1st July 1883
The fans of the White Stockings are starting to become frustrated with the way their team is no longer in the pennant race for the second year running. The team only managed to pick up 8 wins with 20 losses during June. This has seen them slip further down the NL table into 5th place 26 games behind the leaders.
The team started the month in average form as they went 2-1 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers before going 1-2 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings. The form then disappeared as they were swept 0-3 by the Boston Beaneaters at home, the Brooklyn Atlantics on the road and the St Louis Browns on the road. The form didn't pickup much after that but not by much. They went 2-1 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys before going 1-2 on the road to the New York Gothams. They finished the month by going 1-2 against the Philadelphia Quakers at home and 1-2 against the Cincinnati Red Stockings at home. The final game of the month was a loss on the road to the Boston Beaneaters.
There is only 1 star that we can talk about again this month. First Baseman Harry Stovey continues to carry the batting to new heights as he works non stop every game. June saw him pick up 50 hits from 118 at bats in 28 games for an average of .424. He scored 24 runs and 26 RBI's during the month. This performance was good enough to earn him the NL batter of the Month award again.
After slipping out of contention for the NL pennant the second season on the trot the White Stockings decided to make an overhaul of the whole squad.
The first change was to trade veteran 35 year old Catcher Deacon White to the Boston Beaneaters for 4 minor league players.
They then traded 32 year old Left Fielder Tom York and 23 year old Third Baseman Harry Jacoby to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for 25 year old Catcher Emil Gross.
The third trade of the month saw the team move Pitcher Candy Cummings to the Boston Beaneaters in exchange for 19 year old Short Stop Jim Halpin
The final trade saw Pitcher Charles Witherow go to the Boston Americans in exchange for 24 year old Third Baseman Denny Sullivan.
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