1878 Chicago White Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1877 / 1879

30-30, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
View League Standings and Leaders

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 - 107, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 105

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

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

More Stats

· League Register

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	110	83		0
2	1B	Joe Start*	35	61	287	285	58	100	12	5	1	27			2	3	.351	.355	.439	.794	152	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	149	105		0
5	3B	Frank Hankinson	22	58	245	240	38	64	8	3	1	27			5	36	.267	.282	.338	.619	97	81		0
6	OF	John Cassidy	23	60	265	256	33	68	7	1	0	29			9	11	.266	.291	.301	.591	89	77		0
7	OF	Jack Remsen	27	56	241	224	32	52	11	1	1	19			17	33	.232	.286	.304	.590	88	68		0
8	OF	Cap Anson	26	60	274	261	55	89	12	2	0	40			13	1	.341	.372	.402	.775	147	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	112	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	220	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	123	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	112	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 Pitching

More Stats

· League Register

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	Terry Larkin	22	29	26	.527	2.24	56	56	0	56	1	0	506.0	511	288	126	4	31		163			37	2105	109	1.071	9.1	0.1	0.6	2.9	5.26
2	SP	Laurie Reis	19	1	3	.250	3.25	4	4	0	4	0	0	36.0	55	34	13	0	4		8			0	168	76	1.639	13.8	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
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
3		Frank Hankinson	22	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	9	6	0	0		4			1	39	44	1.222	11.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
		Team Totals	21.8	30	30	.500	2.37	61	61	0	61	1	0	551.0	577	331	145	4	35		175			38	2312	103	1.111	9.4	0.1	0.6	2.9	5.00
		Rank in 6 NL teams		4	3		4				1	5	2	3	2	4	3	4	1		4
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

More Stats

League Register

	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Cap Anson	26	63		162	95	42	25	7	.846	2.17	11							OF-2B-C-3B
John Cassidy	23	61		150	91	31	28	6	.813	2.00	5							OF-C
Bob Ferguson	33	62		375	91	238	46	17	.877	5.31	9							SS-2B-C
Jimmy Hallinan	29	16		51	25	14	12	1	.765	2.44								OF-2B
Frank Hankinson	22	58		266	95	138	33	9	.876	4.02								P-3B
Bill Harbridge	23	61		377	264	67	46	1	.878	5.43	56							C-OF
Terry Larkin	22	58		136	20	95	21	0	.846	1.98								P-OF-3B
Bill McClellan	22	48		288	89	159	40	15	.861	5.17								2B-SS-OF
Phil Powers	23	8		71	47	19	5	0	.930	8.25	12							C
Laurie Reis	19	5		9	2	3	4	0	.556	1.00								P-OF
Jack Remsen	27	56		124	103	14	7	5	.944	2.09								OF
Al Spalding	27	1		7	3	0	4	0	.429	3.00								2B
Joe Start	35	61		765	719	13	33	28	.957	12.00								1B
Bill Sullivan	24	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50								OF
Bill Traffley	18	2		10	7	3	0	0	1.000	5.00	10							C
Team Totals	26.0	61		2792	1652	836	304	89	.891	4.43	103
Rank in 6 NL teams							3	3	5
	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 (v2.1): 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
Cap Anson	26	60	274	15	0	0	-4	-3	8	0.7	8	16	1.6	.513	.505	2.0	-0.7	20	$	Free Agency	*O/452
John Cassidy	23	60	265	-2	0	0	3	-4	-3	-0.4	8	4	0.5	.495	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$		*O/2
Bob Ferguson#	33	61	269	14	0	0	5	4	23	2.2	8	30	3.0	.536	.514	2.5	0.9	25	$		*6/42
Jimmy Hallinan*	29	16	72	1	0	0	-2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.490	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$		O/4
Frank Hankinson	22	58	245	-3	0	0	3	2	2	0.1	7	9	0.9	.503	.501	0.6	0.5	6	$		*5/1
Bill Harbridge*	23	54	246	3	0	0	-2	3	4	0.3	7	11	1.1	.507	.502	1.3	0.1	13	$		*2/O
Terry Larkin	22	58	243	6	0	0	0	10	16	1.4	7	22	1.4	.526	.509	1.5	-0.0	23	$		*1/5O
Bill McClellan#	22	48	207	-9	0	0	1	1	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.1	.485	.495	-0.2	0.2	-2	$		*4/6O
Phil Powers	23	8	32	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$		/2
Laurie Reis#	19	5	21	-2	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.463	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$		/1O
Jack Remsen	27	56	241	-4	0	0	5	-3	-2	-0.3	7	4	0.4	.496	.499	0.0	0.2	-0	$		*O
Al Spalding	27	1	4	0	0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.456	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	Jumped Lgs	/4
Joe Start*	35	61	287	16	0	0	-1	0	16	1.4	8	24	2.3	.525	.509	2.4	-0.1	25	$		*3
Bill Sullivan?	24	2	6	-0	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$		/O
Bill Traffley	18	2	9	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.350	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$		/2
Team Total	26.1	550	2421	29	0	0	5	11	45	3.7	69	114	10.5	.508	.502	10.2	0.4	109	$
	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 (v2.1): 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
Frank Hankinson	22	9.0	1	1	9	9.00	4.99	0.08	0.00	106.0	5.20	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.227	.498	$
Terry Larkin	22	506.0	56	56	288	5.12	4.99	0.08	0.00	106.0	5.21	4	0.4		-0.9	3.6	27	.506	.502	$
Laurie Reis	19	36.0	4	4	34	8.50	4.99	0.09	0.00	106.0	5.19	-13	-1.0		-0.1	-0.8	-12	.252	.494	$
Team Total	21.8	551.0	61	61	331	5.41	4.99	0.08	0.00	106.0	5.21	-14	-0.9		-1.0	2.6	11	.485	.498	$
	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

Compare Other Links@google.com Report an error

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.