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1878 Chicago White Stockings

Batting Statistics

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30-30, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Ferguson (30-30)
Scored 371 runs, Allowed 331 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 33-27

Ballparks: Lake Front Park I ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 105


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1877 / 1879 Batting Statistics

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 Bill Harbridge* 23 54 246 240 32 71 12 0 0 37 6 13 .296 .313 .346 .659 111 83 0
2 1B Joe Start* 35 61 287 285 58 100 12 5 1 27 2 3 .351 .355 .439 .794 153 125 0
3 2B Bill McClellan# 22 48 207 205 26 46 6 1 0 29 2 13 .224 .232 .263 .495 58 54 0
4 SS Bob Ferguson# 33 61 269 259 44 91 10 2 0 39 10 12 .351 .375 .405 .781 150 105 0
5 3B Frank Hankinson 22 58 245 240 38 64 8 3 1 27 5 36 .267 .282 .338 .619 98 81 0
6 OF John Cassidy 23 60 265 256 33 68 7 1 0 29 9 11 .266 .291 .301 .591 90 77 0
7 OF Jack Remsen 27 56 241 224 32 52 11 1 1 19 17 33 .232 .286 .304 .590 89 68 0
8 OF Cap Anson 26 60 274 261 55 89 12 2 0 40 13 1 .341 .372 .402 .775 148 105 0
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 UT Jimmy Hallinan* 29 16 72 67 14 19 3 0 0 2 5 6 .284 .333 .328 .662 113 22 0
10 C Phil Powers 23 8 32 31 2 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 .161 .188 .258 .446 41 8 0
11 C Bill Traffley 18 2 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -29 1 0
12 OF Bill Sullivan? 24 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 7 1 0
13 2B Al Spalding 27 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 221 2 0
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
14 P Terry Larkin 22 58 243 226 33 65 9 4 0 32 17 17 .288 .337 .363 .700 124 82 0
15 P Laurie Reis# 19 5 21 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 .150 .190 .150 .340 10 3 0
Team Totals 26.1 61 2421 2333 371 677 91 20 3 284 88 157 .290 .316 .350 .666 113 817 0
Rank in 6 NL teams 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Cap Anson 26 274 16 1 0 0 -4 -3 8 18 1.7 22 2.2 -0.5 $ Free Agency *O/452
John Cassidy 23 265 -3 -1 0 0 3 -4 8 3 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $ *O/2
Bob Ferguson# 33 269 15 -1 0 0 5 4 8 31 3.0 26 2.6 0.4 $ *6/42
Jimmy Hallinan* 29 72 1 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ O/4
Frank Hankinson 22 245 -4 1 0 0 3 2 7 9 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ *5/1
Bill Harbridge* 23 246 3 -1 0 0 -2 3 7 10 1.0 12 1.2 -0.2 $ *2/O
Terry Larkin 22 243 6 -1 0 0 0 4 7 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ *1/5O
Bill McClellan# 22 207 -10 0 0 0 1 1 6 -2 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $ *4/6O
Phil Powers 23 32 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Laurie Reis# 19 21 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1O
Jack Remsen 27 241 -5 0 0 0 5 -3 7 4 0.5 -1 -0.1 0.6 $ *O
Al Spalding 27 4 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Jumped Lgs /4
Joe Start* 35 287 18 1 0 0 -1 0 8 26 2.5 27 2.7 -0.2 $ *3
Bill Sullivan? 24 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
Bill Traffley 18 9 -1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /2
Team Total 26.1 2421 30 -1 0 0 5 4 70 108 10.8 103 10.3 0.5 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Cap Anson 26 274 172 39 6.1 71 .342 .341 .272 .372 .291 .402 .335 .775 .626 148 .743 14.3 1.6 .061 *O/452
John Cassidy 23 265 188 22 3.2 71 .278 .266 .272 .291 .291 .301 .335 .591 .626 90 .463 -2.7 -0.3 .035 *O/2
Bob Ferguson# 33 269 168 39 6.3 71 .368 .351 .272 .375 .291 .405 .335 .781 .626 150 .751 14.3 1.6 .054 *6/42
Jimmy Hallinan* 29 72 48 7 4.0 71 .311 .284 .272 .333 .291 .328 .335 .662 .626 113 .563 1.3 0.1 .045 O/4
Frank Hankinson 22 245 176 23 3.5 71 .310 .267 .272 .282 .291 .338 .335 .619 .626 98 .513 -0.8 -0.1 .071 *5/1
Bill Harbridge* 23 246 169 26 4.2 71 .313 .296 .272 .313 .291 .346 .335 .659 .626 111 .587 3.2 0.4 .050 *2/O
