.5							`-`
67	67	Monday, Aug 4	PIT		BRO	L	2	4		21-46	11	27.0							`--`
68	68	Wednesday, Aug 6	PIT		BRO	L	0	6		21-47	11	27.5							`---`
69	69	Thursday, Aug 7	PIT	@	PHA	L	1	7		21-48	11	28.0							`----`
70	70	Saturday, Aug 9	PIT	@	PHA	L	2	13		21-49	11	29.0							`-----`
71	71	Monday, Aug 11	PIT	@	BAL	L	4	10		21-50	11	30.0							`------`
72	72	Tuesday, Aug 12	PIT	@	BAL	L	3	4		21-51	11	31.0							`-------`
73	73	Wednesday, Aug 13	PIT		BAL	L	0	8		21-52	11	31.0							`--------`
74	74	Thursday, Aug 14	PIT		BAL	L	4	14		21-53	12	32.0							`---------`
75	75	Saturday, Aug 16	PIT		NYP	L	0	6		21-54	12	33.0							`----------`
76	76	Monday, Aug 18	PIT		NYP	W	1	0		22-54	11	32.0							`+`
77	77	Friday, Aug 22	PIT	@	BAL	L	6	8		22-55	11	33.5							`-`
78	78	Saturday, Aug 23	PIT	@	BAL	L	3	7		22-56	12	34.5							`--`
79	79	Monday, Aug 25	PIT	@	BAL	L	3	9		22-57	12	35.0							`---`
80	80	Tuesday, Aug 26	PIT	@	RIC	T	4	4		22-57	12	35.5							`---`
81	81	Wednesday, Aug 27	PIT	@	RIC	L	5	7		22-58	12	35.5							`----`
82	82	Thursday, Aug 28	PIT	@	RIC	W	5	0		23-58	11	34.5							`+`
83	83	Monday, Sep 1	PIT		RIC	L	5	10		23-59	12	35.5							`-`
84	84	Tuesday, Sep 2	PIT		RIC	L	1	2		23-60	12	36.5							`--`
85	85	Wednesday, Sep 3	PIT		RIC	L	4	8		23-61	12	37.0							`---`
86	86	Thursday, Sep 4	PIT	@	TOL	L	2	4		23-62	12	37.5							`----`
87	87	Saturday, Sep 6	PIT	@	TOL	W	10	3		24-62	12	38.0							`+`
88	88	Sunday, Sep 7	PIT	@	COL	W	7	3		25-62	12	37.5							`++`
89	89	Wednesday, Sep 10	PIT	@	COL	L	2	10		25-63	12	38.5							`-`
90	90	Thursday, Sep 11	PIT	@	CIN	L	1	11		25-64	12	38.5							`--`
91	91	Saturday, Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	L	6	11		25-65	13	39.5							`---`
92	92	Tuesday, Sep 16	PIT	@	LOU	L	1	6		25-66	13	39.0							`----`
93	93	Wednesday, Sep 17	PIT	@	LOU	L	1	4		25-67	13	40.0							`-----`
94	94	Thursday, Sep 18	PIT	@	STL	L	4	6		25-68	13	40.0							`------`
95	95	Saturday, Sep 20	PIT	@	STL	L	1	4		25-69	13	40.0							`-------`
96	96	Sunday, Sep 21	PIT	@	IND	W	4	2		26-69	13	39.0							`+`
97	97	Wednesday, Sep 24	PIT		BAL	L *V	6	8		26-70	13	40.5							`-`
98	98	Thursday, Sep 25	PIT		IND	W	15	4		27-70	13	39.5							`+`
99	99	Saturday, Sep 27	PIT		IND	W	8	4		28-70	13	40.0							`++`
100	100	Monday, Sep 29	PIT		IND	W	2	0		29-70	13	40.0							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Oct 1	PIT		STL	W	2	1		30-70	13	40.0							`++++`
102	102	Thursday, Oct 2	PIT		STL	L	5	10		30-71	13	40.5							`-`
103	103	Friday, Oct 3	PIT		COL	L	3	14		30-72	13	41.0							`--`
104	104	Saturday, Oct 4	PIT		COL	L	4	15		30-73	13	41.0							`---`
105	105	Monday, Oct 6	PIT		CIN	T	8	8		30-73	12	41.0							`---`
106	106	Tuesday, Oct 7	PIT		CIN	L	3	8		30-74	13	41.5							`----`
107	107	Thursday, Oct 9	PIT		TOL	L	3	9		30-75	12	43.0							`-----`
108	108	Saturday, Oct 11	PIT		TOL	L	0	2		30-76	12	43.0							`------`
109	109	Tuesday, Oct 14	PIT		LOU	L	3	10		30-77	12	44.5							`-------`
110	110	Wednesday, Oct 15	PIT		LOU	L	4	9		30-78	12	45.5							`--------`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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