1884 St. Louis Maroons season

March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Maroons 1884 1884 Union Association Champions Union Association Union Base Ball Park St. Louis, Missouri 94 19 y 1st Henry Lucas Ted Sullivan, Fred Dunlap The 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team finished with a 94–19 record and won the championship of the new Union Association (UA). After the season, the UA folded and the Maroons joined the National League; they were the only UA team to continue past the 1884 season. To this day, the Maroons' .832 winning percentage hasn't been matched by a professional baseball team.Best Record In A Season By A Team In MLB History https://www.statmuse.com/e/m/HRiut3zgP 2024-02-26 StatMuse en However, a number of factors have often led to the Maroons' season being questioned or disregarded as a true accomplishment, including: the relatively low number of games played; the debate over the classification of the Union Association as a "major league"; and the fact that the founder and president of the Union Association was also the owner of the Maroons, and deliberately (and anti-competitively) stocked his team with most of the league's best talent. Accordingly, the 1884 St. Louis Maroons are not usually mentioned in the conversation of baseball teams with the best single-season records of all time. This team also set the record for the best start to a season in baseball history, going 20–0 before losing 8–1 to the Boston Reds on May 24, in their 21st game of the season.1884 Major League Scores, Standings, Box Scores for Saturday, May 24, 1884 https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/1884/05/24/ 2024-02-26 Baseball-Reference.com en The Maroons scored 887 runs while allowing 429, for a run differential of +458, the best in major-league history,https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/which-mlb-team-had-the-best-run-differential-season Highest Run Differential Ever statmuse.com August 10, 2022 as records and statistics of the UA are recognized by Major League Baseball (MLB). The team was 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 the Maroons' 20–0 start, which was previously the record for the four major professional sports leagues in the United States.Sherman Rodger December 3, 2015 Sherman: 1884 St. Louis Maroons were the last sports team to start 20-0 https://sabr.org/latest/sherman-1884-st-louis-maroons-were-last-sports-team-start-20-0 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190717183808/https://sabr.org/latest/sherman-1884-st-louis-maroons-were-last-sports-team-start-20-0 July 17, 2019 2019-07-17 Society for American Baseball Research Regular season thumb|upright|Second baseman Fred Dunlap thumb|upright|Right fielder Orator Shafer thumb|upright|Pitcher Charlie Sweeney thumb|upright|Left fielder Henry Boyle thumb|upright|First baseman Joe Quinn Season standings St. Louis Maroons Record vs. opponents SLM Roster 1884 St. Louis Maroons Roster Pitchers John Cattanach Charlie Hodnett C. V. Matteson William Sullivan 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 George Baker George Baker (baseball) 80 317 52 .164 0 1B Joe Quinn Joe Quinn (second baseman) 103 429 116 .270 0 2B Fred Dunlap 101 449 185 .412 13 SS Milt Whitehead 99 393 83 .211 1 3B Jack Gleason 92 395 128 .324 4 OF Orator Shafer 106 467 168 .360 2 OF Dave Rowe Dave Rowe (baseball) 109 485 142 .293 4 OF Henry Boyle Henry Boyle (baseball) 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 Jack Brennan Jack Brennan (baseball) 56 231 50 .216 0 Buttercup Dickerson 46 211 77 .365 0 Tom Dolan Tom Dolan (baseball) 19 69 13 .188 0 Tom Ryder Tom Ryder (baseball) 8 28 7 .250 0 Sleeper 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 Charlie Sweeney 33 271.0 24 7 1.83 192 Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (1880s pitcher) 33 263.0 25 4 1.68 154 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle (baseball) 19 150.0 15 3 1.74 88 Perry Werden 16 141.1 12 1 1.97 51 Charlie Hodnett 14 121.0 12 2 2.01 41 John Cattanach 2 17.0 1 1 2.12 13 Dave Rowe Dave Rowe (baseball) 1 9.0 1 0 2.00 2 Milt Whitehead 1 8.0 0 1 9.00 2 C. V. Matteson 1 6.0 1 0 9.00 3 Sleeper Sullivan 1 6.0 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 Fred Dunlap 1 0 0 1 13.50 1 Sources 1884 St. Louis Maroons team page at Baseball Reference References Union Association Championship Season 1884 League created League dissolved St Louis St. Louis Maroons season Category:St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers seasons