Terry Larkin 22 243 161 28 4.7 71 .311 .288 .272 .337 .291 .363 .335 .700 .626 124 .640 6.8 0.8 .075 *1/5O
Bill McClellan# 22 207 159 13 2.2 71 .240 .224 .272 .232 .291 .263 .335 .495 .626 58 .310 -9.3 -1.1 .039 *4/6O
Phil Powers 23 32 26 2 2.1 71 .192 .161 .272 .188 .291 .258 .335 .446 .626 41 .285 -2.0 -0.2 .097 /2
Laurie Reis# 19 21 17 1 1.6 71 .214 .150 .272 .190 .291 .150 .335 .340 .626 10 .196 -1.9 -0.2 .000 /1O
Jack Remsen 27 241 172 19 3.0 71 .268 .232 .272 .286 .291 .304 .335 .590 .626 89 .436 -1.6 -0.2 .071 *O
Al Spalding 27 4 2 1 13.6 71 .500 .500 .272 .500 .291 .500 .335 1.000 .626 221 .925 0.5 0.1 .000 /4
Joe Start* 35 287 185 44 6.4 71 .352 .351 .272 .355 .291 .439 .335 .794 .626 153 .759 15.6 1.8 .088 *3
Bill Sullivan? 24 6 5 0 0.0 71 .167 .167 .272 .167 .291 .167 .335 .333 .626 7 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 /O
Bill Traffley 18 9 8 0 0.0 71 .125 .111 .272 .111 .291 .111 .335 .222 .626 -29 .000 -1.3 -0.2 .000 /2
League Average 3.4 66 .281 .260 .265 .279 .283 .319 .326 .599 .609 97 .495 .060
Team Total 26.1 2421 1656 264 4.3 71 .310 .290 .272 .316 .291 .350 .335 .666 .626 113 .603 35.7 4.0 .060
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Cap Anson 26 159 697 666 120 209 28 5 0 87 0 31 3 .314 .344 .371 .715 85 60 60
John Cassidy 23 159 679 658 71 159 16 2 0 62 0 21 29 .242 .265 .272 .537 48 60 60
Bob Ferguson# 33 162 682 659 95 213 23 5 0 84 0 23 32 .323 .346 .373 .719 85 61 61
Jimmy Hallinan* 29 50 214 202 30 51 12 0 0 6 0 12 21 .252 .294 .312 .606 19 19 19
Frank Hankinson 22 154 627 615 80 148 18 7 2 57 0 12 96 .241 .255 .302 .558 48 58 58
Bill Harbridge* 23 143 629 615 69 166 28 0 0 79 0 14 35 .270 .286 .315 .602 56 54 54
Terry Larkin 22 154 618 579 70 151 21 9 0 68 0 39 45 .261 .307 .328 .636 58 58 58
Bill McClellan# 22 127 535 530 55 108 14 2 0 62 0 5 35 .204 .211 .238 .449 27 48 48
Phil Powers 23 21 82 80 4 11 2 2 0 4 0 2 13 .138 .159 .213 .371 3 8 8
Laurie Reis# 19 13 56 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .000 .054 .000 .054 0 5 5
Jack Remsen 27 149 620 580 70 123 26 2 2 41 0 40 88 .212 .263 .274 .537 42 56 56
Al Spalding 27 3 10 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3 1 1
Joe Start* 35 162 730 725 125 234 28 12 2 58 0 5 8 .323 .327 .403 .730 96 61 61
Bill Sullivan? 24 5 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Bill Traffley 18 5 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Cap Anson 26 8 2067 432 2067 2002 447 708 93 28 2 326 30 16 65 21 .354 .374 .431 .805 149 863 6 0
John Cassidy 23 4 755 179 755 742 99 208 23 8 1 71 0 1 13 19 .280 .293 .337 .630 109 250 2 0
Bob Ferguson# 33 8 2014 450 2014 1984 330 533 51 19 0 237 16 12 30 55 .269 .280 .314 .593 89 622 9 0
Jimmy Hallinan* 29 5 775 170 775 760 142 218 25 12 5 83 5 5 15 18 .287 .301 .371 .672 121 282 1 0
Frank Hankinson 22 1 245 58 245 240 38 64 8 3 1 27 5 36 .267 .282 .338 .619 98 81 0
Bill Harbridge* 23 4 742 178 742 721 93 181 22 6 0 77 2 4 21 24 .251 .272 .298 .570 86 215 1 0
Terry Larkin 22 3 480 117 480 458 61 117 15 9 1 50 22 40 .255 .290 .334 .624 102 153 0
Bill McClellan# 22 1 207 48 207 205 26 46 6 1 0 29 2 13 .224 .232 .263 .495 58 54 0
Phil Powers 23 1 32 8 32 31 2 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 .161 .188 .258 .446 41 8 0
Laurie Reis# 19 2 37 9 37 36 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 6 .139 .162 .139 .301 -6 5 0
Jack Remsen 27 7 1716 395 1716 1685 284 434 53 28 6 177 14 7 31 68 .258 .271 .333 .604 91 561 3 0
Al Spalding 27 8 1988 411 1988 1959 417 613 86 19 2 338 18 3 29 26 .313 .323 .379 .702 116 743 5 0
Joe Start* 35 8 2153 449 2153 2130 415 649 62 23 10 256 14 9 23 7 .305 .312 .369 .682 118 787 2 0
Bill Sullivan? 24 1 6 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 7 1 0
Bill Traffley 18 1 9 2 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -29 1 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1877 / 1879 Batting Statistics