1881 Providence Grays

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1880 / 1882

47-37, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jack Farrell (24-27) and Tom York (23-10)
Scored 447 runs, Allowed 426 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 44-40

Ballparks: Messer Street Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 92

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1880 / 1882 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Emil Gross	23	51	195	182	15	50	9	4	1	24			13	11	.275	.323	.385	.708	122	70		0
2	1B	Joe Start*	38	79	357	348	56	114	12	6	0	29			9	7	.328	.345	.397	.741	133	138		0
3	2B	Jack Farrell	23	84	374	345	69	82	16	5	5	36			29	23	.238	.297	.357	.653	105	123		0
4	SS	Bill McClellan#	25	68	274	259	30	43	3	1	0	16			15	21	.166	.212	.185	.397	26	48		0
5	3B	Jerry Denny	22	85	325	320	38	77	16	2	1	24			5	44	.241	.252	.313	.565	77	100		0
6	OF	Tom York*	30	85	345	316	57	96	23	5	2	47			29	26	.304	.362	.427	.790	148	135		0
7	OF	Paul Hines	26	80	374	361	65	103	27	5	2	31			13	12	.285	.310	.404	.715	124	146		0
8	OF	Monte Ward*	21	85	362	357	56	87	18	6	0	53			5	10	.244	.254	.328	.582	82	117		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	C	Barney Gilligan	25	46	192	183	19	40	7	2	0	20			9	24	.219	.255	.279	.534	68	51		0
10	UT	Lew Brown	23	18	79	75	9	18	3	1	0	10			4	13	.240	.278	.307	.585	84	23		0
11	SS	Henry Myers	23	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
12	P	Old Hoss Radbourn	26	72	280	270	27	59	9	0	0	28			10	15	.219	.246	.252	.498	57	68		0
13	P	Bobby Mathews	29	16	62	57	6	11	1	0	0	4			5	6	.193	.258	.211	.469	49	12		0
		Team Totals	26.1	85	3223	3077	447	780	144	37	11	322			146	214	.253	.287	.335	.622	96	1031		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				4	2	5	3	4	4		1	1	1	6	5	4	4	4		4				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	21	18	18	.500	2.13	39	35	5	32	3	0	330.0	326	183	78	2	53		119		0	32	1398	125	1.148	8.9	0.1	1.4	3.2	2.25
2	SP	Old Hoss Radbourn	26	25	11	.694	2.43	41	36	4	34	3	0	325.1	309	162	88	1	64		117		0	17	1380	110	1.147	8.5	0.0	1.8	3.2	1.83
3	SP	Bobby Mathews	29	4	8	.333	3.17	14	14	0	10	1	0	102.1	121	81	36	2	21		28		0	9	473	85	1.388	10.6	0.2	1.8	2.5	1.33
		Team Totals	24.2	47	37	.560	2.40	85	85	9	76	7	0	757.2	756	426	202	5	138		264		0	58	3251	111	1.180	9.0	0.1	1.6	3.1	1.91
		Rank in 8 NL teams		2	7		1				6	4	2	3	3	4	2	1	6		2
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
Lew Brown	23	18		67	61	2	4	4	.940	3.50							OF-1B
Jerry Denny	22	85		387	144	181	62	12	.840	3.82							3B
Jack Farrell	23	85		547	206	273	68	40	.876	5.64							2B-OF
Barney Gilligan	25	47		292	194	73	25	9	.914	5.68	25						C-SS-OF
Emil Gross	23	51		349	241	70	38	5	.891	6.10	56						C-OF
Paul Hines	26	83		234	184	23	27	4	.885	2.49							OF-2B-1B
Bobby Mathews	29	19		25	4	16	5	2	.800	1.05							P-OF
Bill McClellan	25	68		274	82	153	39	18	.858	3.46							SS-OF-2B
Henry Myers	23	1		3	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00							SS
Old Hoss Radbourn	26	79		208	57	121	30	8	.856	2.25							P-OF-SS
Joe Start	38	79		887	837	17	33	50	.963	10.81							1B
Monte Ward	21	92		262	103	130	29	11	.889	2.53							P-OF-SS
Tom York	30	85		205	159	17	29	1	.859	2.07							OF
Team Totals	26.0	85		3740	2273	1078	389	164	.896	4.23	81
Rank in 8 NL teams							2	4	7
	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
Lew Brown	23	79	-2	0	0	0	-2	-1	2	-3	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$		O/3
Jerry Denny	22	325	-11	0	0	0	1	3	10	3	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$900		*5
Jack Farrell	23	374	3	2	0	0	0	1	11	17	1.7	17	1.7	0.0	$1,400		*4/O
Barney Gilligan	25	192	-8	0	0	0	5	3	6	6	0.6	1	0.1	0.5	$875		26/O
Emil Gross	23	195	6	-2	0	0	-4	3	6	9	0.9	13	1.3	-0.4	$1,500		2/O
Paul Hines	26	374	12	1	0	0	4	-4	10	23	2.3	19	1.9	0.4	$1,400		*O/43
Bobby Mathews	29	62	-3	0	0	0	-1	0	2	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$1,000		1/O
Bill McClellan#	25	274	-22	0	0	0	-2	2	9	-13	-1.2	-11	-1.1	-0.1	$1,100		6O/4
Henry Myers	23	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/6
Old Hoss Radbourn	26	280	-12	-1	0	0	-4	0	9	-8	-0.7	-4	-0.4	-0.3	$	Free Agency	1O6
Joe Start*	38	357	16	0	0	0	0	0	10	26	2.5	26	2.5	0.0	$1,300		*3
Monte Ward*	21	362	-6	2	0	0	0	-1	11	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$1,700	Unknown	O16
Tom York*	30	345	20	0	0	0	0	-6	11	25	2.4	25	2.4	0.0	$		*O
Team Total	26.1	3223	-8	2	0	0	-3	0	97	88	8.9	91	8.9	0.0	$11,175
	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	29	102.1	14	81	64	0	1.0	-17	-1.9	$
Old Hoss Radbourn	26	325.1	36	162	205	-1	1.0	43	3.5	$	Free Agency
Monte Ward	21	330.0	35	183	208	-1	1.0	25	1.7	$	Unknown
Team Total	24.2	757.2	85	426	477	-2	1.0	51	3.3	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1880 / 1882 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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