1879 Boston Red Caps season

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1879  Boston Red Caps
League National League
Ballpark South End Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record54–30 (.643)
League place2nd
Owner Arthur Soden
Manager Harry Wright
  1878
1880  

The 1879 Boston Red Caps season was the ninth season of the franchise.

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Boston, 1879, Thos. Bond, Jno. Morrill, Chas. Snyder, Chas. W. Jones, J. J. Burdock, Edw. Cogswell, S. Houck, Jno. E. B. Sutton, W. Hawes, Chas. Foley, Harry Wright Boston Red Caps 1879.jpg
Boston, 1879, Thos. Bond, Jno. Morrill, Chas. Snyder, Chas. W. Jones, J. J. Burdock, Edw. Cogswell, S. Houck, Jno. E. B. Sutton, W. Hawes, Chas. Foley, Harry Wright

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 59250.70234–825–17
Boston Red Caps 54300.643529–1325–17
Buffalo Bisons 46320.5901023–1623–16
Chicago White Stockings 46330.58210½29–1317–20
Cincinnati Reds 43370.5371421–1622–21
Cleveland Blues 27550.3293115–2712–28
Syracuse Stars 22480.3143011–2211–26
Troy Trojans 19560.25335½12–277–29

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBUFCHICINCLEPRVSYRTRO
Boston 9–34–87–510–24–89–311–1
Buffalo 3–96–6–17–38–46–65–311–1
Chicago 8–46–6–13–88–45–7–18–18–3–2
Cincinnati 5–73–78–38–42–108–4–19–2
Cleveland 2–104–84–84–84–84–75–6
Providence 8–46–67–5–110–28–410–210–2
Syracuse 3–93–51–84–8–17–42–102–4
Troy 1–111–113–8–22–96–52–104–2

Roster

1879 Boston Red Caps
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 Pop Snyder 8132978.237235
1B Ed Cogswell 4923676.322118
2B Jack Burdock 8435986.240036
3B John Morrill 8434898.282049
SS Ezra Sutton 8433984.248034
OF Charley Jones 83355112.315962
OF John O'Rourke 72317108.341662
OF Sadie Houck 8035695.267249

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bill Hawes 3815531.20009

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tommy Bond 64555.143191.96155
Curry Foley 21161.2992.5157
Jim Tyng 327.0125.007
Lee Richmond 19.0102.0011

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