1883 Louisville Eclipse season

The 1883 Louisville Eclipse season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 52–45 record, fifth place in the American Association.

1883 Louisville Eclipse
League	American Association
Ballpark	Eclipse Park
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Record	52–45 (.536)
League place	5th
Owners	W. L. Lyons, Zach Phelps, W. L. Jackson, John Phelps
Manager	Joe Gerhardt

Regular season

Pitcher Guy Hecker

Outfielder Pete Browning

Outfielder Jimmy Wolf

Second baseman Joe Gerhardt

Outfielder Leech Maskrey

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	66	32	.673	—	37‍–‍14	29‍–‍18
St. Louis Browns	65	33	.663	1	35‍–‍14	30‍–‍19
Cincinnati Red Stockings	61	37	.622	5	38‍–‍13	23‍–‍24
New York Metropolitans	54	42	.562	11	29‍–‍17	25‍–‍25
Louisville Eclipse	52	45	.536	13½	29‍–‍18	23‍–‍27
Columbus Buckeyes	32	65	.330	33½	18‍–‍29	14‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	31	67	.316	35	18‍–‍31	13‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles	28	68	.292	37	18‍–‍31	10‍–‍37

Record vs. opponents

1883 American Association record Sources:
Team	BAL	CIN	COL	LOU	NYM	PHA	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	3–11	6–7	6–8	3–10	3–11	5–9	2–12
Cincinnati	11–3	—	11–3	10–4	4–10	9–5	8–6	8–6
Columbus	7–6	3–11	—	5–9	3–11	1–13	10–4	3–11
Louisville	8–6	4–10	9–5	—	7–6–1	7–7	11–3	6–8
New York	10–3	10–4	11–3	6–7–1	—	5–9	9–5	3–11
Philadelphia	11–3	5–9	13–1	7–7	9–5	—	12–2	9–5
Pittsburgh	9–5	6–8	4–10	3–11	5–9	2–12	—	2–12
St. Louis	12–2	6–8	11–3	8–6	11–3	5–9	12–2	—

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	Ed Whiting	58	240	70	.292	2
1B	Juice Latham	88	368	92	.250	0
2B	Joe Gerhardt	78	319	84	.263	0
3B	Jack Gleason	84	355	106	.299	2
SS	Jack Leary	40	165	31	.188	3
OF	Jimmy Wolf	98	389	102	.262	1
OF	Leech Maskrey	96	361	73	.202	1
OF	Pete Browning	84	358	121	.338	4

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR
Guy Hecker	81	332	90	.271	1
Dan Sullivan	37	147	31	.211	0
Tom McLaughlin	42	146	28	.192	0
John Reccius	18	63	9	.143	0
Lew Brown	14	60	11	.183	0
Henry Luff	6	23	4	.174	0
George Winkleman	4	13	0	.000	0
Walter Prince	4	11	2	.182	0
Ri Jones	2	7	0	.000	0
Phil Reccius	1	3	1	.333	0
Sleeper Sullivan	1	2	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
Guy Hecker	51	451.0	26	23	3.33	153
Sam Weaver	48	418.2	26	22	3.70	116

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
John Reccius	1	0	0	0	2.25	0

References

• 1883 Louisville Eclipse team page at Baseball Reference