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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

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33 teams in AA, NL, UA · 1544 regular-season games · 1884-04-17 to 1884-10-19

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World Series champion

Providence Grays

Standings

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Providence Grays	84	28	.750	—	388		Frank Bancroft	World Series
2	Boston Beaneaters	73	38	.658	10.5	468		John Morrill
3	Buffalo Bisons	64	47	.577	19.5	626		Jim O'Rourke
4	New York Gothams	62	50	.554	22	623		Jim Price, John Ward
5	Chicago White Stockings	62	50	.554	22	647		Cap Anson
6	Philadelphia Quakers	39	73	.348	45	824		Harry Wright
7	Cleveland Blues	35	77	.312	49	716		Charlie Hackett
8	Detroit Wolverines	28	84	.250	56	736		Jack Chapman

American Association

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Metropolitans	75	32	.701	—	423		Jim Mutrie	Pennant
2	Columbus Buckeyes	69	39	.639	6.5	459		Gus Schmelz
3	Louisville Eclipse	68	40	.630	7.5	425		Mike Walsh
4	St. Louis Browns	67	40	.626	8	539		Jimmy Williams, Charlie Comiskey
5	Cincinnati Red Stockings	68	41	.624	8	512		Will White, Pop Snyder
6	Baltimore Orioles	63	43	.594	11.5	515		Billy Barnie
7	Philadelphia Athletics	61	46	.570	14	546		Lon Knight
8	Toledo Blue Stockings	46	58	.442	27.5	571		Charlie Morton
9	Brooklyn Atlantics	40	64	.385	33.5	644		George Taylor
10	Richmond Virginians	12	30	.286	30.5	294		Felix Moses
11	Pittsburg Alleghenys	30	78	.278	45.5	725		Denny McKnight, Bob Ferguson, Joe Battin, George Creamer, Horace Phillips
12	Indianapolis Hoosiers	29	78	.271	46	755		Jim Gifford, Bill Watkins
13	Washington Nationals	12	51	.190	41	481		Holly Hollingshead, John Bickerton

Union Association

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Maroons	94	19	.832	—	429		Ted Sullivan, Fred Dunlap	Pennant
2	Milwaukee Brewers	8	4	.667	35.5	34		Tom Loftus
3	Cincinnati Outlaw Reds	69	36	.657	21	466		Dan O'Leary, Sam Crane
4	Baltimore Monumentals	58	47	.552	32	627		Bill Henderson
5	Boston Reds	58	51	.532	34	558		Tim Murnane
6	Chicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)	41	50	.451	42	482		Ed Hengel, Joe Battin, Joe Ellick
7	Washington Nationals	47	65	.420	46.5	679		Mike Scanlon
8	Philadelphia Keystones	21	46	.313	50	545		Fergy Malone
9	St. Paul White Caps	2	6	.250	39.5	57		Andrew Thompson
10	Altoona Mountain City	6	19	.240	44	216		Ed Curtis
11	Kansas City Cowboys	16	63	.203	61	618		Harry Wheeler, Matthew Porter, Ted Sullivan
12	Wilmington Quicksteps	2	16	.111	44.5	114		Joe Simmons

Leaders

NL

HR

1. 27Ed Williamson
2. 25Fred Pfeffer
3. 22Abner Dalrymple

RBI

1. 102Cap Anson
2. 101Fred Pfeffer
3. 95King Kelly

AVG

1. .354King Kelly
2. .347Jim O'Rourke
3. .346Ezra Sutton

W

1. 60Old Hoss Radbourn
2. 48Charlie Buffinton
3. 46Pud Galvin

ERA

1. 1.38Old Hoss Radbourn
2. 1.55Charlie Sweeney
3. 1.95Pretzels Getzien

SO

1. 441Old Hoss Radbourn
2. 417Charlie Buffinton
3. 369Pud Galvin

SV

1. 2John Morrill
2. 1Charlie Sweeney
3. 1Old Hoss Radbourn

AA

HR

1. 11John Reilly
2. 10Harry Stovey
3. 9Dave Orr

RBI

1. 112Dave Orr
2. 91John Reilly
3. 84Charlie Comiskey

AVG

1. .354Dave Orr
2. .339John Reilly
3. .336Pete Browning

W

1. 52Guy Hecker
2. 37Jack Lynch
3. 37Tim Keefe

ERA

1. 1.80Guy Hecker
2. 2.18Dave Foutz
3. 2.18Ed Morris

SO

1. 385Guy Hecker
2. 346Hardie Henderson
3. 334Tim Keefe

SV

1. 1Hank O'Day
2. 1Frank Mountain
3. 1Oyster Burns

UA

HR

1. 13Fred Dunlap
2. 12Ed Crane
3. 5Charlie Levis

AVG

1. .412Fred Dunlap
2. .360Orator Shafer
3. .336Henry Moore

W

1. 40Bill Sweeney
2. 28Hugh Daily
3. 25Billy Taylor

ERA

1. 1.54Jim McCormick
2. 1.68Billy Taylor
3. 1.74Henry Boyle

SO

1. 483Hugh Daily
2. 374Bill Sweeney
3. 309Dupee Shaw

SV

1. 4Billy Taylor
2. 1Lou Sylvester
3. 1Fred Dunlap