1881 Providence Grays season

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1881  Providence Grays
League National League
Ballpark Messer Street Grounds
City Providence, Rhode Island
OwnerHenry Root
Managers Jack Farrell, Tom York
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The Providence Grays finished the 1881 season in second place in the National League for a second straight season. However, management strife and sagging attendance hurt the team's bottom line and they occasionally had trouble meeting payroll. [1]

Contents

Regular season

Pitcher Charles Radbourn Radbourne charles 1.jpg
Pitcher Charles Radbourn
Pitcher John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward.jpg
Pitcher John Montgomery Ward
Center fielder Paul Hines Paul Hines.jpg
Center fielder Paul Hines
Third baseman Jerry Denny Jerry Denny 1889.jpg
Third baseman Jerry Denny

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 56280.667—32–1024–18
Providence Grays 47370.560923–2024–17
Buffalo Bisons 45380.54210½25–1620–22
Detroit Wolverines 41430.4881523–1918–24
Troy Trojans 39450.4641724–1815–27
Boston Red Caps 38450.45817½19–2219–23
Cleveland Blues 36480.4292020–2216–26
Worcester Worcesters 32500.3902319–2213–28

Record vs. opponents

1881 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSBUFCHICLEDETPRVTROWOR
Boston —4–82–108–44–85–77–58–3
Buffalo 8–4—5–77–59–37–53–96–5
Chicago 10–27–5—6–67–59–38–49–3
Cleveland 4–85–76–6—5–73–96–6–17–5
Detroit 8–43–95–77–5—4–87–57–5
Providence 7–55–73–99–38–4—6–69–3
Troy 5–79–34–86–6–15–76–6—4–8
Worcester 3–85–63–95–75–73–98–4—

Roster

1881 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

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 Emil Gross 5118250.275124
1B Joe Start 79348114.328029
2B Jack Farrell 8434582.238536
3B Jerry Denny 8532077.241124
SS Bill McClellan 6825943.166016
OF Tom York 8531696.304247
OF Paul Hines 80361103.285231
OF John Ward 8535787.244053

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Charles Radbourn 7227059.219028
Barney Gilligan 4618340.219020
Lew Brown 187518.240010
Henry Myers 140.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Ward 39330.018182.13119
Charles Radbourn 41325.125112.43117
Bobby Mathews 14102.1483.1728

Notes

  1. ↑ "Before the Curse: The Glory Days of New England Baseball, 1858–1918". Archived from the original on July 1, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2008.

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