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1879 Providence Grays

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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


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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