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1879 Boston Red Stockings

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

54-30, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wright (54-30)
Scored 562 runs, Allowed 348 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-25

Ballparks: South End Grounds I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 101

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1878 / 1880 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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

Game Results

Season Summary	54-30, Final Rank:2, GB: 5.0
Days in First	4	last on Thursday, May 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	6	last on May 16, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	10	last on Saturday, Jul 12, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	27	last on Tuesday, Sep 23
Most Games under .500	1	last on Saturday, Jul 12
Longest Winning Streak	10	Friday, Aug 15 to Friday, Aug 29
Longest Losing Streak	7	Saturday, May 17 to Saturday, May 31
Most Runs Allowed	15	Saturday, Jun 21, Friday, Jun 27 and Thursday, Sep 25
Most Runs Scored	19	Thursday, Jul 31
Times Shutout by Opponent	4
Times Opponent Shutout	13

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	54	30	562	348	.643
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	29	13	308	165	.690
Road	25	17	254	183	.595
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	7	8	65	64	.467
June	8	6	78	68	.571
July	12	6	126	67	.667
August	16	3	169	49	.842
September	11	7	124	100	.611

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	21	19	205	190	.525
Second Half	33	11	357	158	.750
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	7	7	49	49	.500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	32	8	364	151	.800

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BUF	9	3	78	41	.750
CHC	4	8	56	66	.333
CIN	7	5	82	55	.583
CLV	10	2	69	36	.833
PRO	4	8	56	93	.333
SYR	9	3	97	30	.750
TRO	11	1	124	27	.917

