1884 Milwaukee Brewers season

1884 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueUnion Association
BallparkWright Street Grounds
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
ManagerTom Loftus

The 1884 Milwaukee Brewers were an American professional baseball team that served as a replacement team late in the Union Association (UA) season of 1884.[1] Called the Cream Citys[a] by both local newspapers, and appearing in some sources as the Milwaukee Grays,[2][b] they had a record of 8–4.[3]

The minor-league Milwaukee Brewers came to the UA from the Northwestern League, as did the St. Paul Saints, and were managed by Tom Loftus. They played their home games at the Wright Street Grounds. The Brewers joined the new Western League for the 1885 season before folding and being replaced by a different Milwaukee Brewers team that played the following year in the Northwestern League.

Regular season

Season standings

Union Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 94 19 .832 — 49‍–‍6 45‍–‍13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 69 36 .657 21 35‍–‍17 34‍–‍19
Baltimore Monumentals 58 47 .552 32 29‍–‍21 29‍–‍26
Boston Reds 58 51 .532 34 34‍–‍22 24‍–‍29
Milwaukee Brewers 8 4 .667 35½ 8‍–‍4 0‍–‍0
St. Paul Saints 2 6 .250 39½ 0‍–‍0 2‍–‍6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 41 50 .451 42 21‍–‍19 20‍–‍31
Altoona Mountain Citys 6 19 .240 44 6‍–‍12 0‍–‍7
Wilmington Quicksteps 2 16 .111 44½ 1‍–‍6 1‍–‍10
Washington Nationals (UA) 47 65 .420 46½ 36‍–‍27 11‍–‍38
Philadelphia Keystones 21 46 .313 50 14‍–‍21 7‍–‍25
Kansas City Cowboys 16 63 .203 61 11‍–‍23 5‍–‍40

Roster

1884 Milwaukee Brewers
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 Cal Broughton 11 39 12 .308 0
1B Thomas Griffin 11 41 9 .220 0
2B Al Myers 12 46 15 .326 0
3B Tom Morrissey 12 47 8 .170 0
SS Tom Sexton 12 47 11 .234 0
OF Mortimer Hogan 11 37 3 .081 0
OF Steve Behel 9 33 8 .242 0
OF Lady Baldwin 7 27 6 .222 0

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Henry Porter 11 40 11 .275 0
Anton Falch 5 18 2 .111 0
George Bignell 4 9 2 .222 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
Henry Porter 6 51 3 3 3.00 71
Ed Cushman 4 36 4 0 1.00 37
Lady Baldwin 2 17 1 1 2.65 21

Notes

  1. ^ Not be confused with the earlier Milwaukee Cream Citys, a non-professional team of the 1860s.
  2. ^ Not to be confused with the 1878 Milwaukee Grays of the National League.

References

  1. ^ "1884 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Milwaukee Grays (1884)". Retrosheet. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "The 1884 Milwaukee Grays". Retrosheet. Retrieved March 20, 2023.