1883 Columbus Buckeyes season

November 2013 Columbus Buckeyes 1883 American Association (19th century)American Association Recreation Park Columbus, Ohio 32 65 y 6th Horace Phillips The 1883 Columbus Buckeyes finished with a 32–65 record, sixth place in the American Association. This was the first season in the major leagues for the team. Regular season Season standings Columbus Buckeyes Record vs. opponents COL Opening Day lineup Roster 1883 Columbus Buckeyes Roster Pitchers Ed Dundon Pete Fries Frank McIntyre Frank Mountain John Valentine Catchers Rudy Kemmler Joe Straub Infielders Sam Childs Jim Field Bill Kuehne Gracie Pierce John Richmond Bill Schwartz Pop Smith Outfielders Tom Brown Fred Mann Harry Wheeler Manager Horace Phillips 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 Rudy Kemmler 84 318 66 .208 0 1B Jim Field 76 292 75 .257 1 2B Pop Smith 97 405 106 .262 4 3B Bill Kuehne 95 374 85 .227 1 SS John Richmond John Richmond (shortstop) 92 385 109 .283 0 OF Fred Mann Fred Mann (baseball) 96 394 98 .249 1 OF Tom Brown Tom Brown (center fielder) 97 420 115 .274 5 OF Harry Wheeler 82 371 84 .226 0 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs Player G AB H Avg. HR Joe Straub 27 100 13 .130 0 Gracie Pierce 11 41 7 .171 0 Bill Schwartz Bill Schwartz (catcher) 2 4 1 .250 0 Sam Childs 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 Frank Mountain 59 503.0 26 33 3.60 159 Ed Dundon 20 166.2 3 16 4.48 31 John Valentine John Valentine (baseball) 13 102.0 2 10 3.53 13 Pete Fries 3 25.0 0 3 6.48 7 Frank McIntyre Frank McIntyre (baseball) 2 19.0 1 1 5.21 6 Harry Wheeler 1 5.0 0 1 7.20 2 Other 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 Tom Brown Tom Brown (center fielder) 3 14.0 0 1 5.79 6 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Pop Smith 3 0 0 0 6.35 0 References 1883 Columbus Buckeyes team page at Baseball Reference Columbus Buckeyes season