1st June 1883
The average play of the Washington Nationals continued into May as the fans tried to adjust to the squad changes. The team picked up 13 wins during the month while giving away 13 losses. This has seen them continue to sit mid table in the AL at position 5, 5 games behind the leaders.
The team started the month in good form as they went 1-1 to finish the home series against the Boston Americans before picking up a 2-1 win against the Detroit Wolverines on the road. This was followed up by a 2-1 home series win against the Cleveland Blues before sweeping the Chicago White Sox on the road 3-0. The team then saw their form dip alarmingly as they were swept 0-3 by the Louisville Eclipse on the road. The form then came back with a 3-0 sweep of the Philadelphia Athletics before it went completely for the rest of the month as they went 1-2 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles. They followed this by being swept 0-3 by the Boston Americans on the road before finishing the month with a 1-2 home series loss to the Detroit Wolverines.
The team was led by the pitching again as the best player was Charlie Sweeney. Sweeney pitched 13 games with 112. innings thrown. He won 9 games and gave up 90 hits and 22 earned runs for and ERA of 1.77.
The Washington Nationals have had a major overhaul of their squad during May as they traded quite a few players.
They started by upsetting the fans with the trade of 28 year old First Baseman John Abadie to the Boston Americans in exchange for 30 year old Short Stop U Quinn and 23 year old minor league Catcher Charlie Ingraham.
They then claimed Third Baseman Billy West from the Chicago White Sox.
The next move was to trade 22 year old Centre Fielder Edgar Smith to the Philadelphia Quakers in exchange for 35 year old First Baseman Jim Foran.
22 year old Minor League Catcher Abe Wolstenholme and 23 year old minor league Catcher Charlie Ingraham were traded to the Detroit Wolverines in exchange for 24 year old pitcher Laurie Reis.
They finished the squad changes by trading 22 year old minor league Third Baseman Charlie Kelly to the Philadelphia Quakers in exchange for 27 year old Pitcher George Radbourn.
The Washington Nationals managed to provide 3 pitchers for the AL All Star squad. They were Charlie Sweeney, U Edwards and Dale Williams.
None of them got the start for the AL in their 8-5 win.
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