1884 Washington Nationals
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkAthletic Park
CityWashington, D.C.
ManagerHolly Hollingshead

The 1884 Washington Nationals (sometimes called the Washington Statesmen) had a 12–51 record in the American Association when the team folded without finishing the season.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Metropolitans 75 32 0.701 — 42–9 33–23
Columbus Buckeyes 69 39 0.639 6½ 38–16 31–23
Louisville Eclipse 68 40 0.630 7½ 41–14 27–26
St. Louis Browns 67 40 0.626 8 38–16 29–24
Cincinnati Red Stockings 68 41 0.624 8 40–16 28–25
Baltimore Orioles 63 43 0.594 11½ 42–13 21–30
Philadelphia Athletics 61 46 0.570 14 38–16 23–30
Toledo Blue Stockings 46 58 0.442 27½ 28–25 18–33
Brooklyn Atlantics 40 64 0.385 33½ 23–26 17–38
Richmond Virginians 12 30 0.286 30½ 5–15 7–15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 30 78 0.278 45½ 18–37 12–41
Indianapolis Hoosiers 29 78 0.271 46 15–39 14–39
Washington Nationals 12 51 0.190 41 10–20 2–31

Record vs. opponents

1884 American Association record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team BAL BR CIN COL IND LOU NY PHI PIT RIC STL TOL WSH
Baltimore — 5–5 4–6 6–4 9–1 6–4–1 5–5 3–7 9–0 4–0 5–5 5–5–1 2–1
Brooklyn 5–5 — 2–8 3–7 7–3 3–6 1–9–1 3–6 4–6 3–2–1 2–7–1 4–4–2 3–1
Cincinnati 6–4 8–2 — 3–7 9–1–1 5–5 4–6–1 4–6 8–1–1 4–0 4–6 7–3 6–0
Columbus 4–6 7–3 7–3 — 8–2 5–5 4–5 5–5–1 9–1 2–2 5–5 8–1–1 5–1
Indianapolis 1–9 3–7 1–9–1 2–8 — 1–9 2–8 4–6 4–6 1–2–1 3–6–1 3–6 4–2
Louisville 4–6–1 6–3 5–5 5–5 9–1 — 3–7–1 6–3 8–2 4–1 5–5 9–1 4–1
New York 5–5 9–1–1 6–4–1 5–4 8–2 7–3–1 — 8–2 9–1 2–0 5–4–1 5–4–1 6–2
Philadelphia 7–3 6–3 6–4 5–5–1 6–4 3–6 2–8 — 8–2 2–0 3–7 6–3 7–1
Pittsburgh 0–9 6–4 1–8–1 1–9 6–4 2–8 1–9 2–8 — 1–4–1 1–9 5–5 4–1
Richmond 0–4 2–3–1 0–4 2–2 2–1–1 1–4 0–2 0–2 4–1–1 — 1–3 0–4–1 0–0
St. Louis 5–5 7–2–1 6–4 5–5 6–3–1 5–5 4–5–1 7–3 9–1 3–1 — 5–5 5–1
Toledo 5–5–1 4–4–2 3–7 1–8–1 6–3 1–9 4–5–1 3–6 5–5 4–0–1 5–5 — 5–1
Washington 1–2 1–3 0–6 1–5 2–4 1–4 2–6 1–7 1–4 0–0 1–5 1–5 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1884 Washington Nationals
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 Humphries 49 193 34 .176 0
1B Walter Prince 43 166 36 .217 1
2B Thorny Hawkes 38 151 42 .278 0
SS Frank Fennelly 62 257 75 .292 2
3B Buck Gladmon 56 224 35 .156 1
OF Bill Morgan 45 162 28 .173 0
OF Henry Mullin 34 120 17 .142 0
OF John Kiley 14 56 12 .214 0

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Ed Yewell 27 93 23 .247 0
Ed Trumbull 25 86 10 .116 0
Frank Olin 21 83 32 .386 0
John Hanna 23 76 5 .066 0
Edgar Smith 14 57 5 .088 0
Lawrence Farley 14 52 11 .212 0
Sam King 12 45 8 .178 0
Jack Beach 8 31 3 .097 0
Walt Goldsby 6 24 9 .375 0
Willie Murphy 5 21 10 .476 0
Andy Swan 5 21 3 .143 0
Jones 4 17 5 .294 0
Wills 4 15 2 .133 0
Lyman Drake 2 7 2 .286 0
Alex Gardner 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
Bob Barr 32 281.1 9 23 3.45 138
John Hamill 19 156.2 2 17 4.48 50
Ed Trumbull 10 84.0 1 9 4.71 43

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
Edgar Smith 3 22.0 0 2 4.91 4

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