1879 Providence Grays season

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1879  Providence Grays
1879 National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Messer Street Grounds
City Providence, Rhode Island
OwnerHenry Root
Manager George Wright
  1878
1880  

The 1879 Providence Grays won the National League title in only their second season in the league.

Contents

Regular season

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1879 Providence Grays

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 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 Lew Brown 5322959.258238
1B Joe Start 66317101.319237
2B Mike McGeary 85374103.275035
3B Bill Hague 5120947.225021
SS George Wright 85388107.276142
OF Paul Hines 85409146.357252
OF Tom York 81342106.310150
OF Jim O'Rourke 81362126.348146

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Emil Gross 3013246.348024
Jack Farrell 125113.25505
Denny Sullivan 5195.26302
Rudy Kemmler 271.14300
Dan O'Leary 273.42902
Doug Allison 150.00000
Bill White 141.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Ward 70587.047192.15239
Bobby Mathews 27189.01262.2990

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