The following are the baseball events of the year 1883 throughout the world.
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Champions[]
- National League: Boston Beaneaters
- American Association: Philadelphia Athletics
Major League Baseball final standings[]
National League final standings[]
National League | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Boston Beaneaters | 63 | 45 | .643 | -- |
Chicago White Stockings | 59 | 39 | .602 | 4 |
Providence Grays | 58 | 40 | .592 | 5 |
Cleveland Blues | 55 | 42 | .567 | 7.5 |
Buffalo Bisons | 52 | 45 | .536 | 10.5 |
New York Gothams | 46 | 50 | .479 | 16 |
Detroit Wolverines | 40 | 58 | .408 | 23 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 17 | 81 | .173 | 46 |
American Association final standings[]
American Association | ||||
Club | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
Philadelphia Athletics | 66 | 32 | .673 | -- |
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 33 | .663 | 1 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 61 | 37 | .622 | 5 |
New York Metropolitans | 54 | 42 | .563 | 11 |
Louisville Eclipse | 52 | 45 | .536 | 13.5 |
Columbus Buckeyes | 32 | 65 | .330 | 33.5 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 31 | 67 | .316 | 35 |
Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 68 | .292 | 37 |
Events[]
Births[]
- February 13 - Hal Chase
- March 17 - Oscar Stanage
- May 3 - Chief Bender (HF pitcher) (d. 1954)
- May 13 - Jimmy Archer
- May 21 - Eddie Grant
- July 5 - Jack Quinn
- August 21 - Chief Wilson
- September 5 - Lefty Leifield
- October 16 - Will Harridge (HF executive) (d.1971)
- October 22 - Bill Carrigan
- November 16 - Rollie Zeider
- December 17 - Rebel Oakes
Deaths[]
- October 10 - Jim Devlin, 34, pitcher for the Louisville Grays in 1876-77 who led NL in games, innings, starts and strikeouts in its first season; expelled from sport in 1877 game-fixing scandal