1884 Washington Nationals (UA) season

Not to be confused with 1884 Washington Nationals season.

1884 Washington Nationals
Ballpark	Capitol Grounds
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	Michael Scanlon
Seasons

The 1884 Washington Nationals finished with a 47–65 record in the Union Association, finishing in seventh place. This was the only season the team existed, and indeed the only season the Union Association existed.

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

Record vs. opponents

1884 Union Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ALT	BAL	BOS	CHI/PIT	CIN	KC	MIL	PHI	STL	STP	WSH	WIL
Altoona	—	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–8	0–0	3–1	0–0
Baltimore	3–1	—	10–5–1	7–5	4–10	10–2	1–3	10–2	1–14	0–0	11–5	1–0
Boston	1–1	5–10–1	—	4–8–1	5–11	8–4	2–2	8–3	8–8	0–0	12–4	5–0
Chicago/Pittsburgh	0–0	5–7	8–4–1	—	7–8	12–4	0–0	3–5	2–14	0–0	4–8–1	0–0
Cincinnati	3–0	10–4	11–5	8–7	—	9–1	0–0	9–0	4–12	3–0	10–6	2–1
Kansas City	0–0	2–10	4–8	4–12	1–9	—	0–0	0–4	0–11–1	1–1–1	4–8–1	0–0
Milwaukee	0–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0
Philadelphia	3–1	2–10	3–8	5–3	0–9	4–0	0–0	—	0–8	0–0	4–7	0–0
St. Louis	8–0	14–1	8–8	14–2	12–4	11–0–1	0–0	8–0	—	2–1	13–3	4–0
St. Paul	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–0
Washington	1–3	5–11	4–12	8–4–1	6–10	8–4–1	1–3	7–4	3–13	0–0	—	4–1
Wilmington	0–0	0–1	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–4	—

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	Chris Fulmer	48	181	50	.276	0
OF	Bill Wise	85	339	79	.233	2
OF	Henry Moore	111	461	155	.336	1
OF	Abner Powell	48	191	54	.283	0

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Alex Voss	63	245	47	.192	0
Joe Gunson	45	166	23	.139	0
Charlie Geggus	44	154	38	.247	0
Fred Tenney	32	119	28	.235	0
Ed McKenna	32	117	22	.188	0
Milo Lockwood	20	67	14	.209	0
Bill Hughes	14	49	6	.122	0
Dan Sheahan	7	28	4	.143	0
John Kelly	4	14	5	.357	0
Icicle Reeder	3	12	2	.167	0
Mike Lawlor	2	7	0	.000	0
Jim McDonald	2	6	1	.167	0
John Ward	1	4	1	.250	0
Frank Olin	1	4	0	.000	0
Joseph Wiley	1	4	0	.000	0
Peter Morris	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
Bill Wise	50	364.1	23	18	3.04	268
Charlie Geggus	23	177.1	10	9	2.54	156
Alex Voss	27	186.1	5	14	3.57	112
Abner Powell	18	134	6	12	3.43	78
Milo Lockwood	11	67.2	1	9	7.45	48
Hugh Daily	2	16	1	1	2.25	14
Art Thompson	1	8	0	1	6.75	8

References

• 1884 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference