1884 St. Louis Maroons season

1884 St. Louis Maroons
1884 Union Association Champions
Major League affiliations
Union Association (since 1884)
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 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.

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, then an all-pro sports record.

Regular season

Season standings

Union Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Maroons	94	19	0.832	—	49–6	45–13
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	69	36	0.657	21	35–17	34–19
Baltimore Monumentals	58	47	0.552	32	29–21	29–26
Boston Reds	58	51	0.532	34	34–22	24–29
Milwaukee Brewers	8	5	0.615	36	8–4	0–1
St. Paul Saints	2	6	0.250	39½	0–0	2–6
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies	41	50	0.451	42	21–19	20–31
Altoona Mountain Citys	6	19	0.240	44	6–12	0–7
Wilmington Quicksteps	2	16	0.111	44½	1–6	1–10
Washington Nationals (UA)	47	65	0.420	46½	36–27	11–38
Philadelphia Keystones	21	46	0.313	50	14–21	7–25
Kansas City Cowboys	16	63	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	—	1–3	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	—

Roster

1884 St. Louis Maroons
Roster
Pitchers John Cattanach Charlie Hodnett C. V. Matteson Charlie Sweeney Billy Taylor Perry Werden		Catchers George Baker Jack Brennan Tom Dolan Infielders Fred Dunlap Jack Gleason Joe Quinn Milt Whitehead		Outfielders Henry Boyle Ed Callahan Dan Cronin Buttercup Dickerson Fred Lewis Dave Rowe Tom Ryder Orator Shafer Sleeper Sullivan		Manager Fred Dunlap Ted Sullivan

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	Baker, GeorgeGeorge Baker	80	317	52	.164	0
1B	Quinn, JoeJoe Quinn	103	429	116	.270	0
2B	Dunlap, FredFred Dunlap	101	449	185	.412	13
SS	Whitehead, MiltMilt Whitehead	99	393	83	.211	1
3B	Gleason, JackJack Gleason	92	395	128	.324	4
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	106	467	168	.360	2
OF	Rowe, DaveDave Rowe	109	485	142	.293	4
OF	Boyle, HenryHenry Boyle	65	262	68	.260	4

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Brennan, JackJack Brennan	56	231	50	.216	0
Dickerson, ButtercupButtercup Dickerson	46	211	77	.365	0
Dolan, TomTom Dolan	19	69	13	.188	0
Ryder, TomTom Ryder	8	28	7	.250	0
Sullivan, SleeperSleeper Sullivan	2	9	1	.111	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
Sweeney, CharlieCharlie Sweeney	33	271	24	7	1.83	192
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	33	263	25	4	1.68	154
Boyle, HenryHenry Boyle	19	150	15	3	1.74	88
Werden, PerryPerry Werden	16	141.1	12	1	1.97	51
Hodnett, CharlieCharlie Hodnett	14	121	12	2	2.01	41
Cattanach, JohnJohn Cattanach	2	17	1	1	2.12	13
Rowe, DaveDave Rowe	1	9	1	0	2.00	2
Whitehead, MiltMilt Whitehead	1	8	0	1	9.00	2
Matteson, C. V.C. V. Matteson	1	6	1	0	9.00	3
Sullivan, SleeperSleeper Sullivan	1	6	1	0	4.50	3

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
Dunlap, FredFred Dunlap	1	0	0	1	13.50	1

References

• 1884 St. Louis Maroons team page at Baseball Reference