1879 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1878 / 1880

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 - 95, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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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	Deacon White*	31	78	339	333	55	110	16	6	1	52			6	9	.330	.342	.423	.766	156	141		0
2	1B	Cal McVey	29	81	362	354	64	105	18	6	0	55			8	13	.297	.312	.381	.694	132	135		0
3	2B	Joe Gerhardt	24	79	316	313	22	62	12	3	1	39			3	19	.198	.206	.265	.471	57	83		0
4	SS	Ross Barnes	29	77	339	323	55	86	9	2	1	30			16	25	.266	.301	.316	.617	108	102		0
5	3B	King Kelly	21	77	353	345	78	120	20	12	2	47			8	14	.348	.363	.493	.855	184	170		0
6	OF	Pete Hotaling*	22	81	381	369	64	103	20	9	1	27			12	17	.279	.302	.390	.692	131	144		0
7	OF	Buttercup Dickerson*	20	81	353	350	73	102	18	14	2	57			3	27	.291	.297	.440	.737	144	154		0
8	OF	Will Foley	23	56	220	218	22	46	5	1	0	25			2	16	.211	.218	.243	.461	55	53		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	SS	Mike Burke	25	28	119	117	13	26	3	0	0	8			2	5	.222	.235	.248	.483	63	29		0
10	OF	Blondie Purcell	25	12	50	50	10	11	0	0	0	4			0	3	.220	.220	.220	.440	48	11		0
11	OF	Jack Neagle	21	3	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	2			0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	12	2		0
12	OF	John Magner?	24	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
13	OF	Harry Wheeler	21	1	3	3	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
14	P	Will White#	24	76	300	294	28	40	6	0	0	17			6	56	.136	.153	.156	.310	4	46		0
		Team Totals	24.8	81	3151	3085	485	813	127	53	8	364			66	207	.264	.279	.347	.626	109	1070		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	3	3	4	3	3		1	1	5	6	3	3	3	3		3				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	Will White	24	43	31	.581	1.99	76	75	1	75	4	0	680.0	676	404	150	10	68		232			49	2906	118	1.094	8.9	0.1	0.9	3.1	3.41
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
2		Blondie Purcell	25	0	2	.000	4.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	27	15	8	0	2		3			3	78	61	1.611	13.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.50
3		Cal McVey	29	0	2	.000	8.36	3	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	34	23	13	1	2		7			3	77	29	2.571	21.9	0.6	1.3	4.5	3.50
4		Jack Neagle	21	0	1	.000	3.46	2	2	0	1	0	0	13.0	13	12	5	0	5		4			1	59	71	1.385	9.0	0.0	3.5	2.8	0.80
5		Harry Wheeler	21	0	1	.000	81.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	10	9	0	4		0			1	13	5	10.000	54.0	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.1	43	37	.538	2.29	81	81	2	79	4	0	726.0	756	464	185	11	81		246			57	3133	103	1.153	9.4	0.1	1.0	3.0	3.04
		Rank in 8 NL teams		5	4		3				2	5	2	5	2	7	2	7	7		3
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%	PO	Pos. Summary
Ross Barnes	29	77		460	139	254	67	19	.854	5.10							SS-2B
Mike Burke	25	29		130	36	62	32	3	.754	3.38							SS-OF-3B
Buttercup Dickerson	20	81		191	144	9	38	1	.801	1.89							OF
Will Foley	23	57		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		247	158	52	37	8	.850	2.44	16						OF-C-2B-3B
King Kelly	21	84		361	164	139	58	4	.839	3.61	37						3B-OF-C-2B
John Magner	24	1		2	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00							OF
Cal McVey	29	84		804	752	8	44	33	.945	9.05	0						P-1B-OF-C-3B
Jack Neagle	21	4		5	1	2	2	0	.600	0.75							P-OF
Blondie Purcell	25	12		35	20	8	7	0	.800	2.33							P-OF
Harry Wheeler	21	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00							P-OF
Deacon White	31	82		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		3681	2183	1048	450	110	.878	4.28	109
Rank in 8 NL teams							2	4	6
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Ross Barnes	29	339	5	0	0	0	-2	4	10	17	1.7	19	1.8	-0.1	$2,000		*64
Mike Burke	25	119	-4	0	0	0	-5	1	4	-4	-0.4	1	0.1	-0.5	$		6/5O
Buttercup Dickerson*	20	353	16	3	0	0	-2	-5	10	22	2.1	24	2.3	-0.2	$		*O
Will Foley	23	220	-11	0	0	0	1	-1	7	-4	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$		5O/4
Joe Gerhardt	24	316	-15	-1	0	0	0	2	10	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$		*45/36
Pete Hotaling*	22	381	15	1	0	0	-3	-3	10	20	1.9	23	2.2	-0.3	$		*O/245
King Kelly	21	353	34	2	0	0	1	1	10	48	4.5	47	4.4	0.1	$	Free Agency	5O2/4
John Magner?	24	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
Cal McVey	29	362	15	1	0	0	-5	0	10	21	2.0	26	2.5	-0.5	$2,000		*3/O152
Jack Neagle	21	12	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O1
Blondie Purcell	25	50	-3	1	0	0	0	-1	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		O/1
Harry Wheeler	21	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O1
Deacon White*	31	339	24	0	0	0	4	2	10	40	3.8	36	3.4	0.4	$2,000		*2O/3
Will White#	24	300	-36	0	0	0	0	1	10	-25	-2.3	-25	-2.4	0.1	$		*1
Team Total	24.8	3151	37	7	0	0	-11	1	93	127	12.3	138	13.0	-0.7	$6,000
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Cal McVey	29	14.0	1	23	9	0	1.0	-14	-1.4	$
Jack Neagle	21	13.0	2	12	8	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
Blondie Purcell	25	18.0	2	15	12	0	1.0	-3	-0.4	$
Harry Wheeler	21	1.0	1	10	1	0	1.0	-9	-0.9	$
Will White	24	680.0	75	404	437	-7	1.0	33	1.0	$
Team Total	24.1	726.0	81	464	467	-7	1.0	3	-2.1	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1878 / 1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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