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1879 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
2 1B Cal McVey 29 81 362 354 64 105 18 6 0 55 8 13 .297 .312 .381 .694 132 135
3 2B Joe Gerhardt 24 79 316 313 22 62 12 3 1 39 3 19 .198 .206 .265 .471 57 83
4 SS Ross Barnes 29 77 339 323 55 86 9 2 1 30 16 25 .266 .301 .316 .617 108 102
5 3B King Kelly 21 77 353 345 78 120 20 12 2 47 8 14 .348 .363 .493 .855 184 170
6 OF Pete Hotaling* 22 81 381 369 64 103 20 9 1 27 12 17 .279 .302 .390 .692 131 144
7 OF Buttercup Dickerson* 20 81 353 350 73 102 18 14 2 57 3 27 .291 .297 .440 .737 144 154
8 OF Will Foley 23 56 220 218 22 46 5 1 0 25 2 16 .211 .218 .243 .461 55 53
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
10 OF Blondie Purcell 25 12 50 50 10 11 0 0 0 4 0 3 .220 .220 .220 .440 48 11
11 OF Jack Neagle 21 3 12 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 12 2
12 OF John Magner? 24 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0
13 OF Harry Wheeler 21 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
Team Totals 24.8 81 3151 3085 485 813 127 53 8 364 66 207 .264 .279 .347 .626 109 1070
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 6 3 3 3 3 3
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
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* - 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 0 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 0 3 78 59 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 0 3 77 28 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 0 1 59 68 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 0 1 13 3 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 0 57 3133 102 1.153 9.4 0.1 1.0 3.0 3.04
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 3 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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

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