1883 Cleveland Blues season

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Major League Baseball team season

1883 Cleveland Blues
League	National League
Ballpark	Kennard Street Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Manager	Frank Bancroft
← 1882 1884 →

The 1883 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 55–42, fourth place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	63	35	.643	—	41‍–‍8	22‍–‍27
Chicago White Stockings	59	39	.602	4	36‍–‍13	23‍–‍26
Providence Grays	58	40	.592	5	34‍–‍15	24‍–‍25
Cleveland Blues	55	42	.567	7½	31‍–‍18	24‍–‍24
Buffalo Bisons	49	45	.521	12	36‍–‍13	13‍–‍32
New York Gothams	46	50	.479	16	28‍–‍19	18‍–‍31
Detroit Wolverines	40	58	.408	23	23‍–‍26	17‍–‍32
Philadelphia Quakers	17	81	.173	46	9‍–‍40	8‍–‍41

Record vs. opponents

1883 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	NYG	PHI	PRV
Boston	—	7–7	7–7	10–4	10–4	7–7	14–0	8–6
Buffalo	7–7	—	5–9	7–7	9–5–1	8–5	9–5	7–7
Chicago	7–7	9–5	—	6–8	9–5	9–5	12–2	7–7
Cleveland	4–10	7–7	8–6	—	9–5–1	7–6–2	12–2	8–6
Detroit	4–10	5–9–1	5–9	5–9–1	—	8–6	11–3–1	2–12
New York	7–7	5–8	5–9	6–7–2	6–8	—	12–2	5–9
Philadelphia	0–14	5–9	2–12	2–12	3–11–1	2–12	—	3–11
Providence	6–8	7–7	7–7	6–8	12–2	9–5	11–3	—

Roster

1883 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Hugh Daily Jim McCormick Will Sawyer Catchers Fatty Briody Cal Broughton Doc Bushong		Infielders George Bradley Fred Dunlap Jack Glasscock Mike Muldoon Bill Phillips		Outfielders Charlie Cady Bill Crowley Jake Evans Pete Hotaling Lem Hunter Tom York		Manager Frank Bancroft

1883 Cleveland Blues

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Frank Bancroft

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Doc Bushong	63	215	37	.172	0	9
1B	Bill Phillips	97	382	94	.246	2	40
2B	Fred Dunlap	93	396	129	.326	4	37
3B	Mike Muldoon	98	378	86	.228	0	29
SS	Jack Glasscock	96	383	110	.287	0	46
OF	Pete Hotaling	100	417	108	.259	0	30
OF	Tom York	100	381	99	.260	2	46
OF	Jake Evans	90	332	79	.238	0	31

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Fatty Briody	40	145	34	.234	10
Bill Crowley	11	41	12	.293	5
George Bradley	4	16	5	.313	1
Charlie Cady	3	11	0	.000	0
Cal Broughton	4	10	2	.200	1
Lem Hunter	1	4	1	.250	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
Hugh Daily	45	378.2	23	19	2.42	171
Jim McCormick	43	342.0	28	12	1.84	145
Will Sawyer	17	141.0	4	10	2.36	76
Charlie Cady	1	8.0	0	1	7.88	5

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
Lem Hunter	1	0	0	0	1.42	4
Jake Evans	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

1883 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference

v t e 1883 MLB season by team
National League	Boston Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia Providence
American Association	Baltimore Cincinnati Columbus Louisville New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

v t e Cleveland Blues
Based in Cleveland, Ohio
Franchise	Players Managers
Ballparks	League Park
Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884

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