1879 Cincinnati Reds

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

43-37, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Deacon White (9-9) and Cal McVey (34-28)
Scored 485 runs, Allowed 464 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-38

Ballparks: Avenue Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1878 / 1880 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	43-37, Final Rank:5, GB: 14.0
Days in First	5	last on Thursday, May 8, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	9	last on May 9, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Saturday, May 3, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	14.5	last on Tuesday, Sep 23, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	7	last on Monday, Sep 29
Most Games under .500	5	last on Saturday, Jun 28
Longest Winning Streak	5	Thursday, May 1 to Thursday, May 8, Monday, Sep 1 to Monday, Sep 8 and Wednesday, Sep 24 to Monday, Sep 29
Longest Losing Streak	7	Thursday, Jun 5 to Thursday, Jun 19
Most Runs Allowed	20	Wednesday, May 28
Most Runs Scored	18	Friday, Sep 5
Times Shutout by Opponent	3
Times Opponent Shutout	4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	43	37	485	464	.538
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	21	16	215	196	.568
Road	22	21	270	268	.512
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	8	7	90	115	.533
June	3	9	49	94	.250
July	11	7	109	90	.611
August	8	6	87	66	.571
September	13	8	150	99	.619

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	19	20	211	271	.487
Second Half	24	17	274	193	.585
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	7	7	87	87	.500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	15	15	208	201	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	5	7	55	82	.417
BUF	3	7	52	59	.300
CHC	8	3	64	49	.727
CLV	8	4	91	52	.667
PRO	2	10	56	102	.167
SYR	8	4	79	57	.667
TRO	9	2	88	63	.818