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Thursday, May 1	BSN	@	BUF	W	5	0		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Friday, May 2	BSN	@	BUF	W	7	4		2-0	1	Tied							`++`
3	3	Saturday, May 3	BSN	@	BUF	L	4	6		2-1	3	1.0							`-`
4	4	Tuesday, May 6	BSN	@	CLV	W	7	2		3-1	3	1.0							`+`
5	5	Thursday, May 8	BSN	@	CLV	W	3	1		4-1	3	1.0							`++`
6	6	Saturday, May 10	BSN	@	CLV	W	7	3		5-1	2	1.0							`+++`
7	7	Tuesday, May 13	BSN	@	CIN	W	3	2		6-1	1	Tied							`++++`
8	8	Thursday, May 15	BSN	@	CIN	W	13	2		7-1	1	Tied							`+++++`
9	9	Saturday, May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L	4	7		7-2	2	1.0							`-`
10	10	Tuesday, May 20	BSN	@	CHC	L	5	9		7-3	2	2.0							`--`
11	11	Thursday, May 22	BSN	@	CHC	L	3	4		7-4	2	3.0							`---`
12	12	Saturday, May 24	BSN	@	CHC	L	2	6		7-5	2	4.0							`----`
13	13	Wednesday, May 28	BSN		CHC	L	0	6		7-6	3	5.0							`-----`
14	14	Friday, May 30	BSN		CHC	L	0	8		7-7	3	6.0							`------`
15	15	Saturday, May 31	BSN		CHC	L	2	4		7-8	5	7.0							`-------`
16	16	Friday, Jun 6	BSN		BUF	W	7	4		8-8	5	6.5							`+`
17	17	Saturday, Jun 7	BSN		BUF	L	1	4		8-9	5	7.5							`-`
18	18	Monday, Jun 9	BSN		BUF	W	9	0		9-9	4	7.0							`+`
19	19	Tuesday, Jun 10	BSN		CLV	W	11	1		10-9	4	6.5							`++`
20	20	Thursday, Jun 12	BSN		CLV	W	1	0		11-9	3	7.0							`+++`
21	21	Saturday, Jun 14	BSN		CLV	L	2	3		11-10	3	7.0							`-`
22	22	Tuesday, Jun 17	BSN		CIN	W	9	6		12-10	3	7.0							`+`
23	23	Thursday, Jun 19	BSN		CIN	W	6	0		13-10	3	7.0							`++`
24	24	Saturday, Jun 21	BSN		CIN	L	13	15		13-11	3	8.0							`-`
25	25	Tuesday, Jun 24	BSN		PRO	L	1	4		13-12	3	8.0							`--`
26	26	Wednesday, Jun 25	BSN	@	PRO	L	2	9		13-13	3	9.0							`---`
27	27	Thursday, Jun 26	BSN		PRO	W	3	2		14-13	3	8.5							`+`
28	28	Friday, Jun 27	BSN	@	PRO	L	3	15		14-14	4	9.0							`-`
29	29	Saturday, Jun 28	BSN		PRO	W	10	5		15-14	3	9.0							`+`
30	30	Tuesday, Jul 1	BSN	@	PRO	L	4	8		15-15	4	9.0							`-`
31	31	Friday, Jul 4	BSN	@	CHC	W	4	3		16-15	3	7.5							`+`
32	32	Saturday, Jul 5	BSN	@	CHC	L	6	14		16-16	4	8.5							`-`
33	33	Tuesday, Jul 8	BSN	@	CHC	L	3	4		16-17	4	9.5							`--`
34	34	Friday, Jul 11	BSN	@	CIN	W	11	2		17-17	4	10.0							`+`
35	35	Saturday, Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	L	3	4		17-18	4	10.0							`-`
36	36	Monday, Jul 14	BSN	@	CIN	W	8	4		18-18	4	9.5							`+`
37	37	Tuesday, Jul 15	BSN	@	BUF	W	4	3		19-18	4	9.5							`++`
38	38	Wednesday, Jul 16	BSN	@	BUF	W	5	3		20-18	4	9.5							`+++`
39	39	Thursday, Jul 17	BSN	@	BUF	W	12	5		21-18	3	9.5							`++++`
40	40	Saturday, Jul 19	BSN	@	CLV	L	2	8		21-19	4	9.5							`-`
41	41	Monday, Jul 21	BSN	@	CLV	W	9	0		22-19	4	9.0							`+`
42	42	Wednesday, Jul 23	BSN	@	CLV	W	3	1		23-19	3	8.5							`++`
43	43	Saturday, Jul 26	BSN	@	SYR	L	0	1		23-20	4	9.0							`-`
44	44	Monday, Jul 28	BSN	@	SYR	W	12	0		24-20	4	8.0							`+`
45	45	Tuesday, Jul 29	BSN	@	SYR	W	13	4		25-20	4	7.5							`++`
46	46	Wednesday, Jul 30	BSN	@	TRO	W	8	0		26-20	4	7.5							`+++`
47	47	Thursday, Jul 31	BSN	@	TRO	W	19	3		27-20	4	7.5							`++++`
48	48	Saturday, Aug 2	BSN	@	TRO	W	9	0		28-20	4	7.5							`+++++`
49	49	Tuesday, Aug 5	BSN	@	SYR	W	8	2		29-20	4	6.5							`++++++`
50	50	Wednesday, Aug 6	BSN	@	SYR	W	7	0		30-20	4	5.5							`+++++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Thursday, Aug 7	BSN	@	SYR	L	5	6		30-21	4	6.5							`-`
52	52	Saturday, Aug 9	BSN	@	TRO	W	6	1		31-21	3	5.5							`+`
53	53	Monday, Aug 11	BSN	@	TRO	W	7	4		32-21	3	4.5							`++`
54	54	Tuesday, Aug 12	BSN	@	TRO	W	8	7		33-21	3	3.5							`+++`
55	55	Thursday, Aug 14	BSN		SYR	L	0	4		33-22	4	4.5							`-`
56	56	Friday, Aug 15	BSN		SYR	W	13	0		34-22	4	3.5							`+`
57	57	Tuesday, Aug 19	BSN		TRO	W	8	3		35-22	4	3.5							`++`
58	58	Wednesday, Aug 20	BSN		TRO	W	15	3		36-22	3	3.5							`+++`
59	59	Thursday, Aug 21	BSN		TRO	W	16	0		37-22	3	2.5							`++++`
60	60	Friday, Aug 22	BSN		SYR	W	12	4		38-22	3	2.0							`+++++`
61	61	Saturday, Aug 23	BSN		SYR	W	11	2		39-22	3	2.0							`++++++`
62	62	Tuesday, Aug 26	BSN		SYR	W	10	3		40-22	3	2.5							`+++++++`
63	63	Wednesday, Aug 27	BSN		SYR	W	6	4		41-22	3	2.0							`++++++++`
64	64	Thursday, Aug 28	BSN		TRO	W	15	1		42-22	3	2.0							`+++++++++`
65	65	Friday, Aug 29	BSN		TRO	W	11	1		43-22	2	1.0							`++++++++++`
66	66	Saturday, Aug 30	BSN		TRO	L	2	4		43-23	3	2.0							`-`
67	67	Wednesday, Sep 3	BSN		BUF	L	5	8		43-24	3	3.0							`--`
68	68	Friday, Sep 5	BSN		BUF	W	9	3		44-24	2	3.0							`+`
69	69	Saturday, Sep 6	BSN		BUF	W	10	1		45-24	2	3.0							`++`
70	70	Monday, Sep 8	BSN		CHC	W	10	0		46-24	2	3.0							`+++`
71	71	Tuesday, Sep 9	BSN		CHC	W	4	0		47-24	2	2.0							`++++`
72	72	Wednesday, Sep 10	BSN		CHC	W	17	8		48-24	2	2.0							`+++++`
73	73	Friday, Sep 12	BSN		CIN	W	4	1		49-24	2	2.0							`++++++`
74	74	Saturday, Sep 13	BSN		CIN	L	5	7		49-25	2	2.0							`-`
75	75	Monday, Sep 15	BSN		CIN	L	3	5		49-26	2	3.0							`--`
76	76	Wednesday, Sep 17	BSN		CLV	W	4	3		50-26	2	3.0							`+`
77	77	Friday, Sep 19	BSN		CLV	W	10	7		51-26	2	3.5							`++`
78	78	Saturday, Sep 20	BSN		CLV	W	10	7		52-26	2	3.0							`+++`
79	79	Tuesday, Sep 23	BSN		PRO	W	7	3		53-26	2	2.0							`++++`
80	80	Thursday, Sep 25	BSN		PRO	L	4	15		53-27	2	3.0							`-`
81	81	Friday, Sep 26	BSN	@	PRO	L	6	7		53-28	2	4.0							`--`
82	82	Saturday, Sep 27	BSN		PRO	W	12	6		54-28	2	3.0							`+`
83	83	Monday, Sep 29	BSN	@	PRO	L	1	5		54-29	2	4.0							`-`
84	84	Tuesday, Sep 30	BSN	@	PRO	L	3	14		54-30	2	5.0							`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1878 / 1880 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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