1878 Boston Red Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1877 / 1879

41-19, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wright (41-19)
Scored 298 runs, Allowed 241 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 36-24

Ballparks: South End Grounds I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 105

National League Champs

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1877 / 1879 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Pop Snyder	23	60	227	226	21	48	5	0	0	14			1	19	.212	.216	.235	.450	43	53
2	1B	John Morrill	23	60	238	233	26	56	5	1	0	23			5	16	.240	.256	.270	.527	68	63
3	2B	Jack Burdock	26	60	249	246	37	64	12	6	0	25			3	17	.260	.269	.358	.627	98	88
4	SS	George Wright	31	59	273	267	35	60	5	1	0	12			6	22	.225	.242	.251	.493	57	67
5	3B	Ezra Sutton	28	60	241	239	31	54	9	3	1	29			2	14	.226	.232	.301	.534	68	72
6	OF	Jim O'Rourke	27	60	260	255	44	71	17	7	1	29			5	21	.278	.292	.412	.704	122	105
7	OF	Andy Leonard	32	60	265	262	41	68	8	5	0	16			3	19	.260	.268	.328	.596	89	86
8	OF	Jack Manning	24	60	258	248	41	63	10	1	0	23			10	16	.254	.283	.302	.585	86	75
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Harry Schafer	31	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	-20	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	P	Tommy Bond	22	59	236	236	22	50	4	1	0	23			0	9	.212	.212	.237	.449	43	56
		Team Totals	26.4	60	2255	2220	298	535	75	25	2	194			35	154	.241	.253	.300	.553	75	666
		Rank in 6 NL teams				5	4	6	4	2	5				6	5	5	6	4	5		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.9	60	2019	1984	276	485	71	24	2	171			35	145	.244	.258	.307	.565	79	610
		Pitcher Totals	22.0	60	236	236	22	50	4	1	0	23			0	9	.212	.212	.237	.449	43	56
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Tommy Bond	22	40	19	.678	2.06	59	59	1	57	9	0	532.2	571	222	122	5	33		182		0	13	2159	115	1.134	9.6	0.1	0.6	3.1	5.52
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2	RP	Jack Manning	24	1	0	1.000	14.29	3	1	1	1	0	0	11.1	24	19	18	1	5		2		0	4	66	18	2.559	19.1	0.8	4.0	1.6	0.40
		Team Totals	22.0	41	19	.683	2.32	60	60	2	58	9	0	544.0	595	241	140	6	38		184		0	17	2225	103	1.164	9.8	0.1	0.6	3.0	4.84
		Rank in 6 NL teams		1	6		2				5	1	2	6	4	1	2	6	2		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Tommy Bond	22	61		153	27	117	9	4	.941	2.36								P-OF
Jack Burdock	26	60		498	245	212	41	34	.918	7.62								2B
Andy Leonard	32	60		94	65	8	21	1	.777	1.22								OF
Jack Manning	24	62		96	61	12	23	1	.760	1.18								P-OF
John Morrill	23	61		663	608	25	30	36	.955	10.38								1B-OF-3B
Jim O'Rourke	27	61		163	124	17	22	5	.865	2.31	5		0	0				OF-1B-C
Harry Schafer	31	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00								OF
Pop Snyder	23	60		478	344	92	42	2	.912	7.27	40		0	0				C-OF
Ezra Sutton	28	60		228	82	121	25	9	.890	3.38								3B-SS
George Wright	31	59		284	72	197	15	24	.947	4.56								SS
Team Totals	26.2	60		2659	1630	801	228	116	.914	4.45	45		0	0
Rank in 6 NL teams							6	1	1
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Tommy Bond	22	59	236	-14	0	0	0	10	-4	-0.5	8	4	-0.5	.493	.497	-0.4	-0.0	4			*1/O
Jack Burdock	26	60	249	-1	0	0	5	1	5	0.4	9	13	1.3	.508	.503	0.8	0.6	8			*4
Andy Leonard	32	60	265	-4	0	0	-6	-4	-14	-1.5	9	-5	-0.5	.477	.491	0.1	-1.0	1			*O
Jack Manning	24	60	258	-4	0	0	-6	-4	-13	-1.4	9	-5	-0.5	.478	.492	0.1	-1.0	1		Loaned--Return	*O/1
John Morrill	23	60	238	-8	0	0	-4	-0	-12	-1.3	8	-4	-0.4	.480	.492	-0.0	-0.4	-0			*3/5O
Jim O'Rourke	27	60	260	5	0	0	-1	-3	1	0.0	9	10	0.9	.501	.500	1.0	-0.4	11			*O/32
Harry Schafer	31	2	8	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.438	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1			/O
Pop Snyder	23	60	227	-14	0	0	9	4	-2	-0.2	8	6	0.6	.497	.499	-0.3	1.2	-3	$1,500		*2/O
Ezra Sutton	28	60	241	-8	0	0	0	2	-6	-0.7	8	2	0.2	.490	.496	0.2	0.2	2			*5/6
George Wright	31	59	273	-13	0	0	6	4	-3	-0.4	9	6	0.5	.495	.498	-0.0	1.0	-0	$1,800	Free Agency	*6
Team Total	26.4	540	2255	-63	0	0	3	10	-51	-5.6	76	26	1.5	.491	.497	1.4	0.1	23	$3,300
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Tommy Bond	22	532.2	59	59	222	3.75	5.21	0.05	0.00	102.0	5.27	91	9.9		-1.0	13.8	143	.667	.561
Jack Manning	24	11.1	3	1	19	15.09	5.21	0.07	0.00	102.0	5.25	-12	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-11	.213	.495		Loaned--Return
Team Total	22.0	544.0	62	60	241	3.99	5.21	0.05	0.00	102.0	5.27	78	9.0	1.0	-1.0	13.0	132	.645	.528
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1877 / 1879 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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