1880 Cincinnati Reds

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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21-59, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Clapp (21-59)
Scored 296 runs, Allowed 472 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 24-56

Ballparks: Bank Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 104

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1879 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	John Clapp	28	80	344	323	33	91	16	4	1	20			21	10	.282	.326	.365	.691	136	118		0
2	1B	John Reilly	21	73	275	272	21	56	8	4	0	16			3	36	.206	.215	.265	.479	63	72		0
3	2B	Pop Smith	23	83	340	334	35	69	10	9	0	27			6	36	.207	.221	.290	.511	73	97		0
4	SS	Lou Say	26	48	195	191	14	38	8	1	0	15			4	31	.199	.215	.251	.467	59	48		0
5	3B	Hick Carpenter	24	77	302	300	32	72	6	4	0	23			2	15	.240	.245	.287	.532	81	86		0
6	OF	Mike Mansell*	22	53	191	187	22	36	6	2	2	12			4	37	.193	.209	.278	.487	65	52		0
7	OF	Jack Manning	26	48	197	190	20	41	6	3	2	17			7	15	.216	.244	.311	.554	88	59		0
8	OF	Blondie Purcell	26	77	330	325	48	95	13	6	1	24			5	13	.292	.303	.378	.681	132	123		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	OF	Deacon White*	32	35	150	141	21	42	4	2	0	7			9	7	.298	.340	.355	.695	138	50		0
10	SS	Andy Leonard	34	33	141	133	15	28	3	0	1	17			8	11	.211	.255	.256	.511	76	34		0
11	UT	Charlie Reilley	24	30	103	103	8	21	1	0	0	9			0	5	.204	.204	.214	.417	43	22		0
12	OF	Joe Sommer	21	24	88	88	10	16	1	0	0	6			0	2	.182	.182	.193	.375	29	17		0
13	OF	Harry Wheeler	22	17	65	65	1	6	2	0	0	2			0	15	.092	.092	.123	.215	-27	8		0
14	SS	Sam Wright	31	9	34	34	0	3	0	0	0	0			0	5	.088	.088	.088	.176	-39	3		0
15	3B	Amos Booth	31	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.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
16	P	Will White#	25	62	213	207	16	35	7	1	0	14			6	29	.169	.192	.213	.405	39	44		0
		Team Totals	25.3	83	2970	2895	296	649	91	36	7	209			75	267	.224	.244	.288	.532	81	833		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				8	8	8	8	7	4		1	1	8	3	8	8	8	8		8				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	25	18	42	.300	2.14	62	62	0	58	3	0	517.1	550	323	123	9	56		161			35	2217	114	1.171	9.6	0.2	1.0	2.8	2.88
2	SP	Blondie Purcell	26	3	17	.150	3.21	25	21	4	21	0	0	196.0	235	149	70	1	32		47			10	899	76	1.362	10.8	0.0	1.5	2.2	1.47
		Team Totals	25.3	21	59	.263	2.44	83	83	4	79	3	0	713.1	785	472	193	10	88		208			45	3116	101	1.224	9.9	0.1	1.1	2.6	2.36
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		5				4	8	6	8	6	7	5	6	4		5
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Amos Booth	31	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								3B
Hick Carpenter	24	77		391	213	128	50	12	.872	4.43								3B-1B-SS
John Clapp	28	83		620	436	121	63	5	.898	6.71	56							C-OF
Andy Leonard	34	33		125	29	75	21	4	.832	3.15								SS-3B
Jack Manning	26	48		96	64	12	20	1	.792	1.58								OF-1B
Mike Mansell	22	53		185	147	13	25	5	.865	3.02								OF
Blondie Purcell	26	81		167	88	54	25	1	.850	1.75								P-OF-SS
Charlie Reilley	24	33		98	68	16	14	0	.857	2.55	18							OF-C-3B
John Reilly	21	75		665	616	13	36	36	.946	8.39								1B-OF
Lou Say	26	48		262	54	164	44	11	.832	4.54								SS
Pop Smith	23	83		614	282	243	89	32	.855	6.33								2B
Joe Sommer	21	25		51	42	4	5	1	.902	1.84	0							OF-3B-C-SS
Harry Wheeler	22	17		56	37	5	14	1	.750	2.47								OF
Deacon White	32	37		85	59	9	17	3	.800	1.84								OF-1B-2B
Will White	25	65		96	18	68	10	2	.896	1.32								P-OF
Sam Wright	31	9		36	5	27	4	0	.889	3.56								SS
Team Totals	25.2	83		3547	2158	952	437	114	.877	4.05	74
Rank in 8 NL teams							1	6	8
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Amos Booth	31	1	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.458	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$		/5
Hick Carpenter	24	77	302	-4	0	0	-9	2	-11	-1.2	9	-2	-0.2	.486	.493	0.8	-0.7	7	$		*5/36
John Clapp	28	80	344	14	0	0	5	4	24	2.3	10	34	3.4	.530	.515	3.0	0.9	29	$		*2O
Andy Leonard	34	33	141	-3	0	0	-2	2	-3	-0.3	4	2	0.2	.492	.498	0.4	-0.0	4	$		65
Jack Manning	26	48	197	-2	0	0	-5	-3	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.4	.480	.494	0.2	-0.8	1	$	Loaned	O/3
Mike Mansell*	22	53	191	-8	0	0	6	-3	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.1	.490	.497	-0.5	0.3	-5	$		O
Blondie Purcell	26	77	330	12	0	0	-6	-0	6	0.5	10	16	1.6	.507	.503	2.2	-0.9	22	$		O1/6
Charlie Reilley	24	30	103	-5	0	0	-5	0	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.466	.494	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$		O2/5
John Reilly	21	73	275	-11	0	0	-10	-0	-21	-2.2	8	-13	-1.3	.471	.487	-0.2	-1.0	-3	$		*3/O
Lou Say	26	48	195	-9	0	0	-8	3	-13	-1.4	6	-8	-0.8	.472	.492	0.1	-0.5	0	$		6
Pop Smith	23	83	340	-9	0	0	-17	2	-24	-2.5	10	-14	-1.4	.471	.485	0.3	-1.5	3	$		*4
Joe Sommer	21	24	88	-5	0	0	0	-1	-6	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.472	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$		O/526
Harry Wheeler	22	17	65	-9	0	0	-1	-1	-11	-1.1	2	-9	-0.9	.433	.493	-0.8	-0.2	-8	$		O
Deacon White*	32	35	150	6	0	0	-4	-2	0	-0.0	5	5	0.5	.501	.500	0.9	-0.6	9	$		O/34
Will White#	25	62	213	-13	0	0	0	6	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.8	.488	.495	-0.8	-0.0	-1	$		*1/O
Sam Wright	31	9	34	-5	0	0	0	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.452	.497	-0.3	0.1	-3	$		/6
Team Total	25.3	750	2970	-49	0	0	-56	9	-96	-10.6	90	-6	-1.4	.487	.496	4.7	-5.8	50	$
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Blondie Purcell	26	196.0	25	21	149	6.84	4.85	-0.75	0.00	103.0	5.77	-22	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.6	-12	.418	.487	$
Will White	25	517.1	62	62	323	5.62	4.85	-0.69	0.00	103.0	5.71	9	0.9		-0.5	4.7	35	.515	.506	$
Team Total	25.3	713.1	87	83	472	5.96	4.85	-0.71	0.00	103.0	5.72	-13	-1.1	1.0	-0.7	4.1	22	.487	.496	$
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1879 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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