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1884 Toledo Blue Stockings
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkLeague Park
CityToledo, Ohio
ManagerCharlie Morton

The 1884 Toledo Blue Stockings finished with a 45–58 record, eighth place in the American Association. This was the only season the team was in a major league.

The team was noteworthy for catcher Fleet Walker and outfielder Weldy Walker, two brothers who are credited as being the first and second African Americans to play Major League Baseball before the color barrier prevented blacks from playing in the majors again until 1947.

Regular season

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Pitcher Tony Mullane
Pitcher Hank O'Day
Center fielder Curt Welch
Catcher Deacon McGuire
Right fielder Tom Poorman
Catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker
Left fielder Weldy Walker

Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Metropolitans 75 32 .701 42‍–‍9 33‍–‍23
Columbus Buckeyes 69 39 .639 38‍–‍16 31‍–‍23
Louisville Eclipse 68 40 .630 41‍–‍14 27‍–‍26
St. Louis Browns 67 40 .626 8 38‍–‍16 29‍–‍24
Cincinnati Red Stockings 68 41 .624 8 40‍–‍16 28‍–‍25
Baltimore Orioles 63 43 .594 11½ 42‍–‍13 21‍–‍30
Philadelphia Athletics 61 46 .570 14 38‍–‍16 23‍–‍30
Toledo Blue Stockings 46 58 .442 27½ 28‍–‍25 18‍–‍33
Brooklyn Atlantics 40 64 .385 33½ 23‍–‍26 17‍–‍38
Richmond Virginians 12 30 .286 30½ 5‍–‍15 7‍–‍15
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 30 78 .278 45½ 18‍–‍37 12‍–‍41
Indianapolis Hoosiers 29 78 .271 46 15‍–‍39 14‍–‍39
Washington Nationals 12 51 .190 41 10‍–‍20 2‍–‍31

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1884 Toledo Blue Stockings
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Deacon McGuire 45 151 28 .185 1
1B Chappy Lane 57 215 49 .228 1
2B Sam Barkley 104 435 133 .306 1
SS Joe Miller 105 423 101 .239 0
3B Ed Brown 42 153 27 .176 0
OF Curt Welch 109 425 95 .224 0
OF Frank Olin 26 86 22 .256 1
OF Tom Poorman 94 382 89 .233 0

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR
Joe Moffet 56 204 41 .201 0
Fleet Walker 42 152 40 .263 0
Deacon McGuire 45 151 28 .185 1
George Meister 34 119 23 .193 0
Charlie Morton 32 111 18 .162 0
Trick McSorley 21 68 17 .250 0
John Tilley 17 56 10 .179 0
Tug Arundel 15 47 4 .085 0
Sim Bullas 13 45 4 .089 0
Ed Miller 8 24 6 .250 0
Weldy Walker 5 18 4 .222 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tony Mullane 67 567.0 36 26 2.52 325
Hank O'Day 41 326.2 9 28 3.75 163
Tom Poorman 1 9.0 0 1 3.00 0
Ed Brown 1 9.0 0 1 9.00 1
Ed Kent 1 9.0 0 1 6.00 4

Other pitchers

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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 Morton 3 23.1 0 1 3.09 7

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Trick McSorley 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

References

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