1884 New York Gothams
62 - 50
1883 / 1885 (Organization)
4th place in the NL (22 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		34 - 22 (.607)
28 - 28 (.500)		 +1.5 wins
+4.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 693 / 612 ( +81 )
Allowed/Expected: 623 / 616 ( -7 )
Pyth Record: 62 - 50 (-0)
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Attendance: 0 Avg Att: 0 (0.00)
Att Rank: 8 / 8 Lg Avg: 0
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 0.83 R/L HR: 0.82 / 0.88
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
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via
1 Mike Dorgan
RF
30.7
0.8
15.2
4.4
2
N
Not Available
2 Frank Hankinson
3B
28.2
1.1
10.1
1.3
2
N
Not Available
3 Ed Caskin
SS
32.5
0.8
10.0
1.2
2
N
Not Available
4 Pete Gillespie
LF
32.6
0.4
9.6
2.0
2
N
Not Available
5 John Ward
CF
24.3
1.5
15.7
3.9
2
N
1
1
1883
 Free Agency PRO NL
6 Roger Connor
2B
27.0
2.9
25.1
14.9
2
N
1
1
1883
 Free Agency TRN NL
7 Buck Ewing
C
24.7
4.9
22.6
13.4
2
N
1
1
1883
 Free Agency
8 Mickey Welch
SP
25.0
12.3
45.9
23.2
2
N
1
1
1883
 Free Agency
9 John Humphries
C
22.6
-0.5
1.4
-0.4
1
N
Not Available
10 Ed Begley
SP
21.6
-2.1
8.6
-2.2
1
Y
Not Available
11 Jim Brown
SP
23.6
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
1
N
Not Available
12 Sandy Griffin
RF
25.7
-0.7
0.1
-1.1
1
Y
Not Available
13 Thomas Loughran
C
22.1
0.0
0.5
-0.3
1
Y
Not Available
14 Charlie Manlove
C
21.7
-0.3
0.1
-0.1
1
N
Not Available
15 Alex McKinnon
1B
27.9
1.2
14.1
5.8
1
Y
Not Available
16 Henry Oxley
C
26.5
-0.1
0.1
-0.0
1
N
Not Available
17 Danny Richardson
RF
21.4
0.2
6.9
1.1
1
Y
Not Available
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Player Pos Hometown
Ed Begley SP New York, NY (USA)
Jim Brown SP Clinton County, PA (USA)
Ed Caskin SS Danvers, MA (USA)
Roger Connor 2B Waterbury, CT (USA)
Mike Dorgan RF Middletown, CT (USA)
Buck Ewing C Hoagland, OH (USA)
Pete Gillespie LF Carbondale, PA (USA)
Sandy Griffin RF Fayetteville, NY (USA)
Frank Hankinson 3B New York, NY (USA)
John Humphries C North Gower, ON (CAN)
Thomas Loughran C New York, NY (USA)
Charlie Manlove C Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Alex McKinnon 1B Boston, MA (USA)
Henry Oxley C Covehead, PE (CAN)
Danny Richardson RF Elmira, NY (USA)
John Ward CF Bellefonte, PA (USA)
Mickey Welch SP Brooklyn, NY (USA)

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James