1st July 1883
The fans of the Red Stockings have written off their defence of the NL pennant and are now just looking towards the off season and next year after another bad month in June. The team picked up only 10 wins from the 28 games played as the team slipped down to 7th place in the NL table. The team now sit a massive 33 games behind the leaders.
The team started the month in form that was completely different to the rest of the season as they swept the New York Gothams 3-0 on the road. They followed up with a 2-1 home series win against the Chicago White Stockings before the form disappeared again. They went 1-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers before being swept 0-3 by both the Boston Beaneaters on the road and the Brooklyn Atlantics at home. They managed to pick up 1 win in a 1-2 defeat on the road to the St Louis Browns before again being swept 0-3 by the Pittsburgh Alleghenys on the road. They were swept 0-3 by the New York Gothams at home before beating the Chicago White Stockings 2-1 on the road. They finished the month by winning the first game of a home series against the Philadelphia Quakers.
Even though he has had an injury hit season, Second Baseman Fred Dunlap continues to perform well with the bat. June saw him pick up 44 hits from 112 at bats in 26 games played. This earned him an average of .417 along with 14 runs and 13 RBI's scored.
Jack Farrell returned from injury at the end of the month while they lost Catcher Barney Gilligan for four weeks with a high ankle strain. Second Baseman Fred Dunlap has also been injured but it is yet to be diagnosed.
The team made some changes to the squad during the month to try and rebuild for the next season.
They lost pitchers Al Pratt and U MCDoolan to the Philadelphia Quakers via waivers.
They also traded 18 year old minor league Catcher Dave Oldfield and 22 year old minor league First Baseman Bill White to the Philadelphia Quakers in exchange for 30 year old pitcher Dory Dean.
The team traded 31 year old pitcher Fred Goldsmith to the Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Right Fielder Gat Stires. The fans will hope they can get a couple of good years from Stires before he retires.
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