1878 Providence Grays season

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1878  Providence Grays
League National League
Ballpark Messer Street Grounds
City Providence, Rhode Island
OwnerHenry Root
Manager Tom York
1879  

The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.

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Regular season

Pitcher John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward.jpg
Pitcher John Montgomery Ward
First baseman Tim Murnane Tim Murnane.jpg
First baseman Tim Murnane
Manager / left fielder Tom York Tom York 1885.jpg
Manager / left fielder Tom York
Center fielder Paul Hines Paul Hines.jpg
Center fielder Paul Hines

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Caps 41190.68323–718–12
Cincinnati Reds 37230.617425–812–15
Providence Grays 33270.550817–1316–14
Chicago White Stockings 30300.5001117–1813–12
Indianapolis Blues 24360.4001710–1714–19
Milwaukee Grays 15450.250267–188–27

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCHICININDMILPRV
Boston 8–46–610–211–16–6
Chicago 4–82–108–410–26–6–1
Cincinnati 6–610–24–8–18–49–3
Indianapolis 2–104–88–4–18–4–12–10–1
Milwaukee 1–112–104–84–8–14–8
Providence 6–66–6–13–910–2–18–4

Roster

1878 Providence Grays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Lew Brown 5824374.305143
1B Tim Murnane 4918845.239014
2B Charlie Sweasy 5521237.17508
3B Bill Hague 6225051.204025
SS Tom Carey 6125360.237024
OF Dick Higham 6228190.320129
OF Tom York 6226983.309126
OF Paul Hines 6225792.358450

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Doug Allison 197622.28907
Lip Pike 5225.22704

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Ward 37334.022131.51116
Tricky Nichols 1198.0474.2221
Harry Wheeler 762.0613.4825
Fred Corey 523.0122.357
Tom Healey 324.0033.002
Cherokee Fisher 19.0014.002

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Doug Allison 10001.800
Lew Brown 100018.000

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