1879 Chicago White Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1878 / 1880

46-33, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (41-21) and Silver Flint (5-12)
Scored 437 runs, Allowed 411 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-37

Ballparks: Lake Front Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

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1878 / 1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Silver Flint	23	79	330	324	46	92	22	6	1	41			6	44	.284	.297	.398	.695	119	129		0
2	1B	Cap Anson	27	51	229	227	40	72	20	1	0	34			2	2	.317	.323	.414	.737	133	94		0
3	2B	Joe Quest	26	83	343	334	38	69	16	1	0	22			9	33	.207	.227	.260	.488	55	87		0
4	SS	John Peters	29	83	380	379	45	93	13	2	1	31			1	19	.245	.247	.298	.546	73	113		0
5	3B	Ned Williamson	21	80	344	320	66	94	20	13	1	36			24	31	.294	.343	.447	.790	149	143		0
6	OF	Orator Shafer*	27	73	322	316	53	96	13	0	0	35			6	28	.304	.317	.345	.662	111	109		0
7	OF	Abner Dalrymple*	21	71	337	333	47	97	25	1	0	23			4	29	.291	.300	.372	.672	113	124		0
8	OF	George Gore*	25	63	274	266	43	70	17	4	0	32			8	30	.263	.285	.357	.642	103	95		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	OF	Jack Remsen	28	42	154	152	14	33	4	2	0	8			2	23	.217	.227	.270	.497	58	41		0
10	1B	Lew Brown	21	6	22	21	2	6	1	0	0	3			1	4	.286	.318	.333	.652	108	7		0
11	OF	Bill Harbridge*	24	4	18	18	2	2	0	0	0	1			0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-29	2		0
12	3B	John Stedronsky?	29	4	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-47	1		0
13	3B	Herm Doscher	26	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1			0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	16	2		0
14	C	Tom Dolan	24	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
15	P	Terry Larkin	23	60	236	228	26	50	12	2	0	18			8	24	.219	.246	.289	.535	70	66		0
16	P	Frank Hankinson	23	44	173	171	14	31	4	0	0	8			2	14	.181	.191	.205	.395	26	35		0
		Team Totals	24.7	83	3189	3116	437	808	167	32	3	293			73	294	.259	.276	.336	.613	94	1048		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	4	4	1	5	7		1	1	4	2	4	4	4	4		4				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

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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	Terry Larkin	23	31	23	.574	2.44	58	58	0	57	4	0	513.1	514	277	139	5	30		142			20	2176	107	1.060	9.0	0.1	0.5	2.5	4.73
2	SP	Frank Hankinson	23	15	10	.600	2.50	26	25	1	25	2	0	230.2	248	134	64	0	27		69			4	1000	104	1.192	9.7	0.0	1.1	2.7	2.56
		Team Totals	23.0	46	33	.582	2.46	83	83	1	82	6	0	744.0	762	411	203	5	57		211			24	3176	106	1.101	9.2	0.1	0.7	2.6	3.70
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	5		5				1	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	5		5
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
Cap Anson	27	51		644	620	8	16	26	.975	12.31								1B
Lew Brown	21	6		76	72	2	2	5	.974	12.33								1B
Abner Dalrymple	21	71		147	103	4	40	1	.728	1.51								OF
Tom Dolan	24	1		8	6	2	0	0	1.000	8.00	1							C
Herm Doscher	26	3		10	2	5	3	0	.700	2.33								3B
Silver Flint	23	79		494	343	109	42	6	.915	5.72	59							C-OF
George Gore	25	63		232	201	11	20	3	.914	3.37								OF-1B
Frank Hankinson	23	45		143	42	87	14	1	.902	2.87								P-OF-3B
Bill Harbridge	24	4		7	3	1	3	0	.571	1.00								OF
Terry Larkin	23	61		99	10	80	9	1	.909	1.48								P-OF
John Peters	29	83		436	94	271	71	14	.837	4.40								SS
Joe Quest	26	83		642	263	331	48	30	.925	7.16								2B
Jack Remsen	28	42		218	187	9	22	3	.899	4.67								OF-1B
Orator Shafer	27	73		188	99	51	38	3	.798	2.05								OF-3B
John Stedronsky	29	4		19	4	11	4	1	.789	3.75								3B
Ned Williamson	21	80		431	183	199	49	15	.886	4.78	9							3B-1B-C
Team Totals	24.7	83		3794	2232	1181	381	109	.900	4.56	69
Rank in 8 NL teams							6	3	4
	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	27	51	229	9	0	0	6	0	15	1.4	7	22	2.1	.527	.509	1.6	0.6	16		Free Agency	3
Lew Brown	21	6	22	-0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.514	.501	0.1	0.1	1			/3
Abner Dalrymple*	21	71	337	3	0	0	-8	-4	-10	-1.0	10	1	0.1	.487	.494	0.9	-1.2	9			*O
Tom Dolan	24	1	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.399	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/2
Herm Doscher	26	3	11	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.461	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/5
Silver Flint	23	79	330	3	0	0	13	5	21	2.0	10	31	3.1	.526	.513	1.9	1.7	18			*2/O
George Gore*	25	63	274	-1	0	0	3	-3	-1	-0.2	8	7	0.8	.498	.499	0.5	-0.0	4	$1,900		*O/3
Frank Hankinson	23	44	173	-14	0	0	1	4	-10	-1.0	5	-4	-1.0	.479	.494	-1.0	0.0	-5			1O/5
Bill Harbridge*	24	4	18	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.3	.400	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-2			/O
Terry Larkin	23	60	236	-9	0	0	0	9	1	0.0	7	8	0.0	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	8			*1/O
John Peters	29	83	380	-11	0	0	-4	6	-10	-1.0	12	2	0.3	.489	.494	0.7	0.1	6			*6
Joe Quest	26	83	343	-18	0	0	13	1	-3	-0.4	10	7	0.7	.496	.498	-0.5	1.4	-6			*4
Jack Remsen	28	42	154	-9	0	0	0	-2	-10	-1.0	5	-6	-0.5	.476	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-6			O3
Orator Shafer*	27	73	322	2	0	0	7	-4	5	0.4	10	15	1.5	.506	.503	0.9	0.2	8			*O/5
John Stedronsky?	29	4	12	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.451	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2			/5
Ned Williamson	21	80	344	16	0	0	13	3	32	2.9	11	42	4.1	.537	.518	2.9	1.5	29			*5/32
Team Total	24.7	747	3189	-36	0	0	44	14	22	1.3	98	120	10.6	.503	.501	6.9	4.0	76	$1,900
	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	23	230.2	26	25	134	5.23	5.32	0.53	0.00	104.0	4.97	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.2	1.2	8	.477	.496
Terry Larkin	23	513.1	58	58	277	4.86	5.32	0.53	0.00	104.0	4.98	7	0.7		-0.5	4.7	39	.512	.504
Team Total	23.0	744.0	84	83	411	4.97	5.32	0.53	0.00	104.0	4.98	1	0.1	1.0	-0.7	5.9	47	.501	.500
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1878 / 1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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