1879_Providence_Grays_season

1879 Providence Grays season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1879 Providence Grays won the National League title in only their second season in the league.

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v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Providence Grays	59	25	0.702	—	34–8	25–17
Boston Red Caps	54	30	0.643	5	29–13	25–17
Buffalo Bisons	46	32	0.590	10	23–16	23–16
Chicago White Stockings	46	33	0.582	10½	29–13	17–20
Cincinnati Reds	43	37	0.537	14	21–16	22–21
Cleveland Blues	27	55	0.329	31	15–27	12–28
Syracuse Stars	22	48	0.314	30	11–22	11–26
Troy Trojans	19	56	0.253	35½	12–27	7–29

1879 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	SYR	TRO
Boston	—	9–3	4–8	7–5	10–2	4–8	9–3	11–1
Buffalo	3–9	—	6–6–1	7–3	8–4	6–6	5–3	11–1
Chicago	8–4	6–6–1	—	3–8	8–4	5–7–1	8–1	8–3–2
Cincinnati	5–7	3–7	8–3	—	8–4	2–10	8–4–1	9–2
Cleveland	2–10	4–8	4–8	4–8	—	4–8	4–7	5–6
Providence	8–4	6–6	7–5–1	10–2	8–4	—	10–2	10–2
Syracuse	3–9	3–5	1–8	4–8–1	7–4	2–10	—	2–4
Troy	1–11	1–11	3–8–2	2–9	6–5	2–10	4–2	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Lew Brown	53	229	59	.258	2	38
1B	Joe Start	66	317	101	.319	2	37
2B	Mike McGeary	85	374	103	.275	0	35
3B	Bill Hague	51	209	47	.225	0	21
SS	George Wright	85	388	107	.276	1	42
OF	Paul Hines	85	409	146	.357	2	52
OF	Tom York	81	342	106	.310	1	50
OF	Jim O'Rourke	81	362	126	.348	1	46

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Emil Gross	30	132	46	.348	24
Jack Farrell	12	51	13	.255	5
Denny Sullivan	5	19	5	.263	2
Rudy Kemmler	2	7	1	.143	0
Dan O'Leary	2	7	3	.429	2
Doug Allison	1	5	0	.000	0
Bill White	1	4	1	.250	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Ward	70	587.0	47	19	2.15	239
Bobby Mathews	27	189.0	12	6	2.29	90

1879 Providence Grays season