1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
LeagueUnion Association
BallparkBank Street Grounds
CityCincinnati, Ohio
OwnersJustus Thorner, John McLean
ManagersDan O'Leary, Sam Crane

The 1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds finished with a 69–36 record in the Union Association, finishing in third place (second among teams that played a full schedule). This was the only season 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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
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 John Kelly 38 142 40 .282 1
1B Martin Powell 43 185 59 .319 1
2B Sam Crane 80 309 72 .233 1
3B Charlie Barber 55 204 41 .201 0
SS Ri Jones 69 272 71 .261 2
OF Bill Harbridge 82 341 95 .279 2
OF Lou Sylvester 82 333 89 .267 2
OF Bill Hawes 79 349 97 .278 4

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Dick Burns 79 350 107 .306 4
Jack Glasscock 38 172 72 .419 2
Mox McQuery 35 132 37 .280 2
Dan O'Leary 32 132 34 .258 1
Elmer Cleveland 29 115 37 .322 0
Bill Schwartz 29 106 25 .236 1
Fatty Briody 22 89 30 .337 0
Joe Crotty 21 84 22 .262 1
Frank McLaughlin 16 67 16 .239 2
Ed Kennedy 13 48 10 .208 0
Fred Robinson 3 13 3 .231 0
John Ewing 1 4 0 .000 0
Lou Meyers 2 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
George Bradley 41 342.0 25 15 2.71 158
Dick Burns 40 329.2 23 15 2.46 167
Jim McCormick 24 210.0 21 3 1.54 161

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
Lou Sylvester 6 32.2 0 1 3.58 7

Postseason

The Outlaw Reds played a postseason series against the first place team in the UA, the St. Louis Maroons. The Outlaw Reds managed just four wins in sixteen games against the league champs.

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