1879 Providence Grays | |
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1879 National League Champions | |
League | National League |
Ballpark | Messer Street Grounds |
City | Providence, Rhode Island |
Owner | Henry Root |
Manager | George Wright |
The 1879 Providence Grays won the National League title in only their second season in the league.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Providence Grays | 59 | 25 | 0.702 | — | 34–8 | 25–17 |
Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30 | 0.643 | 5 | 29–13 | 25–17 |
Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32 | 0.590 | 10 | 23–16 | 23–16 |
Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33 | 0.582 | 10½ | 29–13 | 17–20 |
Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37 | 0.537 | 14 | 21–16 | 22–21 |
Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55 | 0.329 | 31 | 15–27 | 12–28 |
Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48 | 0.314 | 30 | 11–22 | 11–26 |
Troy Trojans | 19 | 56 | 0.253 | 35½ | 12–27 | 7–29 |
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Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | PRV | SYR | TRO | |||||||||
Boston | — | 9–3 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 3–9 | — | 6–6–1 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 8–1 | 8–3–2 | |||||||||
Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–7 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4–1 | 9–2 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–7 | 5–6 | |||||||||
Providence | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 10–2 | 10–2 | |||||||||
Syracuse | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–8–1 | 7–4 | 2–10 | — | 2–4 | |||||||||
Troy | 1–11 | 1–11 | 3–8–2 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 2–10 | 4–2 | — |
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Lew Brown | 53 | 229 | 59 | .258 | 2 | 38 |
1B | Joe Start | 66 | 317 | 101 | .319 | 2 | 37 |
2B | Mike McGeary | 85 | 374 | 103 | .275 | 0 | 35 |
3B | Bill Hague | 51 | 209 | 47 | .225 | 0 | 21 |
SS | George Wright | 85 | 388 | 107 | .276 | 1 | 42 |
OF | Paul Hines | 85 | 409 | 146 | .357 | 2 | 52 |
OF | Tom York | 81 | 342 | 106 | .310 | 1 | 50 |
OF | Jim O'Rourke | 81 | 362 | 126 | .348 | 1 | 46 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Emil Gross | 30 | 132 | 46 | .348 | 0 | 24 |
Jack Farrell | 12 | 51 | 13 | .255 | 0 | 5 |
Denny Sullivan | 5 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 2 |
Rudy Kemmler | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Dan O'Leary | 2 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 2 |
Doug Allison | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill White | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Ward | 70 | 587.0 | 47 | 19 | 2.15 | 239 |
Bobby Mathews | 27 | 189.0 | 12 | 6 | 2.29 | 90 |
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