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	Thursday, May 1	CIN		TRO	W	7	5		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	2	Friday, May 2	CIN		TRO	W	10	1		2-0	1	Tied							`++`
3	3	Saturday, May 3	CIN		TRO	W	13	12		3-0	1	up 0.5							`+++`
4	4	Tuesday, May 6	CIN		SYR	W	7	6		4-0	1	Tied							`++++`
5	5	Thursday, May 8	CIN		SYR	W	5	2		5-0	1	Tied							`+++++`
6	6	Saturday, May 10	CIN		SYR	L	6	7		5-1	2	1.0							`-`
7	7	Tuesday, May 13	CIN		BSN	L	2	3		5-2	3	1.0							`--`
8	8	Thursday, May 15	CIN		BSN	L	2	13		5-3	3	2.0							`---`
9	9	Saturday, May 17	CIN		BSN	W	7	4		6-3	3	2.0							`+`
10	10	Tuesday, May 20	CIN		PRO	L	5	11		6-4	3	3.0							`-`
11	11	Thursday, May 22	CIN		PRO	L	9	10		6-5	3	4.0							`--`
12	12	Saturday, May 24	CIN		PRO	L	1	17		6-6	4	5.0							`---`
13	13	Wednesday, May 28	CIN	@	TRO	L	6	20		6-7	5	6.0							`----`
14	14	Friday, May 30	CIN	@	TRO	W	4	2		7-7	3	6.0							`+`
15	15	Saturday, May 31	CIN	@	TRO	W	6	2		8-7	3	6.0							`++`
16	16	Wednesday, Jun 4	CIN	@	SYR	W	6	5		9-7	3	5.5							`+++`
17	17	Thursday, Jun 5	CIN	@	SYR	L	1	10		9-8	3	6.5							`-`
18	18	Saturday, Jun 7	CIN	@	SYR	L	3	9		9-9	4	7.0							`--`
19	19	Tuesday, Jun 10	CIN	@	PRO	L	1	6		9-10	5	7.5							`---`
20	20	Friday, Jun 13	CIN	@	PRO	L	6	19		9-11	5	9.0							`----`
21	21	Saturday, Jun 14	CIN	@	PRO	L	3	4		9-12	5	9.0							`-----`
22	22	Tuesday, Jun 17	CIN	@	BSN	L	6	9		9-13	6	10.0							`------`
23	23	Thursday, Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	L	0	6		9-14	6	11.0							`-------`
24	24	Saturday, Jun 21	CIN	@	BSN	W	15	13		10-14	6	11.0							`+`
25	25	Tuesday, Jun 24	CIN		CHC	W	4	1		11-14	5	10.0							`++`
26	26	Wednesday, Jun 25	CIN		CHC	L	3	7		11-15	5	11.0							`-`
27	27	Saturday, Jun 28	CIN	@	CHC	L	1	5		11-16	5	12.0							`--`
28	28	Tuesday, Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	W	7	5		12-16	5	11.0							`+`
29	29	Wednesday, Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W	9	8		13-16	5	10.0							`++`
30	30	Friday, Jul 4	CIN		SYR	W	9	1		14-16	5	9.0							`+++`
31	31	Saturday, Jul 5	CIN		SYR	W	9	5		15-16	5	9.0							`++++`
32	32	Tuesday, Jul 8	CIN		SYR	L	1	6		15-17	5	10.0							`-`
33	33	Friday, Jul 11	CIN		BSN	L	2	11		15-18	5	11.5							`--`
34	34	Saturday, Jul 12	CIN		BSN	W	4	3		16-18	5	10.5							`+`
35	35	Monday, Jul 14	CIN		BSN	L	4	8		16-19	5	11.0							`-`
36	36	Tuesday, Jul 15	CIN		PRO	W	9	0		17-19	5	11.0							`+`
37	37	Wednesday, Jul 16	CIN		PRO	L	3	5		17-20	5	12.0							`-`
38	38	Thursday, Jul 17	CIN		PRO	W	8	4		18-20	5	12.0							`+`
39	39	Saturday, Jul 19	CIN		TRO	W	7	6		19-20	5	11.0							`++`
40	40	Monday, Jul 21	CIN		TRO	W	10	0		20-20	5	10.5							`+++`
41	41	Friday, Jul 25	CIN	@	CHC	L	3	6		20-21	5	11.5							`-`
42	42	Saturday, Jul 26	CIN	@	CHC	W	11	8		21-21	5	10.5							`+`
43	43	Monday, Jul 28	CIN	@	CHC	W	5	2		22-21	5	9.5							`++`
44	44	Wednesday, Jul 30	CIN		BUF	L	5	7		22-22	5	10.5							`-`
45	45	Thursday, Jul 31	CIN		BUF	L	3	5		22-23	5	11.5							`--`
46	46	Saturday, Aug 2	CIN		BUF	L	5	9		22-24	5	12.5							`---`
47	47	Saturday, Aug 9	CIN		CHC	W	11	6		23-24	5	11.0							`+`
48	48	Monday, Aug 11	CIN		CHC	W	5	1		24-24	5	10.0							`++`
49	49	Tuesday, Aug 12	CIN		CHC	W	5	0		25-24	5	9.0							`+++`
50	50	Friday, Aug 15	CIN	@	BUF	L	9	10		25-25	5	9.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Tuesday, Aug 19	CIN		CLV	W	2	1		26-25	5	9.5							`+`
52	52	Wednesday, Aug 20	CIN		CLV	W	9	5		27-25	5	9.5							`++`
53	53	Thursday, Aug 21	CIN		CLV	L	3	7		27-26	5	9.5							`-`
54	54	Friday, Aug 22	CIN		CLV	W	15	1		28-26	5	9.0							`+`
55	55	Tuesday, Aug 26	CIN		BUF	L	0	4		28-27	5	11.0							`-`
56	56	Wednesday, Aug 27	CIN		BUF	W	5	2		29-27	5	10.5							`+`
57	57	Thursday, Aug 28	CIN	@	CLV	L	6	7		29-28	5	11.5							`-`
58	58	Friday, Aug 29	CIN	@	CLV	W	9	3		30-28	5	10.5							`+`
59	59	Saturday, Aug 30	CIN	@	CLV	L	3	10		30-29	5	11.5							`-`
60	60	Monday, Sep 1	CIN	@	CLV	W	4	2		31-29	5	11.0							`+`
61	61	Wednesday, Sep 3	CIN	@	SYR	T	2	2		31-29	5	11.5							`+`
62	62	Thursday, Sep 4	CIN	@	SYR	W	6	2		32-29	5	11.5							`++`
63	63	Friday, Sep 5	CIN	@	SYR	W	18	2		33-29	5	11.0							`+++`
64	64	Saturday, Sep 6	CIN	@	SYR	W	6	0		34-29	5	11.0							`++++`
65	65	Monday, Sep 8	CIN	@	TRO	W	11	5		35-29	5	11.0							`+++++`
66	66	Wednesday, Sep 10	CIN	@	TRO	L	4	9		35-30	5	11.5							`-`
67	67	Thursday, Sep 11	CIN	@	TRO	W	10	1		36-30	5	11.0							`+`
68	68	Friday, Sep 12	CIN	@	BSN	L	1	4		36-31	5	12.0							`-`
69	69	Saturday, Sep 13	CIN	@	BSN	W	7	5		37-31	5	11.0							`+`
70	70	Monday, Sep 15	CIN	@	BSN	W	5	3		38-31	5	11.0							`++`
71	71	Wednesday, Sep 17	CIN	@	PRO	L	2	6		38-32	5	12.0							`-`
72	72	Thursday, Sep 18	CIN	@	PRO	L	4	5		38-33	5	13.0							`--`
73	73	Friday, Sep 19	CIN	@	PRO	L	5	15		38-34	5	14.0							`---`
74	74	Monday, Sep 22	CIN	@	BUF	L	0	3		38-35	5	14.5							`----`
75	75	Tuesday, Sep 23	CIN	@	BUF	L	7	12		38-36	5	14.5							`-----`
76	76	Wednesday, Sep 24	CIN	@	BUF	W	8	5		39-36	5	14.0							`+`
77	77	Thursday, Sep 25	CIN	@	BUF	W	10	2		40-36	5	14.0							`++`
78	78	Friday, Sep 26	CIN	@	CLV	W	6	2		41-36	5	14.0							`+++`
79	79	Saturday, Sep 27	CIN	@	CLV	W	15	4		42-36	5	13.0							`++++`
80	80	Monday, Sep 29	CIN	@	CLV	W	13	1		43-36	5	13.0							`+++++`
81	81	Tuesday, Sep 30	CIN	@	CLV	L	6	9		43-37	5	14.0							`-`
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.

1878 / 1880 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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