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1883 Cleveland Blues Season
The 1883 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 55–42, fourth place in the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s .... Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennard Street Park
National League Park is the name of two former baseball grounds located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The first ground was home to the Cleveland Blues of the National League from 1879 to 1884. The Kennard Street Baseball Grounds (Kennard Street Park) was bounded by Sibley Street (present Carnegie Avenue) on the north, Cedar Avenue on the south, Kennard Street (present East 46th Street) on the west, and the eastern edge ended at the boundary of the back yards of the houses facing Willson Avenue (present East 55th Street).''City Atlas of Cleveland, Ohio,'' plate 5. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins C.L., 1881. Available aCleveland Public Library Image Collections/ref> A contemporary plat map indicates the diamond was closest to the Kennard-Cedar intersection. The second National League Park was the home of the Cleveland Spiders of the American Association American Association may refer to: Baseball * American Association (1882–1891), a major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Dunlap
Frederick C. "Sure Shot" Dunlap (May 21, 1859 – December 1, 1902) was a second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball from 1880 to 1891. He was the highest paid player in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1889. He has also been rated by some contemporary and modern sources as the greatest overall second baseman of the 19th century. He earned the nickname "Sure Shot" for the strength and accuracy of his throws to first base, and was also sometimes referred to in the 1880s as the "King of Second Basemen." Dunlap played for the Cleveland Blues from 1880 to 1883, where he secured his reputation as one of the best players in the game. As a rookie in 1880, he led the National League in doubles and ranked second in extra base hits. While playing for Cleveland, he also compiled batting averages of .325 and .326 in 1881 and 1883 and led the league in assists by a second baseman and range factor. When the Union Association was formed in 1884, Dunlap was lured to play for the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom York (baseball)
Thomas Jefferson York (July 13, 1850 – February 17, 1936) was a professional baseball left fielder. Over the course of York's 15-season career as a professional, which spanned the National Association and Major League Baseball, he racked up 1095 hits in 4005 at bats, for a .273 batting average. Twice, during his playing time with the Providence Grays, he was also manager including the entire first season of the team's existence in 1878. York began his playing career in the amateur National Association of Base Ball Players with the Powhatan club in Brooklyn in 1869. In 1871, he became a member of the Troy Haymakers, one of the founding clubs of the National Association. He was playing for the Hartford Dark Blues when they joined the new National League in 1876. In 1878, after the Hartfords folded, York joined the Providence Grays as player-manager. That season, he led the National League in total bases, extra-base hits, and triples. He was a member of the National League champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lem Hunter
Robert Lemuel Hunter (1863–1956) was a Major League Baseball player for the 1883 Cleveland Blues. He appeared in one game for the Blues on September 1, 1883, appearing as both an outfielder and a pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ... in the game. Sources 1863 births 1956 deaths 19th-century baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Ohio Cleveland Blues (NL) players St. Paul Apostles players Toledo Blue Stockings (minor league) players Sportspeople from Warren, Ohio {{US-baseball-pitcher-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Hotaling
Peter James Hotaling (December 16, 1856 – July 2, 1928), nicknamed "Monkey", was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball from to . He has been described as one of the earliest journeymen in professional baseball. When he played catcher in the minor leagues in 1877, he was one of the first men to wear a catcher's mask. Early life Hotaling was born in Mohawk, New York. He suffered an eye injury while catching a minor league baseball game. When he came back weeks later with a catcher's mask on, his teammates gave him the nickname "Monkey". Career Hotaling was promoted to the major leagues in 1879, playing 81 games for the Cincinnati Reds, mostly in the outfield. He changed teams every year through 1882, playing for the Cleveland Blues, Worcester Ruby Legs and Boston Red Caps in that span, before returning to the Blues for 1883 and 1884. Hotaling spent 1885 with the Brooklyn Grays, but he was in the Southern League in 1886 with its Savannah club. After that seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Evans (baseball)
Uriah L. P. "Bloody Jake" Evans (September 22, 1856 – January 16, 1907) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1879 to 1885. Evans played for the Troy Trojans, Worcester Ruby Legs, Cleveland Blues, and Baltimore Orioles. He was tall and weighed ."Jake Evans Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 1, 2011. Career Evans was born in , in 1856. He started his professional baseball career in 1877, playing for the Rhode Islands of the New England League. The following season, he played in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Crowley (baseball)
