1878 Cincinnati Reds

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

37-23, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cal McVey (37-23)
Scored 333 runs, Allowed 281 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 35-25

Ballparks: Avenue Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93

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1877 / 1879 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	37-23, Final Rank:2, GB: 4.0
Days in First	22	last on Thursday, Jun 20, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	55	last on Jun 24, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	3	last on Saturday, May 25, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	8.5	last on Wednesday, Aug 14, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	14	last on Saturday, Sep 14
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	9	Thursday, Aug 22 to Wednesday, Sep 11
Longest Losing Streak	6	Monday, Jun 17 to Saturday, Jun 29
Most Runs Allowed	13	Thursday, Jul 11
Most Runs Scored	13	Tuesday, May 21, Monday, Jul 15 and Thursday, Aug 15
Times Shutout by Opponent	2
Times Opponent Shutout	6

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	37	23	333	281	.617
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	25	8	190	126	.758
Road	12	15	143	155	.444
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	11	3	93	59	.786
June	4	8	49	65	.333
July	7	7	83	90	.500
August	9	4	75	47	.692
September	6	1	33	20	.857

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	18	13	177	160	.581
Second Half	19	10	156	121	.655
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	5	6	52	53	.455
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	9	8	113	96	.529

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	6	6	48	48	.500
CHC	10	2	76	48	.833
IND	4	8	58	81	.333
MLG	8	4	84	54	.667
PRO	9	3	67	50	.750

