1879 Cleveland Blues

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1880

27-55, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim McCormick (27-55)
Scored 322 runs, Allowed 461 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 28-54

Ballparks: National League Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 103

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1880 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	Doc Kennedy	25	49	195	193	19	56	8	2	1	18			2	10	.290	.297	.368	.665	118	71		0
2	1B	Bill Phillips	22	81	367	365	58	99	15	4	0	29			2	20	.271	.275	.334	.609	100	122		0
3	2B	Jack Glasscock	21	80	331	325	31	68	9	3	0	29			6	24	.209	.224	.255	.479	58	83		0
4	SS	Tom Carey	33	80	340	335	30	80	14	1	0	32			5	20	.239	.250	.287	.537	77	96		0
5	3B	Fred Warner?	24	76	318	316	32	77	11	4	0	22			2	20	.244	.248	.304	.552	81	96		0
6	OF	George Strief	22	71	274	264	24	46	7	1	0	15			10	23	.174	.204	.208	.413	37	55		0
7	OF	Billy Riley	24	43	163	161	14	23	2	0	0	9			2	26	.143	.153	.155	.309	2	25		0
8	OF	Charlie Eden*	24	81	359	353	40	96	31	7	3	34			6	20	.272	.284	.425	.709	130	150		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	UT	Barney Gilligan	23	52	205	205	20	35	6	2	0	11			0	13	.171	.171	.220	.390	28	45		0
10	3B	Jack Allen	23	16	61	60	7	7	1	1	0	4			1	9	.117	.131	.167	.298	-2	10		0
11	OF	Len Stockwell	19	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
12	UT	Sonny Hoffman?	26	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
13	UT	John Kelly	20	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	66	1		0
14	UT	Fred Gunkle?	21	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.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
15	P	Jim McCormick	22	75	283	282	35	62	10	2	0	20			1	9	.220	.223	.270	.492	62	76		0
16	P	Bobby Mitchell*	23	30	109	109	11	16	2	2	0	6			0	14	.147	.147	.202	.349	14	22		0
		Team Totals	24.0	82	3024	2987	322	666	116	29	4	229			37	214	.223	.232	.285	.518	70	852		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	6	7	5	6	5		1	1	7	5	8	8	7	7		6				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	Jim McCormick	22	20	40	.333	2.42	62	60	1	59	3	0	546.1	582	308	147	3	74		197			30	2325	103	1.201	9.6	0.0	1.2	3.2	2.66
2	SP	Bobby Mitchell*	23	7	15	.318	3.28	23	22	2	20	0	0	194.2	236	153	71	1	42		90			26	876	76	1.428	10.9	0.0	1.9	4.2	2.14
		Team Totals	22.3	27	55	.329	2.65	82	82	3	79	3	0	741.0	818	461	218	4	116		287			56	3201	94	1.260	9.9	0.0	1.4	3.5	2.47
		Rank in 8 NL teams		6	2		6				2	6	2	4	7	5	7	2	8		2
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
Jack Allen	23	16		74	32	31	11	2	.851	3.94							3B-OF
Tom Carey	33	80		396	79	263	54	13	.864	4.28							SS
Charlie Eden	24	84		168	114	22	32	3	.810	1.62	2						OF-1B-C
Barney Gilligan	23	52		273	182	54	37	0	.864	4.54	42						C-OF-SS
Jack Glasscock	21	80		514	233	238	43	18	.916	5.89							2B-3B
Fred Gunkle	21	2		5	2	0	3	0	.400	1.00	7						OF-C
Sonny Hoffman	26	3		15	9	4	2	1	.867	4.33	7						C-OF
John Kelly	20	2		14	11	0	3	1	.786	5.50	4						C-1B
Doc Kennedy	25	50		412	318	52	42	4	.898	7.40	34						C-1B
Jim McCormick	22	79		232	97	120	15	4	.935	2.75							P-OF-1B
Bobby Mitchell	23	32		67	23	24	20	0	.701	1.47							P-OF
Bill Phillips	22	88		861	775	32	54	25	.937	9.17	26						1B-C-OF
Billy Riley	24	43		107	79	12	16	1	.850	2.12							OF
Len Stockwell	19	2		4	2	2	0	1	1.000	2.00							OF
George Strief	22	71		213	139	49	25	4	.883	2.65							OF-2B
Fred Warner	24	76		288	127	113	48	5	.833	3.16							3B-OF-1B
Team Totals	23.9	82		3643	2222	1016	405	82	.889	4.26	122
Rank in 8 NL teams							3	6	5
	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
Jack Allen	23	61	-7	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-6	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	Free Agency	5/O
Tom Carey	33	340	-12	-2	0	0	-3	5	10	-2	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$		*6
Charlie Eden*	24	359	5	-2	0	0	-4	-5	10	4	0.4	8	0.7	-0.3	$		*O/32
Barney Gilligan	23	205	-17	0	0	0	-6	0	7	-16	-1.5	-10	-0.9	-0.6	$		2O/6
Jack Glasscock	21	331	-18	-1	0	0	-4	2	10	-11	-0.9	-7	-0.6	-0.3	$800		*45
Fred Gunkle?	21	3	-1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		/2O
Sonny Hoffman?	26	6	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2O
John Kelly	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/32
Doc Kennedy	25	195	1	-1	0	0	5	3	6	14	1.4	9	0.8	0.6	$		2/3
Jim McCormick	22	283	-13	0	0	0	0	0	9	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$1,300		*1O/3
Bobby Mitchell*	23	109	-11	0	0	0	-2	0	3	-10	-0.9	-8	-0.7	-0.2	$		1/O
Bill Phillips	22	367	-5	1	0	0	-7	1	10	0	0.1	7	0.6	-0.5	$		*32/O
Billy Riley	24	163	-19	0	0	0	2	-3	5	-15	-1.3	-17	-1.6	0.3	$		O
Len Stockwell	19	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
George Strief	22	274	-20	-1	0	0	-3	-3	9	-18	-1.7	-15	-1.4	-0.3	$		*O4
Fred Warner?	24	318	-10	-1	0	0	-1	0	10	-2	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		*5O/3
Team Total	24.0	3024	-129	-7	0	0	-27	0	91	-72	-6.1	-45	-4.3	-1.8	$2,100
	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
Jim McCormick	22	546.1	60	308	351	-14	1.0	43	5.3	$
Bobby Mitchell*	23	194.2	22	153	125	-5	1.0	-28	-2.1	$
Team Total	22.3	741.0	82	461	476	-19	1.0	15	3.2	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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