1884 Baltimore Monumentals season

1884 Baltimore Monumentals
League	Union Association
Ballpark	Belair Lot
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Manager	Bill Henderson

The 1884 Baltimore Monumentals finished with a 58–47 record in the Union Association, finishing in fourth place. This was the only season this version of the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

Regular season

Season standings

Union Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Maroons	94	19	0.832	—	49–6	45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	69	36	0.657	21	35–17	34–19
Baltimore Monumentals	58	47	0.552	32	29–21	29–26
Boston Reds	58	51	0.532	34	34–22	24–29
Milwaukee Brewers	8	4	0.667	35½	8–4	0–0
St. Paul Saints	2	6	0.250	39½	0–0	2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies	41	50	0.451	42	21–19	20–31
Altoona Mountain Citys	6	19	0.240	44	6–12	0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps	2	16	0.111	44½	1–6	1–10
Washington Nationals (UA)	47	65	0.420	46½	36–27	11–38
Philadelphia Keystones	21	46	0.313	50	14–21	7–25
Kansas City Cowboys	16	63	0.203	61	11–23	5–40

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ALT	BAL	BOS	CHI/PIT	CIN	KC	MIL	PHI	STL	STP	WSH	WIL
Altoona	—	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–8	0–0	3–1	0–0
Baltimore	3–1	—	10–5–1	7–5	4–10	10–2	1–3	10–2	1–14	0–0	11–5	1–0
Boston	1–1	5–10–1	—	4–8–1	5–11	8–4	2–2	8–3	8–8	0–0	12–4	5–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh	0–0	5–7	8–4–1	—	7–8	12–4	0–0	3–5	2–14	0–0	4–8–1	0–0
Cincinnati	3–0	10–4	11–5	8–7	—	9–1	0–0	9–0	4–12	3–0	10–6	2–1
Kansas City	0–0	2–10	4–8	4–12	1–9	—	0–0	0–4	0–11–1	1–1–1	4–8–1	0–0
Milwaukee	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0
Philadelphia	3–1	2–10	3–8	5–3	0–9	4–0	0–0	—	0–8	0–0	4–7	0–0
St. Louis	8–0	14–1	8–8	14–2	12–4	11–0–1	0–0	8–0	—	2–1	13–3	4–0
St. Paul	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–0
Washington	1–3	5–11	4–12	8–4–1	6–10	8–4–1	1–3	7–4	3–13	0–0	—	4–1
Wilmington	0–0	0–1	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–4	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
C	Eddie Fusselback	68	303	86	.284	1
1B	Charlie Levis	87	373	85	.228	6
2B	Dick Phelan	101	402	99	.246	3
3B	Yank Robinson	102	415	111	.267	2
SS	Lou Say	78	339	81	.239	2
OF	Emmett Seery	105	463	144	.311	2
OF	Ned Cuthbert	44	168	34	.202	0
OF	Bernie Graham	41	167	45	.269	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Rooney Sweeney	48	186	42	.226	0
Henry Oberbeck	33	125	23	.184	0
John O'Brien	18	77	19	.247	0
Harry Wheeler	17	69	18	.261	0
Jumbo Schoeneck	16	60	15	.250	0
Joe Battin	17	59	6	.102	0
Scott	13	53	12	.226	1
Joe Ellick	7	27	4	.148	0
Joe Stanley	6	21	5	.238	0
Frank Beck	5	20	2	.100	0
Chris McFarland	3	14	3	.231	0
Taylor Shafer	3	13	1	.077	0
John Cuff	3	11	1	.091	0
Tony Suck	3	10	3	.300	0
Bill Morgan	2	9	2	.222	0
Frank Bahret	2	8	0	.000	0
John Burns	1	4	2	.500	0
Gid Gardner	1	4	1	.250	0
Bill Tierney	1	3	1	.333	0
Al Skinner	1	3	1	.333	0
James Morris	1	3	0	.000	0
Joseph Dorsey	1	3	0	.000	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bill Sweeney	62	538.0	40	21	2.59	374
Tom Lee	15	122.0	5	8	3.39	81
Al Atkinson	8	69.2	3	5	2.33	50
Ed Smith	9	62.0	3	4	3.48	13
John Ryan	6	51.0	3	2	3.35	33
Frank Beck	2	9.0	0	2	8.00	7
Smith	1	6.0	0	0	9.00	2
Jerry Dorsey	1	4.0	0	1	9.00	3
Chris McFarland	1	3.0	0	1	15.00	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Yank Robinson	11	75.0	3	3	3.48	61
Henry Oberbeck	2	6.0	0	0	3.00	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
James Morris	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• 1884 Baltimore Monumentals team page at Baseball Reference