1884 Providence Grays season

1884 Providence Grays
1884 National League Champions 1884 World Series Champions
Ballpark	Messer Street Grounds
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Owners	C.T. Gardner
Managers	Frank Bancroft
Television	none
Radio	none

The Providence Grays went 84-28 during the 1884 season, easily capturing the National League championship. They then faced the American Association champions, the New York Metropolitans, in the very first World Series. Thanks to excellent pitching by Hoss Radbourn, the Grays swept the series and became the "World Champions."

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Providence Grays	84	28	.750	—	45‍–‍11	39‍–‍17
Boston Beaneaters	73	38	.658	10½	40‍–‍16	33‍–‍22
Buffalo Bisons	64	47	.577	19½	37‍–‍18	27‍–‍29
New York Gothams	62	50	.554	22	34‍–‍22	28‍–‍28
Chicago White Stockings	62	50	.554	22	39‍–‍17	23‍–‍33
Philadelphia Quakers	39	73	.348	45	19‍–‍37	20‍–‍36
Cleveland Blues	35	77	.312	49	22‍–‍34	13‍–‍43
Detroit Wolverines	28	84	.250	56	18‍–‍38	10‍–‍46

1884 World Series Champion Providence Grays

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Charley (Hoss) Radbourne	75	678.2	59	12	1.38	441

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

The World Series of 1884

Providence Grays (NL) (84-28) vs New York Metropolitans (AA) (75-32)

Game 1

Friday, October 23rd, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 6-0

Game 2

Saturday, October 24th, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 3-1 (7 innings)

Game 3

Sunday, October 25th, at the Polo Grounds

Providence defeats New York 12-2 (6 innings)

References

• 1884 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference