1884 Providence Grays

Fielding Statistics

84-28, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Bancroft (84-28)
Scored 665 runs, Allowed 388 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-30

Ballparks: Messer Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 96

Postseason:

Won World Series (3-0) over New York Metropolitans

World Series Champs

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1883 / 1885 Fielding Statistics

Team Fielding--Totals

Standard Fielding by Position Below · League Register

	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Harry Arundel	29	1		1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00								P
Charley Bassett	21	23		85	23	47	15	1	.824	3.04								3B-SS-OF-2B
Cliff Carroll	24	113		240	206	11	23	1	.904	1.92								OF
John Cattanach	21	2		3	0	1	2	0	.333	0.50								P-OF
Ed Conley	19	8		10	1	9	0	0	1.000	1.25								P
Jerry Denny	25	112		470	237	185	48	11	.898	3.77	1		0	0				3B-1B-2B-C
Jack Farrell	26	112		658	251	353	54	36	.918	5.39								2B-3B
Barney Gilligan	28	83		762	613	94	55	7	.928	8.52	46		0	0				C-1B-3B
Paul Hines	29	116		315	266	20	29	9	.908	2.47								P-OF-1B
Arthur Irwin	26	103		462	99	308	55	20	.881	3.95								P-SS
Cyclone Miller	24	10		9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.90								P-OF
Miah Murray	19	9		59	44	4	11	0	.814	5.33	14		0	0				C-1B-OF
Sandy Nava	34	34		268	183	54	31	3	.884	6.97	16		0	0				C-SS-2B
Old Hoss Radbourn	29	90		225	69	131	25	4	.889	2.22								P-OF-1B-SS-2B
Paul Radford	22	98		199	146	29	24	4	.879	1.79								P-OF
Joe Start	41	93		980	939	21	20	31	.980	10.32								1B
Charlie Sweeney	21	45		97	42	49	6	1	.938	2.02								P-OF-1B
Team Totals	27.2	114		4843	3121	1324	398	128	.918	4.23	77		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							7	7	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Standard Team Fielding

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Player Standard Fielding--C

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Barney Gilligan	28	81	753	605	94	54	7	.928	8.63	46	0	0
Sandy Nava	34	27	239	172	40	27	1	.887	7.85	16	0	0
Miah Murray	19	7	55	42	4	9	0	.836	6.57	14	0	0
Jerry Denny	25	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0
League Average								.895	7.02
Team Total		114	1047	819	138	90	8	.914	8.25	77	0	0

Player Standard Fielding--1B

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Start	41	93	980	939	21	20	31	.980	10.32
Jerry Denny	25	9	96	90	4	2	6	.979	10.44
Paul Hines	29	7	67	64	0	3	4	.955	9.14
Old Hoss Radbourn	29	5	38	36	0	2	0	.947	7.20
Barney Gilligan	28	1	9	8	0	1	0	.889	8.00
Miah Murray	19	1	4	2	0	2	0	.500	2.00
Charlie Sweeney	21	1	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	11.00
League Average								.962	10.32
Team Total		114	1205	1150	25	30	41	.975	10.04

Player Standard Fielding--2B

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Farrell	26	109	651	249	351	51	36	.922	5.50
Jerry Denny	25	3	17	3	13	1	0	.941	5.33
Charley Bassett	21	1	5	1	3	1	0	.800	4.00
Sandy Nava	34	1	6	5	1	0	1	1.000	6.00
Old Hoss Radbourn	29	1	10	1	6	3	0	.700	7.00
League Average								.890	5.73
Team Total		114	689	259	374	56	37	.919	5.50

Player Standard Fielding--3B

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Denny	25	99	357	144	168	45	5	.874	3.15
Charley Bassett	21	13	54	17	27	10	1	.815	3.38
Jack Farrell	26	3	7	2	2	3	0	.571	1.33
Barney Gilligan	28	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
League Average								.848	3.10
Team Total		114	418	163	197	58	6	.861	3.10

Player Standard Fielding--SS

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Arthur Irwin	26	102	461	99	307	55	20	.881	3.98
Charley Bassett	21	7	23	2	17	4	0	.826	2.71
Sandy Nava	34	6	23	6	13	4	1	.826	3.17
Old Hoss Radbourn	29	2	8	1	4	3	2	.625	2.50
League Average								.864	4.25
Team Total		114	515	108	341	66	23	.872	3.84

Player Standard Fielding--OF

League Register

	Age	G	LF	CF	RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cliff Carroll	24	113	113	0	0	240	206	11	23	1	.904	1.92
Paul Hines	29	108	0	108	0	248	202	20	26	5	.895	2.06
Paul Radford	22	96	0	0	96	195	146	26	23	4	.882	1.79
Charlie Sweeney	21	17	0	5	13	19	15	2	2	0	.895	1.00
Old Hoss Radbourn	29	7	0	1	7	12	10	2	0	1	1.000	1.71
Cyclone Miller	24	4	0	0	4	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.75
Charley Bassett	21	2	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
John Cattanach	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
Miah Murray	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
League Average											.867	1.76
Team Total		114				720	584	62	74	11	.897	1.85

Player Standard Fielding--P

League Register

	Age	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Old Hoss Radbourn	29	75	157	21	119	17	1	.892	1.87
Charlie Sweeney	21	27	67	16	47	4	1	.940	2.33
Ed Conley	19	8	10	1	9	0	0	1.000	1.25
Cyclone Miller	24	6	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.00
Paul Radford	22	2	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.50
Harry Arundel	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
John Cattanach	21	1	3	0	1	2	0	.333	1.00
Arthur Irwin	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Paul Hines	29	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
League Average								.892	2.12
Team Total		114	249	38	187	24	2	.904	1.84

1883 / 1885 Fielding Statistics

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