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1879 Cincinnati Reds Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1878 / 1880)
43-37, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 485 runs, Allowed 464 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-38
Manager: Deacon White (9-9) and Cal McVey (34-28)
Ballpark: Avenue Grounds

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1878 / 1880 Fielding Statistics

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Ross Barnes 29 77 454 137 254 63 19 .861 5.08 SS-2B
Mike Burke 25 29 0 1 4 130 36 62 32 3 .754 3.38 SS-3B-OF
Buttercup Dickerson 20 81 81 0 0 191 144 9 38 1 .801 1.89 OF
Will Foley 23 57 0 0 25 196 90 72 34 8 .827 2.84 3B-OF-2B
Joe Gerhardt 24 80 594 307 232 55 31 .907 6.74 2B-3B-1B-SS
Pete Hotaling 22 86 0 67 2 247 158 52 37 8 .850 2.44 16 OF-C-2B-3B
King Kelly 21 84 0 2 27 361 164 139 58 4 .839 3.61 37 3B-OF-C-2B
John Magner 24 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 OF
Cal McVey 29 84 0 1 6 804 752 8 44 33 .945 9.05 0 1B-OF-P-3B-C
Jack Neagle 21 4 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 .600 0.75 P-OF
Blondie Purcell 25 12 0 7 3 35 20 8 7 0 .800 2.33 OF-P
Harry Wheeler 21 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 P-OF
Deacon White 31 82 0 4 18 500 349 96 55 3 .890 5.43 56 C-OF-1B
Will White 24 76 154 20 114 20 0 .870 1.76 P
Team Totals 24.8 81 3675 2181 1048 446 110 .879 4.28 109
Rank in 8 NL teams 2 4 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Games played chart available on the Roster pages.

Player Standard Fielding--C

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Deacon White 31 59 443 307 92 44 3 .901 6.76
King Kelly 21 21 130 82 36 12 1 .908 5.62
Pete Hotaling 22 8 44 26 15 3 1 .932 5.13
Cal McVey 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
League Average .888 6.21
Team Total 81 617 415 143 59 5 .904 6.27

Player Standard Fielding--1B

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Cal McVey 29 72 783 736 5 42 33 .946 10.29
Joe Gerhardt 24 8 92 82 5 5 4 .946 10.88
Deacon White 31 2 22 18 3 1 0 .955 10.50
League Average .953 10.89
Team Total 81 897 836 13 48 37 .946 10.35

Player Standard Fielding--2B

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Joe Gerhardt 24 55 422 191 192 39 23 .908 6.96
Ross Barnes 29 16 102 44 43 15 5 .853 5.44
Pete Hotaling 22 6 40 14 18 8 5 .800 5.33
Will Foley 23 3 19 6 9 4 0 .789 5.00
King Kelly 21 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00
League Average .895 6.80
Team Total 81 586 255 264 67 33 .886 6.41

Player Standard Fielding--3B

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
King Kelly 21 33 149 36 88 25 3 .832 3.76
Will Foley 23 29 122 46 54 22 8 .820 3.45
Joe Gerhardt 24 16 74 29 34 11 3 .851 3.94
Mike Burke 25 5 20 4 7 9 0 .550 2.20
Pete Hotaling 22 3 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.00
Cal McVey 29 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
League Average .827 3.33
Team Total 81 371 117 186 68 14 .817 3.48

Player Standard Fielding--SS

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Ross Barnes 29 61 352 93 211 48 14 .864 4.98
Mike Burke 25 19 103 28 53 22 3 .786 4.26
Joe Gerhardt 24 1 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
League Average .873 4.54
Team Total 81 461 126 265 70 18 .848 4.83

Player Standard Fielding--OF

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Buttercup Dickerson 20 81 81 0 0 191 144 9 38 1 .801 1.89
Pete Hotaling 22 69 0 67 2 159 118 16 25 2 .843 1.94
King Kelly 21 29 0 2 27 79 46 13 20 0 .747 2.03
Will Foley 23 25 0 0 25 55 38 9 8 0 .855 1.88
Deacon White 31 21 0 4 18 35 24 1 10 0 .714 1.19
Blondie Purcell 25 10 0 7 3 28 18 3 7 0 .750 2.10
Cal McVey 29 7 0 1 6 16 14 0 2 0 .875 2.00
Mike Burke 25 5 0 1 4 7 4 2 1 0 .857 1.20
Jack Neagle 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Magner 24 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00
Harry Wheeler 21 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
League Average .834 1.83
Team Total 81 574 409 53 112 3 .805 1.84

Player Standard Fielding--P

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Age G Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Will White 24 76 154 20 114 20 0 .870 1.76
Cal McVey 29 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00
Jack Neagle 21 2 5 1 2 2 0 .600 1.50
Blondie Purcell 25 2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50
Harry Wheeler 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
League Average .900 2.18
Team Total 81 169 23 124 22 0 .870 1.75

1878 / 1880 Fielding Statistics