1878 Providence Grays

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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33-27, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom York (33-27)
Scored 353 runs, Allowed 337 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 31-29

Ballparks: Messer Street Grounds & Union Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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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	Lew Brown	20	58	250	243	44	74	21	6	1	43			7	37	.305	.324	.453	.777	153	110		0
2	1B	Tim Murnane*	27	49	196	188	35	45	6	1	0	14			8	12	.239	.270	.282	.552	82	53		0
3	2B	Charlie Sweasy	30	55	219	212	23	37	3	0	0	8			7	23	.175	.201	.189	.390	29	40		0
4	SS	Tom Carey	32	61	253	253	33	60	10	3	0	24			0	14	.237	.237	.300	.538	75	76		0
5	3B	Bill Hague	26	62	255	250	21	51	3	0	0	25			5	34	.204	.220	.216	.436	43	54		0
6	OF	Tom York*	27	62	277	269	56	83	19	10	1	26			8	19	.309	.329	.465	.793	158	125		0
7	OF	Dick Higham*	26	62	286	281	60	90	22	1	1	29			5	16	.320	.332	.416	.749	144	117		0
8	OF	Paul Hines	23	62	259	257	42	92	13	4	4	50			2	10	.358	.363	.486	.849	177	125		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	C	Doug Allison	31	19	77	76	9	22	2	0	0	7			1	8	.289	.299	.316	.614	102	24		0
10	2B	Lip Pike*	33	5	23	22	4	5	0	1	0	4			1	1	.227	.261	.318	.579	89	7		0
11	IF	Fred Corey	23	7	21	21	3	3	0	0	0	1			0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-6	3		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
12	P	Monte Ward*	18	37	140	138	14	27	5	4	1	15			2	13	.196	.207	.312	.519	68	43		0
13	P	Tricky Nichols	27	11	51	49	2	9	2	0	0	2			2	10	.184	.216	.224	.440	45	11		0
14	P	Harry Wheeler	20	7	29	27	7	4	0	0	0	1			2	15	.148	.207	.148	.355	18	4		0
15	P	Tom Healey?	25	3	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	2			0	4	.222	.222	.333	.556	80	3		0
16	P	Cherokee Fisher	33	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	25.9	62	2348	2298	353	604	107	30	8	251			50	218	.263	.279	.346	.624	104	795		0
		Rank in 6 NL teams				3	2	3	1	1	1		1	1	5	1	3	3	2	2		2				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	Monte Ward	18	22	13	.629	1.51	37	37	0	37	6	0	334.0	308	151	56	3	34		116			26	1365	147	1.024	8.3	0.1	0.9	3.1	3.41
2	SP	Tricky Nichols	27	4	7	.364	4.22	11	10	1	10	0	0	98.0	157	98	46	0	8		21			9	464	53	1.684	14.4	0.0	0.7	1.9	2.63
3	SP	Harry Wheeler	20	6	1	.857	3.48	7	6	1	6	0	0	62.0	70	40	24	1	25		25			13	280	64	1.532	10.2	0.1	3.6	3.6	1.00
4	SP	Fred Corey	23	1	2	.333	2.35	5	5	0	2	0	0	23.0	22	10	6	0	7		7			1	95	97	1.261	8.6	0.0	2.7	2.7	1.00
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
5		Tom Healey	25	0	3	.000	3.00	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	27	17	8	1	7		2			6	104	76	1.417	10.1	0.4	2.6	0.8	0.29
6		Cherokee Fisher	33	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	14	12	4	0	0		2			1	46	60	1.556	14.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
7		Doug Allison	31	0	0		1.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	11	5	1	0	1		0			0	26	140	2.400	19.8	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.00
8		Lew Brown	20	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	4	2	0	4		0			2	8	21	4.000	0.0	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	20.7	33	27	.550	2.38	62	62	3	59	6	0	556.0	609	337	147	5	86		173			58	2388	94	1.250	9.9	0.1	1.4	2.8	2.01
		Rank in 6 NL teams		3	4		5				3	2	2	2	5	5	4	5	5		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
Doug Allison	31	20		135	96	27	12	1	.911	6.15	20							P-C
Lew Brown	20	62		552	410	88	54	18	.902	8.03	55							P-C-1B-OF
Tom Carey	32	61		301	56	207	38	8	.874	4.31								SS
Fred Corey	23	8		23	11	11	1	1	.957	2.75								P-2B-1B
Cherokee Fisher	33	1		3	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00								P
Bill Hague	26	62		279	81	177	21	5	.925	4.16								3B
Tom Healey	25	3		5	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.67								P
Dick Higham	26	63		130	77	28	25	4	.808	1.67	0							OF-C
Paul Hines	23	62		153	109	20	24	4	.843	2.08								OF-SS
Tim Murnane	27	49		605	545	22	38	25	.937	11.57								1B-OF
Tricky Nichols	27	11		34	6	27	1	2	.971	3.00								P
Lip Pike	33	5		33	13	13	7	0	.788	5.20								2B
Charlie Sweasy	30	55		383	141	183	59	20	.846	5.89								2B
Monte Ward	18	37		112	23	74	15	4	.866	2.62								P
Harry Wheeler	20	7		8	2	5	1	0	.875	1.00								P
Tom York	27	62		118	89	14	15	3	.873	1.66								OF
Team Totals	25.9	62		2874	1661	902	311	95	.892	4.51	75
Rank in 6 NL teams							2	2	4
	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
Doug Allison	31	19	77	-0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	5	0.5	.512	.501	0.4	0.2	4	$		2/1
Lew Brown	20	58	250	11	0	0	-1	3	13	1.2	7	20	2.0	.522	.508	2.1	0.2	21	$		*23/O1
Tom Carey	32	61	253	-6	0	0	1	4	-1	-0.2	7	6	0.6	.499	.500	0.6	0.5	5	$		*6
Fred Corey	23	7	21	-2	0	0	1	1	-0	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$		/143
Cherokee Fisher	33	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.449	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$		/1
Bill Hague	26	62	255	-16	0	0	14	2	0	-0.0	7	8	0.8	.501	.500	-0.6	1.6	-6	$		*5
Tom Healey?	25	3	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$		/1
Dick Higham*	26	62	286	13	0	0	2	-4	11	1.0	8	20	1.9	.518	.507	1.8	-0.2	18	$		*O/2
Paul Hines	23	62	259	21	0	0	2	-3	20	1.8	7	27	2.6	.531	.512	2.5	-0.1	25	$		*O/6
Tim Murnane*	27	49	196	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.492	.498	0.3	-0.1	3	$		*3/O
Tricky Nichols	27	11	51	-3	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.486	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$		1
Lip Pike*	33	5	23	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.479	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$		/4
Charlie Sweasy	30	55	219	-16	0	0	-4	1	-19	-2.0	6	-13	-1.3	.465	.488	-0.8	-0.3	-9	$		*4
Monte Ward*	18	37	140	-5	0	0	0	6	1	0.1	4	5	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	5	$	Unknown	1
Harry Wheeler	20	7	29	-4	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.465	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$		/1
Tom York*	27	62	277	16	0	0	0	-4	12	1.1	8	20	1.9	.518	.507	2.0	-0.4	20	$		*O
Team Total	25.9	561	2348	5	0	0	14	11	30	2.2	67	97	8.7	.505	.501	7.9	1.3	83	$
	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
Doug Allison	31	5.0	1	0	5	9.00	5.07	0.30	0.00	96.0	4.58	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.301	.499	$
Lew Brown	20	1.0	1	0	4	36.00	5.07	0.24	0.00	96.0	4.63	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.243	.498	$
Fred Corey	23	23.0	5	5	10	3.91	5.07	0.21	0.00	96.0	4.67	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	3	.538	.501	$
Cherokee Fisher	33	9.0	1	1	12	12.00	5.07	0.29	0.00	96.0	4.59	-7	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-7	.110	.498	$
Tom Healey	25	24.0	3	3	17	6.38	5.07	0.23	0.00	96.0	4.64	-5	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.364	.497	$
Tricky Nichols	27	98.0	11	10	98	9.00	5.07	0.26	0.00	96.0	4.61	-48	-3.3	1.0	-0.2	-2.6	-44	.203	.480	$
Monte Ward	18	334.0	37	37	151	4.07	5.07	0.22	0.00	96.0	4.66	21	2.2		-0.6	4.3	36	.559	.513	$	Unknown
Harry Wheeler	20	62.0	7	6	40	5.81	5.07	0.22	0.00	96.0	4.66	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-5	.396	.496	$
Team Total	20.7	556.0	66	62	337	5.46	5.07	0.23	0.00	96.0	4.65	-51	-2.9	1.0	-1.0	0.7	-26	.456	.498	$
	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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