1878 Indianapolis Blues

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24-36, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John Clapp (24-36)
Scored 293 runs, Allowed 328 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 27-33

Ballparks: South Street Park, Grand Avenue Park & Union Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 89 · one-year: Batting - 87, Pitching - 89

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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	Silver Flint	22	63	256	254	23	57	7	0	0	18			2	15	.224	.230	.252	.482	67	64		0
2	1B	Art Croft?	23	60	227	222	22	35	6	0	0	16			5	23	.158	.176	.185	.361	25	41		0
3	2B	Joe Quest	25	62	290	278	45	57	3	2	0	13			12	24	.205	.238	.230	.468	63	64		0
4	SS	Fred Warner?	23	43	167	165	19	41	4	0	0	10			2	15	.248	.257	.273	.530	84	45		0
5	3B	Ned Williamson	20	63	255	250	31	58	10	2	1	19			5	15	.232	.247	.300	.547	89	75		0
6	OF	Orator Shafer*	26	63	279	266	48	90	19	6	0	30			13	20	.338	.369	.455	.824	184	121		0
7	OF	Russ McKelvy	23	63	258	253	33	57	4	3	2	36			5	38	.225	.240	.289	.529	83	73		0
8	OF	John Clapp	26	63	276	263	42	80	10	2	0	29			13	8	.304	.337	.357	.694	141	94		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	Candy Nelson*	29	19	89	84	12	11	1	0	0	5			5	11	.131	.180	.143	.323	13	12		0
10	OF	Jimmy Hallinan*	29	3	12	12	0	3	2	0	0	1			0	2	.250	.250	.417	.667	128	5		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
11	P	The Only Nolan*	20	38	154	152	11	37	8	0	0	16			2	10	.243	.253	.296	.549	90	45		0
12	P	Jim McCormick	21	15	56	56	5	8	1	0	0	0			0	2	.143	.143	.161	.304	5	9		0
13	P	Tom Healey?	25	12	45	45	2	8	1	0	0	4			0	14	.178	.178	.200	.378	31	9		0
		Team Totals	23.6	63	2364	2300	293	542	76	15	3	197			64	197	.236	.256	.286	.542	88	657		0
		Rank in 6 NL teams				2	5	5	3	6	3		1	1	3	3	6	5	6	6		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	The Only Nolan	20	13	22	.371	2.57	38	38	0	37	1	0	347.0	357	208	99	1	56		125			21	1469	80	1.190	9.3	0.0	1.5	3.2	2.23
2	SP	Jim McCormick	21	5	8	.385	1.69	14	14	0	12	1	0	117.0	128	47	22	0	15		36			4	490	122	1.222	9.8	0.0	1.2	2.8	2.40
3	SP	Tom Healey	25	6	4	.600	2.22	11	10	1	9	0	1	89.0	98	50	22	1	13		18			2	376	93	1.247	9.9	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.38
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
4	RP	Russ McKelvy	23	0	2	.000	2.16	4	1	3	1	0	0	25.0	38	23	6	1	3		3			3	121	98	1.640	13.7	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.00
		Team Totals	21.1	24	36	.400	2.32	63	63	4	59	2	1	578.0	621	328	149	3	87		182			30	2456	89	1.225	9.7	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.09
		Rank in 6 NL teams		5	2		2				3	4	1	1	6	3	5	2	6		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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
John Clapp	26	69		288	234	33	21	6	.927	3.87	10							OF-1B-C-SS-2B
Art Croft	23	60		586	552	9	25	19	.957	9.35								1B-OF
Silver Flint	22	68		442	296	102	44	7	.900	5.85	55							C-OF
Jimmy Hallinan	29	3		6	4	0	2	0	.667	1.33								OF
Tom Healey	25	14		33	6	20	7	0	.788	1.86								P-OF
Jim McCormick	21	17		45	9	33	3	3	.933	2.47								P-OF
Russ McKelvy	23	66		176	121	27	28	2	.841	2.24								P-OF
Candy Nelson	29	19		82	19	50	13	1	.841	3.63								SS
The Only Nolan	20	39		110	19	80	11	5	.900	2.54								P-OF
Joe Quest	25	62		484	228	196	60	27	.876	6.84								2B
Orator Shafer	26	63		158	105	28	25	2	.842	2.11								OF
Fred Warner	23	43		186	44	124	18	9	.903	3.91								SS-OF
Ned Williamson	20	63		249	88	128	33	6	.867	3.43								3B
Team Totals	23.5	63		2845	1725	830	290	87	.898	4.36	65
Rank in 6 NL teams							4	3	3
	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
John Clapp	26	63	276	15	0	0	0	-2	13	1.2	8	21	2.0	.520	.508	2.1	-0.2	21			*O3/264
Art Croft?	23	60	227	-14	0	0	-1	-1	-16	-1.7	6	-10	-1.0	.473	.490	-0.8	-0.2	-9			*3/O
Silver Flint	22	63	256	-5	0	0	7	3	5	0.4	7	12	1.2	.508	.503	0.6	1.0	5			*2/O
Jimmy Hallinan*	29	3	12	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	0			/O
Tom Healey?	25	12	45	-4	0	0	-1	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1			1/O
Jim McCormick	21	15	56	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.486	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0			1/O
Russ McKelvy	23	63	258	-4	0	0	2	-3	-5	-0.5	7	3	0.3	.493	.497	0.1	-0.2	1			*O/1
Candy Nelson*	29	19	89	-7	0	0	-3	1	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.6	.456	.495	-0.3	-0.2	-3			6
The Only Nolan*	20	38	154	0	0	0	0	7	7	0.6	4	11	0.6	.517	.504	0.6	-0.0	11			1/O
Joe Quest	25	62	290	-7	0	0	-5	1	-11	-1.2	8	-3	-0.3	.482	.493	0.2	-0.4	2			*4
Orator Shafer*	26	63	279	25	0	0	6	-4	27	2.5	8	34	3.4	.541	.516	2.8	0.2	29			*O
Fred Warner?	23	43	167	-1	0	0	-1	3	0	-0.0	5	5	0.5	.501	.500	0.6	0.2	6			*6/O
Ned Williamson	20	63	255	0	0	0	-2	2	0	-0.1	7	8	0.8	.500	.500	1.0	-0.0	10			*5
Team Total	23.6	567	2364	-7	0	0	2	11	6	-0.1	67	74	6.4	.501	.500	6.5	-0.0	72
	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
Tom Healey	25	89.0	11	10	50	5.06	5.28	0.03	0.00	89.0	4.67	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.2	0.2	0	.465	.498
Jim McCormick	21	117.0	14	14	47	3.62	5.28	0.03	0.00	89.0	4.67	13	1.4		-0.2	2.2	19	.602	.509
Russ McKelvy	23	25.0	4	1	23	8.28	5.28	0.04	0.00	89.0	4.67	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-9	.298	.495
The Only Nolan	20	347.0	38	38	208	5.39	5.28	0.03	0.00	89.0	4.67	-29	-2.7		-0.6	-0.4	-13	.430	.484
Team Total	21.1	578.0	67	63	328	5.11	5.28	0.03	0.00	89.0	4.67	-29	-2.4	1.0	-1.0	1.4	-3	.464	.496
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

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