1881 Worcester Ruby Legs

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1880 / 1882

32-50, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mike Dorgan (24-32) and Harry Stovey (8-18)
Scored 410 runs, Allowed 492 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 34-48

Ballparks: Agricultural County Fair Grounds I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107

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1880 / 1882 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	Doc Bushong	24	76	296	275	35	64	7	4	0	21			21	23	.233	.287	.287	.574	76	79		0
2	1B	Harry Stovey	24	75	353	341	57	92	25	7	2	30			12	23	.270	.295	.402	.696	111	137		0
3	2B	George Creamer	26	80	320	309	42	64	9	2	0	25			11	27	.207	.234	.249	.484	48	77		0
4	SS	Arthur Irwin*	23	50	213	206	27	55	8	2	0	24			7	4	.267	.291	.325	.616	88	67		0
5	3B	Hick Carpenter	25	83	350	347	40	75	12	2	2	31			3	19	.216	.223	.280	.502	53	97		0
6	OF	Pete Hotaling*	24	77	335	317	51	98	15	3	1	35			18	12	.309	.346	.385	.731	124	122		0
7	OF	Buttercup Dickerson*	22	80	375	367	48	116	18	6	1	31			8	8	.316	.331	.406	.737	124	149		0
8	OF	Fred Corey	26	51	208	203	22	45	8	4	0	10			5	10	.222	.240	.300	.541	65	61		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	UT	Mike Dorgan	27	51	228	220	36	61	5	0	0	18			8	4	.277	.303	.300	.603	85	66		0
10	SS	Candy Nelson*	32	24	108	103	13	29	1	0	1	15			5	6	.282	.315	.320	.635	95	33		0
11	UT	Pop Smith	24	11	44	41	1	3	0	0	0	2			3	5	.073	.136	.073	.210	-34	3		0
12	OF	Billy Taylor	26	6	28	28	3	3	1	0	0	2			0	2	.107	.107	.143	.250	-24	4		0
13	OF	Lip Pike*	36	5	22	18	1	2	0	0	0	0			4	3	.111	.273	.111	.384	22	2		0
14	C	Charlie Reilley	25	2	8	8	2	3	0	0	0	1			0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	130	3		0
15	C	Joseph Quinn?		2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1			1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	23	1		0
16	SS	Asa Stratton?	28	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	54	1		0
17	OF	Martin Flaherty*	27	1	2	2	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
18	P	Lee Richmond?	24	61	262	252	31	63	5	1	0	28			10	10	.250	.279	.278	.556	71	70		0
19	P	Harry McCormick	25	12	50	45	1	6	0	0	0	3			5	6	.133	.220	.133	.353	11	6		0
		Team Totals	24.7	83	3214	3093	410	781	114	31	7	277			121	169	.253	.281	.316	.597	82	978		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	5	4	8	6	5		1	1	6	8	6	6	7	6		6				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	Lee Richmond*	24	25	26	.490	3.39	53	52	1	50	3	0	462.1	547	302	174	7	68		156		1	24	1992	89	1.330	10.6	0.1	1.3	3.0	2.29
2	SP	Fred Corey	26	6	15	.286	3.72	23	21	2	20	1	0	188.2	231	127	78	3	31		33		0	8	803	81	1.389	11.0	0.1	1.5	1.6	1.06
3	SP	Harry McCormick	25	1	8	.111	3.56	9	9	0	9	1	0	78.1	89	50	31	1	15		7		0	3	339	85	1.328	10.2	0.1	1.7	0.8	0.47
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
4		Billy Taylor	26	0	1	.000	7.88	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	15	13	7	0	6		0		0	2	47	40	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	24.6	32	50	.390	3.54	83	83	3	80	5	0	737.1	882	492	290	11	120		196		1	37	3181	85	1.359	10.8	0.1	1.5	2.4	1.63
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		8				5	6	2	7	8	8	8	6	2		7
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%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Doc Bushong	24	76		536	368	124	44	10	.918	6.47	53							C
Hick Carpenter	25	83		369	141	172	56	14	.848	3.77								3B
Fred Corey	26	55		141	55	71	15	3	.894	2.29								P-OF-SS
George Creamer	26	80		529	230	248	51	39	.904	5.98								2B
Buttercup Dickerson	22	80		203	153	28	22	6	.892	2.26								OF
Mike Dorgan	27	51		385	341	21	23	13	.940	7.10								1B-OF-SS
