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 - 99, Pitching - 95 · 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	111	86		0
2	1B	Joe Start*	36	66	324	317	70	101	11	5	2	37			7	4	.319	.333	.404	.737	142	128		0
3	2B	Mike McGeary	28	85	379	374	62	103	7	2	0	35			5	13	.275	.285	.305	.590	95	114		0
4	SS	George Wright	32	85	401	388	79	107	15	10	1	42			13	20	.276	.299	.374	.673	121	145		0
5	3B	Bill Hague	27	51	212	209	20	47	3	1	0	21			3	19	.225	.236	.249	.485	60	52		0
6	OF	Tom York*	28	81	361	342	69	106	25	5	1	50			19	28	.310	.346	.421	.767	152	144		0
7	OF	Paul Hines	24	85	417	409	81	146	25	10	2	52			8	16	.357	.369	.482	.851	178	197		0
8	OF	Jim O'Rourke	28	81	375	362	69	126	19	9	1	46			13	10	.348	.371	.459	.829	172	166		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	OF	Bobby Mathews	27	43	180	173	25	35	2	0	1	10			7	12	.202	.233	.231	.465	54	40		0
10	C	Emil Gross	21	30	136	132	31	46	9	5	0	24			4	8	.348	.368	.492	.860	181	65		0
11	2B	Jack Farrell	21	12	51	51	5	13	2	0	0	5			0	0	.255	.255	.294	.549	81	15		0
12	UT	Denny Sullivan?	21	5	20	19	5	5	2	0	0	2			1	1	.263	.300	.368	.668	119	7		0
13	C	Rudy Kemmler	19	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-5	1		0
14	OF	Dan O'Leary*	22	2	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	2			0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	184	3		0
15	C	Doug Allison	32	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
16	1B	Bill White?	18	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	66	1		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
17	P	Monte Ward*	19	83	371	364	71	104	9	4	2	41			7	14	.286	.299	.349	.648	113	127		0
		Team Totals	26.7	85	3483	3392	612	1003	142	55	12	405			91	172	.296	.314	.381	.695	128	1291		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	1	1	2	1	2		1	1	1	8	1	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

* - 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			29	2425	111	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			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			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		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%	PO	Pos. Summary
Doug Allison	32	1		12	9	1	2	0	.833	10.00	2						C
Lew Brown	21	54		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		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		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						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
Rank in 8 NL teams							5	7	3
	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
Doug Allison	32	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/2
Lew Brown	21	233	1	-1	0	0	-2	3	7	8	0.8	10	1.0	-0.2	$		2/O
Jack Farrell	21	51	-1	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0.3	1	0.1	0.2	$		4
Emil Gross	21	136	13	1	0	0	0	2	4	20	1.9	20	1.9	0.0	$		2
Bill Hague	27	212	-10	-1	0	0	5	2	7	3	0.3	-2	-0.2	0.5	$		5
Paul Hines	24	417	40	0	0	0	4	-4	11	51	4.8	47	4.5	0.3	$		*O
Rudy Kemmler	19	7	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/2
Bobby Mathews	27	180	-9	0	0	0	-3	-1	6	-8	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$		1O/5
Mike McGeary	28	379	1	1	0	0	4	2	11	19	1.9	15	1.4	0.5	$		*45
Dan O'Leary*	22	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/O
Jim O'Rourke	28	375	34	0	0	0	-3	-3	10	38	3.6	41	3.9	-0.3	$	Free Agency	*O3/25
Joe Start*	36	324	19	2	0	0	4	0	8	33	3.2	29	2.8	0.4	$		*3/O
Denny Sullivan?	21	20	1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$		/5O
Monte Ward*	19	371	8	2	0	0	1	1	11	23	2.2	22	2.1	0.1	$	Unknown	*15/O
Bill White?	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/3
George Wright	32	401	11	2	0	0	17	6	11	47	4.6	30	2.9	1.7	$2,000	Free Agency	*6
Tom York*	28	361	22	0	0	0	0	-5	10	27	2.6	27	2.6	0.0	$		*O
Team Total	26.7	3483	129	6	0	0	27	3	99	263	25.4	237	22.7	2.7	$2,000
	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
Bobby Mathews	27	189.0	25	85	122	5	1.0	37	2.5	$
Monte Ward	19	587.0	60	270	378	14	1.0	108	7.0	$	Unknown
Team Total	20.9	776.0	85	355	500	19	1.0	145	9.5	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1878 / 1880 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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