1883 Louisville Eclipse
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkEclipse Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersW. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
ManagerJoe Gerhardt
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The 1883 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 52–45 record, fifth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Pitcher Guy Hecker
Outfielder Pete Browning
Outfielder Jimmy Wolf
Second baseman Joe Gerhardt
Outfielder Leech Maskrey

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 66 32 0.673 — 37–14 29–18
St. Louis Browns 65 33 0.663 1 35–14 30–19
Cincinnati Red Stockings 61 37 0.622 5 38–13 23–24
New York Metropolitans 54 42 0.562 11 29–17 25–25
Louisville Eclipse 52 45 0.536 13½ 29–18 23–27
Columbus Buckeyes 32 65 0.330 33½ 18–29 14–36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 31 67 0.316 35 18–31 13–36
Baltimore Orioles 28 68 0.292 37 18–31 10–37

Record vs. opponents

1883 American Association record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL CIN CLB LOU NY PHI PIT STL
Baltimore — 3–11 6–7 6–8 3–10 3–11 5–9 2–12
Cincinnati 11–3 — 11–3 10–4 4–10 9–5 8–6 8–6
Columbus 7–6 3–11 — 5–9 3–11 1–13 10–4 3–11
Louisville 8–6 4–10 9–5 — 7–6–1 7–7 11–3 6–8
New York 10–3 10–4 11–3 6–7–1 — 5–9 9–5 3–11
Philadelphia 11–3 5–9 13–1 7–7 9–5 — 12–2 9–5
Pittsburgh 9–5 6–8 4–10 3–11 5–9 2–12 — 2–12
St. Louis 12–2 6–8 11–3 8–6 11–3 5–9 12–2 —


Roster

1883 Louisville Eclipse
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Ed Whiting 58 240 70 .292 2
1B Juice Latham 88 368 92 .250 0
2B Joe Gerhardt 78 319 84 .263 0
3B Jack Gleason 84 355 106 .299 2
SS Jack Leary 40 165 31 .188 3
OF Jimmy Wolf 98 389 102 .262 1
OF Leech Maskrey 96 361 73 .202 1
OF Pete Browning 84 358 121 .338 4

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Guy Hecker 81 332 90 .271 1
Dan Sullivan 37 147 31 .211 0
Tom McLaughlin 42 146 28 .192 0
John Reccius 18 63 9 .143 0
Lew Brown 14 60 11 .183 0
Henry Luff 6 23 4 .174 0
George Winkleman 4 13 0 .000 0
Walter Prince 4 11 2 .182 0
Ri Jones 2 7 0 .000 0
Phil Reccius 1 3 1 .333 0
Sleeper Sullivan 1 2 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
Guy Hecker 51 451.0 26 23 3.33 153
Sam Weaver 48 418.2 26 22 3.70 116

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
John Reccius 1 0 0 0 2.25 0

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