1880 Providence Grays

Roster (40-man)

52-32, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mike McGeary (8-7), Monte Ward (18-13) and Mike Dorgan (26-12)
Scored 419 runs, Allowed 299 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-29

Ballparks: Messer Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 92

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1879 / 1881 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
George Bradley	27	R	R	5' 10"	175	Jul 13, 1852	5	82		82		28	0	2	0	57	0	1	0	6	7			4.9
Mike Dorgan	26	R	R	5' 9"	180	Oct 2, 1853	3	79		79		1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	77	77			1.2
Jack Farrell	22	R	R	5' 9"	165	Jul 5, 1857	2	80		80		0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	0			3.1
Emil Gross	22	R	R	6' 0"	190	Mar 4, 1858	2	87		87		0	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3.0
Paul Hines	25	R	R	5' 9"	173	Mar 1, 1855	9	85		85		0	0	4	6	0	0	0	75	0	75			4.2
Sadie Houck	24	R	R	5' 7"	151	Mar, 1856	2	49		49		0	0	0	0	0	0	38	12	2	49			0.4
Mike McGeary	29	R	R	5' 7"	138	Feb 12, 1851	9	18		18		0	0	0	2	17	1	0	0	0	0			-0.0
John Peters	30	R	R	5' 7"	180	Apr 8, 1850	7	86		86		0	0	0	0	0	86	0	0	0	0			1.5
Joe Start	37	L	L	5' 9"	165	Oct 14, 1842	10	82		82		0	0	82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.7
Monte Ward HOF	20	L	R	5' 9"	165	Mar 3, 1860	3	86		86		70	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	2			7.4	$1,700
Tom York	29	L	L	5' 9"	165	Jul 13, 1850	10	53		53		0	0	0	0	0	0	50	1	2	53			0.1
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1879 / 1881 Roster (40-man)

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