William Michael Crowley (April 18, 1857 – July 14, 1891) was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly as an outfielder from to . He played for the Philadelphia White Stockings, Louisville Grays, Buffalo Bisons, Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Blues. Born in Philadelphia to Irish immigrant parents, Crowley worked for a print factory in Gloucester, New Jersey, before beginning his professional baseball career with the Philadelphia White Stockings in 1875. He was the youngest player in the National Association that year, having turned 18 just days before his debut. Crowley threw out four men from the outfield during a May 1880 game with the Buffalo Bisons, and he did it again in August of that year. In 1881, Crowley was one of several players blacklisted from the National League by the league president, William Hulbert. The bans were thought to take aim at drunkenness, rowdy behavior and game fixing among the league's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Cady
Charles B. Cady (December 1865 – June 7, 1909) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher/outfielder in the 19th century. In 1883 he played in three games for the Cleveland Blues of the National League, and in 1884 played in six games for the Chicago Browns and in two games for the Kansas City Cowboys, both of the Union Association. In 11 total games, Cady was just 2-for-34 at the plate, a batting average of .059. He was much more successful as a pitcher. In five starts, all complete games, he was 3–2 with an earned run average of 3.77. At age 17 in 1883, he was the second-youngest player to appear in a National League game, and at age 18 in 1884 was the sixth-youngest in the Union Association The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season. Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some poi .... External linksBaseball R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Phillips (first Baseman)
William B. Phillips (April 30, 1857 – October 7, 1900), also known as "Silver Bill", was a Canadian professional baseball first baseman from the mid-1870s until the late 1880s. From 1879 to 1888, he played for three major league teams; the Cleveland Blues of the National League (NL) from 1879 to 1884, the Brooklyn Grays of the American Association (AA) from 1885 to 1887, and the Kansas City Cowboys of the AA in 1888. A native of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, he has the distinction of being the first Canadian to play in the major leagues. As a batter, Phillips finished in the top-ten among league leaders on multiple occasions, including triples four times, and games played, at bats, doubles, runs batted in (RBIs), and extra base hits three times each. Additionally, as a fielder, he finished among the defensive leaders for the league's first baseman in double plays for three consecutive years, and twice finished first in putouts and fielding percentage. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Muldoon
Michael D. Muldoon (April 9, 1858 in Westmeath, Ireland, to January 30, 1917) was a Major League Baseball player. Muldoon played for the Cleveland Blues and the Baltimore Orioles. The last confirmed mention of him is in 1890. His later life, date of death, and final resting place are unknown. References External links Baseball-Almanac.com page Major League Baseball third basemen Cleveland Blues (NL) players Baltimore Orioles (AA) players Major League Baseball players from Ireland Irish baseball players Irish emigrants to the United States 1858 births 1917 deaths Lynn Live Oaks players Worcester (minor league baseball) players New Bedford (minor league baseball) players Albany (minor league baseball) players New York Metropolitans (minor league) players Jersey City Skeeters players Allentown Peanuts players Birmingham (minor league baseball) players 19th-century baseball players Sportspeople from County Westmeath Mike Muldoonat SABR The Society for America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Glasscock
John Wesley "Jack" Glasscock (July 22, 1857 – February 24, 1947) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1879 to 1895. Nicknamed "Pebbly Jack", he was the top player at his position in the 1880s during the sport's bare-handed era. He led the National League in fielding percentage seven times and in assists six times; he was the only shortstop to lead in fielding percentage and total chances in a season three different times until Luis Aparicio matched him. Ozzie Smith eventually surpassed Glasscock's marks in the 1980s; Glasscock also led the NL in double plays four times and in putouts twice. He won the 1890 batting title with a .336 average for the New York Giants and led the league in hits twice; in his final season he became the sixth major league player to make 2,000 hits. He was the first player to appear in over 600 games as a shortstop, and ended his career with major league records for games (1,628), putouts (2,821), assists ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bradley
George Washington Bradley (July 13, 1852 – October 2, 1931), nicknamed "Grin", was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher and infielder. He played for multiple teams in the early years of the National League, the oldest league still active in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bradley is noted for pitching the first no-hitter that is officially recognized by MLB, on July 15, 1876, for the St. Louis Brown Stockings against the Hartford Dark Blues. As a player, he was listed at and ; he threw and batted right-handed. Baseball career Bradley is credited as throwing the first official no-hit, no-run game in major league history. He pitched for the St. Louis Brown Stockings in the club's victory over the Hartford Dark Blues on July 15, 1876. The score ended 2–0 without a hit being allowed by Bradley. That year, he completed 63 of the 64 games for St. Louis, winning 45 and leading the league with a 1.23 earned run average. Additionally, he also threw 16 shutouts, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
