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1879 Providence Grays Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1878 / 1880)
59-25, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 612 runs, Allowed 355 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-23
Manager: George Wright (59-25)
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 95
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1878 / 1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 .646 111 86
2 1B Joe Start* 36 66 324 317 70 101 11 5 2 37 7 4 .319 .333 .404 .737 142 128
3 2B Mike McGeary 28 85 379 374 62 103 7 2 0 35 5 13 .275 .285 .305 .590 95 114
4 SS George Wright 32 85 401 388 79 107 15 10 1 42 13 20 .276 .299 .374 .673 121 145
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 .767 152 144
7 OF Paul Hines 24 85 417 409 81 146 25 10 2 52 8 16 .357 .369 .482 .851 178 197
8 OF Jim O'Rourke 28 81 375 362 69 126 19 9 1 46 13 10 .348 .371 .459 .829 172 166
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 C Emil Gross 21 30 136 132 31 46 9 5 0 24 4 8 .348 .368 .492 .860 181 65
10 2B Jack Farrell 21 12 51 51 5 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 .255 .255 .294 .549 81 15
11 UT Denny Sullivan? 21 5 20 19 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 .263 .300 .368 .668 119 7
12 C Rudy Kemmler 19 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -5 1
13 OF Dan O'Leary* 22 2 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 184 3
14 C Doug Allison 32 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0
15 1B Bill White? 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 66 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
16 P John Ward* 19 83 371 364 71 104 9 4 2 41 7 14 .286 .299 .349 .648 113 127
17 P Bobby Mathews 27 43 180 173 25 35 2 0 1 10 7 12 .202 .233 .231 .465 54 40
Team Totals 26.7 85 3483 3392 612 1003 142 55 12 405 91 172 .296 .314 .381 .695 128 1291
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 1 1 1 1 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
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* - 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 John Ward 19 47 19 .712 2.15 70 60 10 58 2 1 587.0 571 270 140 5 36 239 0 29 2425 110 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 17 779 104 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 109 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 1844
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Doug Allison 32 1 12 9 1 2 0 .833 10.00 2 C
Lew Brown 21 54 0 0 6 420 290 64 66 5 .843 6.56 42 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 C
Bill Hague 27 51 214 54 122 38 2 .822 3.45 3B
Paul Hines 24 85 0 85 0 196 146 24 26 3 .867 2.00 OF
Rudy Kemmler 19 2 24 13 7 4 0 .833 10.00 4 C
Bobby Mathews 27 53 0 0 21 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Jim O'Rourke 28 84 2 0 56 365 302 29 34 6 .907 3.94 4 OF-1B-C-3B
Joe Start 36 66 0 0 1 812 779 11 22 24 .973 11.97 1B-OF
Denny Sullivan 21 5 0 0 1 14 1 5 8 0 .429 1.20 3B-OF
John Ward 19 94 4 0 4 245 55 167 23 4 .906 2.36 P-3B-OF
Bill White -- 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 81 0 0 137 114 9 14 2 .898 1.52 OF
Team Totals 26.5 85 3897 2327 1188 382 99 .902 4.44 82
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 7 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

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