Franchise Encyclopedia: 1883 / 1885
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
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 96
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Won World Series (3-0) over New York Metropolitans |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Barney Gilligan | 28 | 82 | 329 | 294 | 47 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 35 | 41 | .245 | .325 | .313 | .638 | 103 | 92 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | 1B | Joe Start* | 41 | 93 | 416 | 381 | 80 | 105 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 35 | 25 | .276 | .337 | .344 | .680 | 116 | 131 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | 2B | Jack Farrell | 26 | 111 | 504 | 469 | 70 | 102 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 35 | 44 | .217 | .272 | .277 | .549 | 74 | 130 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | SS | Arthur Irwin* | 26 | 102 | 432 | 404 | 73 | 97 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 28 | 52 | .240 | .289 | .304 | .594 | 88 | 123 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 3B | Jerry Denny | 25 | 110 | 453 | 439 | 57 | 109 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 14 | 58 | .248 | .272 | .380 | .652 | 104 | 167 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | OF | Paul Hines | 29 | 114 | 534 | 490 | 94 | 148 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 44 | 28 | .302 | .360 | .435 | .794 | 150 | 213 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | OF | Paul Radford | 22 | 97 | 380 | 355 | 56 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 43 | .197 | .250 | .248 | .498 | 58 | 88 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | OF | Cliff Carroll# | 24 | 113 | 481 | 452 | 90 | 118 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 29 | 39 | .261 | .306 | .334 | .640 | 102 | 151 | 0 | ||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | C | Sandy Nava? | 34 | 34 | 127 | 116 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 35 | .095 | .173 | .095 | .268 | -13 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | IF | Charley Bassett | 21 | 27 | 83 | 79 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | .139 | .181 | .190 | .371 | 17 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | UT | Miah Murray | 19 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .399 | 28 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | OF | John Cattanach? | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 13 | P | Old Hoss Radbourn | 29 | 87 | 387 | 361 | 48 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 42 | .230 | .282 | .263 | .545 | 73 | 95 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | P | Charlie Sweeney | 21 | 41 | 179 | 168 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | .298 | .341 | .369 | .710 | 125 | 62 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | P | Ed Conley? | 19 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -9 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | P | Cyclone Miller? | 24 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .043 | .083 | .043 | .127 | -59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | P | Harry Arundel? | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 169 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 27.4 | 114 | 4393 | 4093 | 665 | 987 | 153 | 43 | 21 | 404 | 300 | 469 | .241 | .293 | .315 | .608 | 92 | 1289 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Old Hoss Radbourn | 29 | 59 | 12 | .831 | 1.38 | 75 | 73 | 2 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 678.2 | 528 | 216 | 104 | 18 | 98 | 441 | 0 | 34 | 2672 | 207 | 0.922 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 4.50 | ||
| 2 | SP | Charlie Sweeney | 21 | 17 | 8 | .680 | 1.55 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 221.0 | 153 | 70 | 38 | 4 | 29 | 145 | 0 | 10 | 846 | 185 | 0.824 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.9 | 5.00 | ||
| 3 | SP | Ed Conley? | 19 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 63 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 304 | 133 | 1.197 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.50 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 4 | Cyclone Miller* | 24 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.08 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34.2 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 150 | 138 | 1.356 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.09 | |||
| 5 | Paul Radford | 22 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 38 | 2.308 | 18.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.67 | |||
| 6 | Harry Arundel | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 286 | 1.333 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.00 | |||
| 7 | John Cattanach? | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 32 | 1.200 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 0.50 | ||||
| 8 | Arthur Irwin | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 95 | 2.000 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| 9 | Paul Hines | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.000 | 27.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 26.3 | 84 | 28 | .750 | 1.61 | 114 | 114 | 7 | 107 | 16 | 2 | 1036.1 | 825 | 388 | 185 | 26 | 172 | 639 | 0 | 68 | 4123 | 178 | 0.962 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 3.72 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4336 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Arundel | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Charley Bassett | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 1 | .824 | 3.04 | 3B-SS-OF-2B | |
| Cliff Carroll | 24 | 113 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 206 | 11 | 23 | 1 | .904 | 1.92 | OF | |
| John Cattanach | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0.50 | OF-P | |
| 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 | 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 | C-1B-3B | |||
| Paul Hines | 29 | 116 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 315 | 266 | 20 | 29 | 9 | .908 | 2.47 | OF-1B-P | |
| Arthur Irwin | 26 | 103 | 462 | 99 | 308 | 55 | 20 | .881 | 3.95 | SS-P | ||||
| Cyclone Miller | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | P-OF | |
| Miah Murray | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 44 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .814 | 5.33 | 14 | C-OF-1B |
| Sandy Nava | 34 | 34 | 268 | 183 | 54 | 31 | 3 | .884 | 6.97 | 16 | C-SS-2B | |||
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 29 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 225 | 69 | 131 | 25 | 4 | .889 | 2.22 | P-OF-1B-SS-2B | |
| Paul Radford | 22 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 199 | 146 | 29 | 24 | 4 | .879 | 1.79 | OF-P | |
| Joe Start | 41 | 93 | 980 | 939 | 21 | 20 | 31 | .980 | 10.32 | 1B | ||||
| Charlie Sweeney | 21 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 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 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |