1879 Providence Grays

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1878 / 1880

59-25, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Wright (59-25)
Scored 612 runs, Allowed 355 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-23

Ballparks: Messer Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 95

National League Champs

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1878 / 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	Lew Brown	21	53	233	229	23	59	13	4	2	38			4	24	.258	.270	.376	.646	110	86
2	1B	Joe Start*	36	66	324	317	70	101	11	5	2	37			7	4	.319	.333	.404	.737	141	128
3	2B	Mike McGeary	28	85	379	374	62	103	7	2	0	35			5	13	.275	.285	.305	.590	94	114
4	SS	George Wright	32	85	401	388	79	107	15	10	1	42			13	20	.276	.299	.374	.673	120	145
5	3B	Bill Hague	27	51	212	209	20	47	3	1	0	21			3	19	.225	.236	.249	.485	60	52
6	OF	Tom York*	28	81	361	342	69	106	25	5	1	50			19	28	.310	.346	.421	.767	151	144
7	OF	Paul Hines	24	85	417	409	81	146	25	10	2	52			8	16	.357	.369	.482	.851	177	197
8	OF	Jim O'Rourke	28	81	375	362	69	126	19	9	1	46			13	10	.348	.371	.459	.829	171	166
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	Bobby Mathews	27	43	180	173	25	35	2	0	1	10			7	12	.202	.233	.231	.465	53	40
10	C	Emil Gross	21	30	136	132	31	46	9	5	0	24			4	8	.348	.368	.492	.860	180	65
11	2B	Jack Farrell	21	12	51	51	5	13	2	0	0	5			0	0	.255	.255	.294	.549	80	15
12	UT	Denny Sullivan?	21	5	20	19	5	5	2	0	0	2			1	1	.263	.300	.368	.668	118	7
13	OF	Dan O'Leary*	22	2	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	2			0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	183	3
14	C	Rudy Kemmler	19	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-6	1
15	C	Doug Allison	32	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
16	1B	Bill White?	18	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	65	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
17	P	Monte Ward*	19	83	371	364	71	104	9	4	2	41			7	14	.286	.299	.349	.648	112	127
		Team Totals	26.7	85	3483	3392	612	1003	142	55	12	405			91	172	.296	.314	.381	.695	127	1291
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	1	1	2	1	2				1	8	1	1	1	1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.7	85	2932	2855	516	864	131	51	9	354			77	146	.303	.321	.394	.715	134	1124
		Pitcher Totals	21.6	85	551	537	96	139	11	4	3	51			14	26	.259	.278	.311	.589	93	167
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	19	47	19	.712	2.15	70	60	10	58	2	1	587.0	571	270	140	5	36		239		0	29	2425	112	1.034	8.8	0.1	0.6	3.7	6.64
2	SP	Bobby Mathews	27	12	6	.667	2.29	27	25	2	15	1	1	189.0	194	85	48	4	26		90		0	17	779	105	1.164	9.2	0.2	1.2	4.3	3.46
		Team Totals	20.9	59	25	.702	2.18	85	85	12	73	3	2	776.0	765	355	188	9	62		329		0	46	3204	110	1.066	8.9	0.1	0.7	3.8	5.31
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				7	6	1	1	5	2	4	5	6		1
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	32	1		12	9	1	2	0	.833	10.00	2		0	0				C
Lew Brown	21	54		420	290	64	66	5	.843	6.56	42		0	0				C-OF
Jack Farrell	21	12		106	42	55	9	8	.915	8.08								2B
Emil Gross	21	30		213	152	39	22	1	.897	6.37	30		0	0				C
Bill Hague	27	51		214	54	122	38	2	.822	3.45								3B
Paul Hines	24	85		196	146	24	26	3	.867	2.00								OF
Rudy Kemmler	19	2		24	13	7	4	0	.833	10.00	4		0	0				C
Bobby Mathews	27	53		83	24	46	13	1	.843	1.32								P-OF-3B
Mike McGeary	28	85		595	238	290	67	25	.887	6.21								2B-3B
Dan O'Leary	22	2		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Jim O'Rourke	28	84		365	302	29	34	6	.907	3.94	4		0	0				OF-1B-C-3B
Joe Start	36	66		812	779	11	22	24	.973	11.97								1B-OF
Denny Sullivan	21	5		14	1	5	8	0	.429	1.20								3B-OF
Monte Ward	19	94		245	55	167	23	4	.906	2.36								P-3B-OF
Bill White	18	1		12	12	0	0	1	1.000	12.00								1B
George Wright	32	85		449	96	319	34	17	.924	4.88								SS
Tom York	28	81		137	114	9	14	2	.898	1.52								OF
Team Totals	26.5	85		3897	2327	1188	382	99	.902	4.44	82		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							5	7	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 (v2.2): 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	32	1	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.397	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1			/2
Lew Brown	21	53	233	2	0	0	-2	3	3	0.2	8	10	1.0	.505	.502	1.2	0.1	13			2/O
Jack Farrell	21	12	51	-1	0	0	2	0	2	0.1	2	3	0.3	.513	.501	0.2	0.2	1			4
Emil Gross	21	30	136	11	0	0	0	2	13	1.2	4	18	1.6	.541	.508	1.7	0.2	18			2
Bill Hague	27	51	212	-9	0	0	5	2	-2	-0.3	7	5	0.5	.496	.499	0.0	0.6	0			5
Paul Hines	24	85	417	35	0	0	4	-5	34	3.0	13	47	4.4	.538	.520	4.1	-0.1	43			*O
Rudy Kemmler	19	2	7	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.422	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0			/2
Bobby Mathews	27	43	180	-8	0	0	-3	5	-5	-0.6	6	1	-0.6	.488	.497	-0.3	-0.4	4			1O/5
Mike McGeary	28	85	379	0	0	0	4	2	6	0.4	13	18	1.7	.507	.503	1.4	0.5	14			*45
Dan O'Leary*	22	2	7	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.526	.500	0.1	-0.0	1			/O
Jim O'Rourke	28	81	375	30	0	0	-3	-3	23	2.0	12	35	3.3	.527	.513	3.6	-0.6	38		Free Agency	*O3/25
Joe Start*	36	66	324	16	0	0	4	-0	20	1.8	10	30	2.8	.529	.512	2.5	0.4	26			*3/O
Denny Sullivan?	21	5	20	0	0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.492	.500	0.1	-0.1	1			/5O
Monte Ward*	19	83	371	7	0	0	1	13	21	1.8	12	34	1.8	.524	.512	1.8	0.1	33		Unknown	*15/O
Bill White?	18	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.479	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0			/3
George Wright	32	85	401	10	0	0	17	6	33	2.9	13	45	4.3	.536	.519	2.7	2.1	28	$2,000	Free Agency	*6
Tom York*	28	81	361	19	0	0	0	-5	14	1.2	12	26	2.5	.516	.508	2.5	-0.5	26			*O
Team Total	26.7	766	3483	113	0	0	27	20	160	13.4	113	273	23.5	.519	.505	21.4	2.3	246	$2,000
	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 (v2.2): 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
Bobby Mathews	27	189.0	27	25	85	4.05	5.02	0.30	0.00	95.0	4.48	11	1.0	1.0	-0.2	2.6	29	.538	.506
Monte Ward	19	587.0	70	60	270	4.14	5.02	0.32	0.00	95.0	4.47	26	2.5	1.0	-0.5	7.4	84	.536	.516		Unknown
Team Total	20.9	776.0	97	85	355	4.12	5.02	0.31	0.00	95.0	4.47	37	3.6	1.0	-0.7	10.1	113	.537	.511
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1878 / 1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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