1879 Providence Grays season

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

Regular season

File:Providence Grays 1879.jpg

Providence Baseball Club, 1879, York, Riley, Hines, Start, Denny, Nara, H. Wright, Radbourne, Gilligan, G. Wright, Farrell, Ward

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Providence Grays	59	25	--	.702
Boston Red Caps	54	30	5	.643
Buffalo Bisons	46	32	10	.590
Chicago White Stockings	46	33	10.5	.582
Cincinnati Reds	43	37	14	.538
Cleveland Blues	27	55	31	.482
Syracuse Stars	22	48	30	.314
Troy Trojans	19	56	35.5	.253

Record vs. opponents

1879 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1879 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers Bobby Mathews John Ward Catchers Doug Allison Lew Brown Emil Gross Rudy Kemmler		Infielders Jack Farrell Bill Hague Mike McGeary Joe Start Denny Sullivan Bill White George Wright		Outfielders Paul Hines Dan O'Leary Jim O'Rourke Tom York		Manager George Wright

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Ward	70	587	47	19	2.15	239
Bobby Mathews	27	189	12	6	2.29	90

References

• 1879 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference