1883 in baseball
overview of the events of 1883 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1883 throughout the world.
Champions
National League: Boston Beaneaters
American Association: Philadelphia Athletics
Inter-State Association: Brooklyn Atlantics
Northwestern League: Toledo Blue Stockings
Inter-league playoff: Philadelphia (AA) declined to play Boston (NL)
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American Association final standings
National League final standings
Notable seasons
First baseman Dan Brouthers led the NL in batting average (.374), on-base percentage (.397), slugging percentage (.572), adjusted OPS+ (187), hits (159), total bases (243), and runs batted in (97).
Pitcher Charles Radbourn led the NL with 48 wins. He finished second in the NL in innings pitched (632.1), earned run average (2.05), adjusted ERA+ (150), and strikeouts (315).
Events
January–March
February 17 – The American Association and the National League, along with the Northwestern League, sign the Tripartite Agreement (also known as the National Agreement of 1883). This agreement binds the leagues to respect each other's valid player contracts as well as increasing the size of the reserve list from 6 to 11 players. This leads to relative harmony among the leagues until the Players' League wars of 1889–1890.
March 14 – The Peoria Club of the Northwestern League makes a motion to ban blacks, a move directly aimed at Toledo's star catcher, Moses Fleetwood Walker. After heated discussion, the motion is withdrawn and Walker remains eligible to play.
March 30 – Charles Fowle, one of the original founders of the National League, and secretary of the St.
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