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1879 Boston Red Caps Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
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54-30, Finished 2nd in National League
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Scored 562 runs, Allowed 348 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-25
Manager: Harry Wright (54-30)
Ballpark: South End Grounds I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 101

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1878 / 1880 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 54-30, Final Rank:2, GB: 5.0
Days in First4last on Thursday, May 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 6last on May 16, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind10last on Saturday, Jul 12, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50027last on Tuesday, Sep 23
Most Games under .5001last on Saturday, Jul 12
Longest Winning Streak10Friday, Aug 15 to Friday, Aug 29
Longest Losing Streak7Saturday, May 17 to Saturday, May 31
Most Runs Allowed15Saturday, Jun 21, Friday, Jun 27 and Thursday, Sep 25
Most Runs Scored19Thursday, Jul 31
Times Shutout by Opponent4 
Times Opponent Shutout13 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 54 30 562 348 .643
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 29 13 308 165 .690
Road 25 17 254 183 .595
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
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
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 21 19 205 190 .525
Second Half 33 11 357 158 .750
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 7 7 49 49 .500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 32 8 364 151 .800
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
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

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time 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 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 Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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