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The following are the baseball events of the year 1883 throughout the world.  


Champions[]

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 13 - Jimmy Archer
  • May 21 - Eddie Grant
  • July 5 - Jack Quinn
  • August 21 - Chief Wilson
  • September 5 - Lefty Leifield
  • October 16 - Will Harridge
  • 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
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