Martin Flaherty	27	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00								OF
Pete Hotaling	24	77		212	153	28	31	2	.854	2.35	13							OF-C
Arthur Irwin	23	50		241	50	155	36	11	.851	4.10								SS
Harry McCormick	25	12		20	8	10	2	0	.900	1.50								P-OF
Candy Nelson	32	24		127	20	94	13	6	.898	4.75								SS
Lip Pike	36	5		17	10	1	6	1	.647	2.20								OF
Joseph Quinn	--	2		7	4	1	2	0	.714	2.50	8							C
Charlie Reilley	25	2		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50	2							C
Lee Richmond	24	64		140	26	101	13	4	.907	1.98								P-OF
Pop Smith	24	11		39	25	12	2	1	.949	3.36								OF-2B
Harry Stovey	24	75		657	608	17	32	26	.951	8.33								1B-OF
Asa Stratton	28	1		3	0	1	2	0	.333	1.00								SS
Billy Taylor	26	6		19	15	2	2	0	.895	2.83								P-OF
Team Totals	24.8	83		3651	2212	1086	353	136	.903	4.37	76
Rank in 8 NL teams							3	7	6
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Doc Bushong	24	76	296	-7	0	0	7	5	4	0.3	9	13	1.3	.506	.503	0.7	1.1	6			*2
Hick Carpenter	25	83	350	-19	0	0	-5	3	-21	-2.1	10	-10	-1.0	.476	.487	-0.5	-0.2	-5			*5
Fred Corey	26	51	208	-8	0	0	-1	3	-6	-0.6	6	0	0.0	.489	.496	0.2	-0.2	1			O1/6
George Creamer	26	80	320	-19	0	0	-6	2	-23	-2.3	10	-14	-1.3	.472	.486	-0.7	-0.4	-8			*4
Buttercup Dickerson*	22	80	375	11	0	0	1	-5	7	0.6	11	18	1.8	.508	.504	1.7	-0.4	17			*O
Mike Dorgan	27	51	228	-2	0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	7	3	0.3	.493	.498	0.3	-0.1	3			3O/6
Martin Flaherty*	27	1	2	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.429	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1			/O
Pete Hotaling*	24	77	335	10	0	0	-10	-4	-4	-0.5	10	6	0.6	.495	.498	1.6	-1.3	16			*O/2
Arthur Irwin*	23	50	213	-2	0	0	-5	3	-4	-0.4	6	3	0.3	.493	.498	0.8	-0.2	8		Free Agency	6
Harry McCormick	25	12	50	-5	0	0	-1	2	-4	-0.4	2	-3	-0.4	.466	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-2			/1O
Candy Nelson*	32	24	108	-0	0	0	1	2	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.509	.501	0.5	0.2	4			6
Lip Pike*	36	5	22	-2	0	0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.425	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1			/O
Joseph Quinn?	--	2	8	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.382	.499	0.0	-0.2	-0			/2
Charlie Reilley	25	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.514	.500	0.1	0.0	1			/2
Lee Richmond?	24	61	262	-8	0	0	-2	9	0	-0.1	8	8	-0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.3	10			1O
Pop Smith	24	11	44	-6	0	0	0	-0	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.437	.496	-0.6	-0.0	-6			/O4
Harry Stovey	24	75	353	4	0	0	-2	-1	0	-0.1	10	11	1.1	.501	.500	1.3	-0.3	13			*3O
Asa Stratton?	28	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	0.0	-0			/6
Billy Taylor	26	6	28	-4	0	0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.447	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3			/O1
Team Total	24.7	748	3214	-59	0	0	-26	17	-68	-7.6	96	27	1.8	.491	.498	4.8	-2.6	53
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Fred Corey	26	188.2	23	21	127	6.06	5.12	-0.32	0.00	108.0	5.87	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.3	8	.490	.499
Harry McCormick	25	78.1	9	9	50	5.74	5.12	-0.33	0.00	108.0	5.89	2	0.2		-0.0	0.8	6	.520	.501
Lee Richmond*	24	462.1	53	52	302	5.88	5.12	-0.31	0.00	108.0	5.87	3	0.3	1.0	-0.3	3.9	28	.506	.502
Billy Taylor	26	8.0	1	1	13	14.63	5.12	-0.42	0.00	108.0	5.98	-8	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-7	.109	.498
Team Total	24.6	737.1	86	83	492	6.01	5.12	-0.32	0.00	108.0	5.87	-5	-0.1	1.0	-0.5	5.7	34	.499	.500
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1880 / 1882 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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