1st June 1884
The fans of the Athletics are enjoying seeing their team continue to push for the pennant as they chase the leaders. The team went 17-10 during the month of May to move into second place in the AL table. This leaves them 3 games behind the leaders.
The month started with a 3-1 series win against the Cleveland Blues before splitting a 2 game home series against the Detroit Wolverines 1-1. The next 2 series were also split as they went 2-2 on the road to the Louisville Eclipse and 1-1 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles. They managed to beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 at home before splitting a road trip to the Chicago White Sox 1-1. The team swept the Boston Americans on the road 4-0. The team finished the month with a 0-3 road trip loss to the Cleveland Blues and a 2-0 home series win against the Chicago White Sox.
The stats for the team this month were a bit mixed from the plate so it is good that the pitching showed solid performances. The best of these came from experienced starter Pud Galvin. Galvin picked up 9 wins from his 14 starts with 130 innings pitched. He gave up 110 hits and 28 earned runs for an ERA of 1.94.
There was a blow to the line up during the month as Short Stop Pop Smith was lost for between 5 and 6 weeks due to a torn hamstring.
The team may also have traded away their future as they sent minor league players 22 year old Left Fielder Conny Doyle, 23 year old First Baseman Jay Faatz, 23 year old Left Fielder Steve Behel and 22 year old Catcher U Loughlin to the Washington Nationals in exchange for 22 year old Pitcher John Horan. The fans are excited to watch Horan pitch but are a little upset over what it cost to get him.
Minor League player Charlie Barber has been handed an 80 game drugs ban after being caught with illegal substances. Nobody has said what those drugs were.
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