1884 Chicago White Stockings Roster

The 1884 Chicago White Stockings team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1884 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1884 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1884 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1884 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1884 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"We always wore the best uniforms that money could get, (Al) Spalding saw to that." - King Kelly

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1884 Chicago White Stockings

Complete Roster  
 

n/a Fred Andrus 6-02 185 Right Right 1850-08-23
n/a John Clarkson 5-10 155 Right Right 1861-07-01
n/a Larry Corcoran 5-03 127 Right Both 1859-08-10
n/a Mike Corcoran Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1858-10-10
n/a George Crosby 5-11 178 Unknown Unknown 1857-09-00
n/a Fred Goldsmith 6-01 195 Right Right 1856-05-15
n/a John Hibbard Unknown Unknown Left Unknown 1864-12-02
n/a Tom Lee 5-08 155 Unknown Unknown 1862-06-08
n/a Tom Lynch 5-11 175 Right Left 1863-01-01
n/a Silver Flint 6-00 180 Right Right 1855-08-03
n/a Sy Sutcliffe 6-02 170 Left Left 1862-04-15
n/a Cap Anson 6-00 227 Right Right 1852-04-17
n/a Tom Burns 5-07 152 Right Right 1857-03-30
n/a Walt Kinzie 5-10½ 161 Unknown Right 1858-03-00
n/a Fred Pfeffer 5-10½ 184 Right Right 1860-03-17
n/a Ned Williamson 5-11 210 Right Right 1857-10-24
n/a Joe Brown 5-10 162 Unknown Unknown 1859-04-04
n/a Abner Dalrymple 5-10½ 175 Right Left 1857-09-09
n/a George Gore 5-11 195 Right Left 1854-05-03
n/a King Kelly 5-10 170 Right Right 1857-12-31
n/a Billy Sunday 5-10 160 Right Left 1862-11-19


The 1884 Chicago White Stockings played 112 games during the regular season, won 62 games, lost 50 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Lake Front Park II (Park Factors: 108/105) where 87,667 fans witnessed their 1884 White Stockings finish the season with a .554 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1884 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1884 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1884 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1884 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list:

1884 Chicago White Stockings
Opening Day Starters


Cap Anson
Tom Burns
Larry Corcoran
Abner Dalrymple
George Gore
King Kelly
Fred Pfeffer
Billy Sunday
Ned Williamson

1884 Chicago White Stockings
Most Games by Position

C Silver Flint (73)
1B Cap Anson (112)
2B Fred Pfeffer (112)
3B Ned Williamson (99)
SS Tom Burns (80)
LF Abner Dalrymple (111)
CF George Gore (103)
RF King Kelly (63)
  
SP Fred Goldsmith
  
CL Larry Corcoran


1884 Chicago White Stockings
Salaries

Cap Anson $2,500.00
King Kelly $2,000.00


1884 Chicago White Stockings
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1884 Chicago White Stockings Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

     

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