1883 Columbus Buckeyes season

The 1883 Columbus Buckeyes finished with a 32–65 record, sixth place in the American Association. This was the first season in the major leagues for the team.

1883 Columbus Buckeyes
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1883)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1883) Columbus, Ohio (since 1883)
Other information
Manager(s)	Horace Phillips
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Regular season

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 Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1883 Columbus Buckeyes
Roster
Pitchers Ed Dundon Pete Fries Frank McIntyre Frank Mountain John Valentine		Catchers Rudy Kemmler Joe Straub Infielders Sam Childs Jim Field Bill Kuehne Gracie Pierce John Richmond Bill Schwartz Pop Smith		Outfielders Tom Brown Fred Mann Harry Wheeler		Manager Horace Phillips

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	Rudy Kemmler	84	318	66	.208	0
1B	Jim Field	76	292	75	.257	1
2B	Pop Smith	97	405	106	.262	4
3B	Bill Kuehne	95	374	85	.227	1
SS	John Richmond	92	385	109	.283	0
OF	Fred Mann	96	394	98	.249	1
OF	Tom Brown	97	420	115	.274	5
OF	Harry Wheeler	82	371	84	.226	0

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Joe Straub	27	100	13	.130	0
Gracie Pierce	11	41	7	.171	0
Bill Schwartz	2	4	1	.250	0
Sam Childs	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
Frank Mountain	59	503	26	33	3.60	159
Ed Dundon	20	166.2	3	16	4.48	31
John Valentine	13	102	2	10	3.53	13
Pete Fries	3	25	0	3	6.48	7
Frank McIntyre	2	19	1	1	5.21	6
Harry Wheeler	1	5	0	1	7.20	2

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
Tom Brown	3	14	0	1	5.79	6

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
Pop Smith	3	0	0	0	6.35	0

References

• 1883 Columbus Buckeyes team page at Baseball Reference