1884 St. Louis Maroons season

The 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team finished with a 94–19 record and won the championship of the new Union Association. After the season the UA folded and the Maroons joined the National League, the only UA team to continue past the 1884 season.

1884 St. Louis Maroons
1884 Union Association Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Union Base Ball Park (since 1884)
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1884)
Other information
Owner(s)Henry Lucas
Manager(s)Ted Sullivan, Fred Dunlap
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The Maroons were back in the news in 2015, when the Golden State Warriors started the 2015–16 season with an NBA-record 24 straight wins; this surpassed St. Louis' 20-0 start, which was the previous record for the four major professional sports leagues in the United States.[1]

Regular season
Second baseman Fred Dunlap
Right fielder Orator Shafer
Pitcher Charlie Sweeney
Left fielder Henry Boyle
First baseman Joe Quinn

Season standings
Union Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Maroons 9419 0.832 — 49–6 45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 6936 0.657 21 35–17 34–19
Baltimore Monumentals 5847 0.552 32 29–21 29–26
Boston Reds 5851 0.532 34 34–22 24–29
Milwaukee Brewers 85 0.615 36 8–4 0–1
St. Paul Saints 26 0.250 39½ 0–0 2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies 4150 0.451 42 21–19 20–31
Altoona Mountain Citys 619 0.240 44 6–12 0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps 216 0.111 44½ 1–6 1–10
Washington Nationals (UA) 4765 0.420 46½ 36–27 11–38
Philadelphia Keystones 2146 0.313 50 14–21 7–25
Kansas City Cowboys 1663 0.203 61 11–23 5–40

Record vs. opponents
1884 Union Association Records

Sources:
Team ALT BAL BOS CHI/PIT CIN KC MIL PHI STL STP WSH WIL
Altoona —1–31–10–00–30–00–01–30–80–03–10–0
Baltimore 3–1—10–5–17–54–1010–21–310–21–140–011–51–0
Boston 1–15–10–1—4–8–15–118–42–28–38–80–012–45–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh 0–05–78–4–1—7–812–40–03–52–140–04–8–10–0
Cincinnati 3–010–411–58–7—9–10–09–04–123–010–62–1
Kansas City 0–02–104–84–121–9—0–00–40–11–11–1–14–8–10–0
Milwaukee 0–03–12–20–00–00–0—0–00–00–03–10–0
Philadelphia 3–12–103–85–30–94–00–0—0–80–04–70–0
St. Louis 8–014–18–814–212–411–0–10–08–0—2–113–34–0
St. Paul 0–00–00–00–00–31–1–10–00–01–2—0–00–0
Washington 1–35–114–128–4–16–108–4–11–37–43–130–0—4–1
Wilmington 0–00–10–50–01–20–00–00–00–40–01–4—

Roster
1884 St. Louis Maroons
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
CGeorge Baker8031752.1640
1BJoe Quinn103429116.2700
2BFred Dunlap101449185.41213
SSMilt Whitehead9939383.2111
3BJack Gleason92395128.3244
OFOrator Shafer106467168.3602
OFDave Rowe109485142.2934
OFHenry Boyle6526268.2604

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Jack Brennan5623150.2160
Buttercup Dickerson4621177.3650
Tom Dolan196913.1880
Tom Ryder8287.2500
Sleeper Sullivan291.1110

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
Charlie Sweeney332712471.83192
Billy Taylor332632541.68154
Henry Boyle191501531.7488
Perry Werden16141.11211.9751
Charlie Hodnett141211222.0141
John Cattanach217112.1213
Dave Rowe19102.002
Milt Whitehead18019.002
C. V. Matteson16109.003
Sleeper Sullivan16104.503

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Fred Dunlap100113.501
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References
  1. "Sherman: 1884 St. Louis Maroons were the last sports team to start 20-0". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
Preceded by
First Season		 Union Association Championship Season
1884		 Succeeded by
Last Season


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