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	Wednesday, May 1	CIN		MLG	W	6	4		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Thursday, May 2	CIN		MLG	W	6	2		2-0	1	up 0.5							`++`
3	3	Saturday, May 4	CIN		MLG	W	4	1		3-0	1	up 0.5							`+++`
4	4	Tuesday, May 7	CIN		CHC	W	4	3		4-0	1	up 1.0							`++++`
5	5	Thursday, May 9	CIN		CHC	W	9	1		5-0	1	up 2.0							`+++++`
6	6	Saturday, May 11	CIN		CHC	W	4	1		6-0	1	up 3.0							`++++++`
7	7	Tuesday, May 14	CIN	@	MLG	L	5	8		6-1	1	up 2.5							`-`
8	8	Thursday, May 16	CIN	@	MLG	L	8	12		6-2	1	up 1.5							`--`
9	9	Saturday, May 18	CIN	@	MLG	W	10	2		7-2	1	up 2.5							`+`
10	10	Tuesday, May 21	CIN	@	CHC	W	13	2		8-2	1	up 3.0							`++`
11	11	Thursday, May 23	CIN	@	CHC	W	7	3		9-2	1	up 3.0							`+++`
12	12	Saturday, May 25	CIN	@	CHC	W	10	8		10-2	1	up 3.0							`++++`
13	13	Tuesday, May 28	CIN		IND	L	3	11		10-3	1	up 2.0							`-`
14	14	Thursday, May 30	CIN		IND	W	4	1		11-3	1	up 2.5							`+`
15	15	Saturday, Jun 1	CIN		IND	L	5	6		11-4	1	up 2.5							`-`
16	16	Tuesday, Jun 4	CIN	@	IND	L	3	9		11-5	1	up 2.0							`--`
17	17	Thursday, Jun 6	CIN	@	IND	W	11	4		12-5	1	up 2.0							`+`
18	18	Thursday, Jun 13	CIN	@	PRO	W	2	0		13-5	1	up 1.5							`++`
19	19	Friday, Jun 14	CIN	@	PRO	W	4	3		14-5	1	up 2.0							`+++`
20	20	Saturday, Jun 15	CIN	@	PRO	W	11	3		15-5	1	up 2.0							`++++`
21	21	Monday, Jun 17	CIN	@	BSN	L	2	4		15-6	1	up 1.0							`-`
22	22	Thursday, Jun 20	CIN	@	BSN	L	0	5		15-7	1	Tied							`--`
23	23	Wednesday, Jun 26	CIN	@	IND	L	1	5		15-8	2	1.0							`---`
24	24	Thursday, Jun 27	CIN	@	IND	L	3	7		15-9	2	1.0							`----`
25	25	Friday, Jun 28	CIN	@	IND	L	5	9		15-10	2	1.5							`-----`
26	26	Saturday, Jun 29	CIN	@	IND	L	2	10		15-11	2	1.5							`------`
27	27	Tuesday, Jul 2	CIN		IND	T	7	7		15-11	2	2.0							`------`
28	28	Thursday, Jul 4	CIN		IND	W	5	3		16-11	2	2.0							`+`
29	29	Friday, Jul 5	CIN		IND	W	4	3		17-11	2	1.5							`++`
30	30	Saturday, Jul 6	CIN		IND	L	5	6		17-12	2	2.5							`-`
31	31	Tuesday, Jul 9	CIN		PRO	W	12	4		18-12	2	2.5							`+`
32	32	Thursday, Jul 11	CIN		PRO	L	2	13		18-13	2	3.5							`-`
33	33	Monday, Jul 15	CIN		PRO	W	13	9		19-13	3	3.5							`+`
34	34	Tuesday, Jul 16	CIN		BSN	W	5	3		20-13	3	2.5							`++`
35	35	Thursday, Jul 18	CIN		BSN	W	4	1		21-13	3	1.5							`+++`
36	36	Saturday, Jul 20	CIN		BSN	L	0	1		21-14	3	2.5							`-`
37	37	Monday, Jul 22	CIN	@	BSN	L	7	8		21-15	3	3.5							`--`
38	38	Tuesday, Jul 23	CIN	@	BSN	L	4	11		21-16	3	4.5							`---`
39	39	Thursday, Jul 25	CIN	@	BSN	L	9	10		21-17	3	5.5							`----`
40	40	Saturday, Jul 27	CIN	@	BSN	W	3	2		22-17	3	4.5							`+`
41	41	Wednesday, Jul 31	CIN	@	PRO	L	3	9		22-18	3	6.0							`-`
42	42	Friday, Aug 2	CIN	@	PRO	L	3	6		22-19	3	7.0							`--`
43	43	Saturday, Aug 3	CIN	@	PRO	W	4	0		23-19	3	7.0							`+`
44	44	Saturday, Aug 10	CIN		MLG	W	9	0		24-19	3	8.0							`++`
45	45	Monday, Aug 12	CIN		MLG	W	6	5		25-19	3	7.5							`+++`
46	46	Tuesday, Aug 13	CIN		MLG	L	7	10		25-20	3	7.5							`-`
47	47	Wednesday, Aug 14	CIN		MLG	L	5	6		25-21	3	8.5							`--`
48	48	Thursday, Aug 15	CIN		MLG	W	13	2		26-21	3	8.0							`+`
49	49	Saturday, Aug 17	CIN		MLG	W	5	2		27-21	3	7.0							`++`
50	50	Wednesday, Aug 21	CIN		CHC	L	4	7		27-22	3	8.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Thursday, Aug 22	CIN		CHC	W	5	3		28-22	3	7.0							`+`
52	52	Saturday, Aug 24	CIN		CHC	W	7	5		29-22	2	7.0							`++`
53	53	Tuesday, Aug 27	CIN		PRO	W	5	1		30-22	2	7.0							`+++`
54	54	Thursday, Aug 29	CIN		PRO	W	2	0		31-22	2	7.0							`++++`
55	55	Monday, Sep 2	CIN		PRO	W	6	2		32-22	2	7.0							`+++++`
56	56	Tuesday, Sep 3	CIN		BSN	W	3	0		33-22	2	6.0							`++++++`
57	57	Thursday, Sep 5	CIN		BSN	W	5	2		34-22	2	5.0							`+++++++`
58	58	Saturday, Sep 7	CIN		BSN	W	6	1		35-22	2	4.0							`++++++++`
59	59	Wednesday, Sep 11	CIN	@	CHC	W	2	0		36-22	2	4.0							`+++++++++`
60	60	Thursday, Sep 12	CIN	@	CHC	L	2	9		36-23	2	5.0							`-`
61	61	Saturday, Sep 14	CIN	@	CHC	W	9	6		37-23	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.

1877 / 1879 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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