1880 Boston Red Caps season

1880 Boston Red Caps
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record40–44 (.476)
League place5th
OwnerArthur Soden
ManagerHarry Wright
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The 1880 Boston Red Caps was the tenth season of the franchise.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 67 17 .798 37‍–‍5 30‍–‍12
Providence Grays 52 32 .619 15 31‍–‍12 21‍–‍20
Cleveland Blues 47 37 .560 20 24‍–‍19 23‍–‍18
Troy Trojans 41 42 .494 25½ 20‍–‍21 21‍–‍21
Worcester Worcesters 40 43 .482 26½ 24‍–‍17 16‍–‍26
Boston Red Caps 40 44 .476 27 25‍–‍17 15‍–‍27
Buffalo Bisons 24 58 .293 42 13‍–‍28 11‍–‍30
Cincinnati Stars 21 59 .263 44 14‍–‍25 7‍–‍34

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV TRO WOR
Boston 9–3–1 3–9 7–5 5–7 5–7–1 7–5 4–8
Buffalo 3–9–1 1–11 5–5–2 3–9 2–10 1–11 9–3
Chicago 9–3 11–1 10–2–1 8–4 9–3–1 10–2 10–2
Cincinnati 5–7 5–5–2 2–10–1 3–9 2–10 1–10 3–8
Cleveland 7–5 9–3 4–8 9–3 3–9 9–3 6–6–1
Providence 7–5–1 10–2 3–9–1 10–2 9–3 7–5 6–6–1
Troy 5–7 11–1 2–10 10–1 3–9 5–7 5–7
Worcester 8–4 3–9 2–10 8–3 6–6–1 6–6–1 7–5


Roster

1880 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Phil Powers 37 126 18 .143 0 10
1B John Morrill 86 342 81 .237 2 44
2B Jack Burdock 86 356 90 .253 2 35
3B Ezra Sutton 76 288 72 .250 0 25
SS John Richmond 32 129 32 .248 0 9
OF John O'Rourke 81 313 86 .275 3 36
OF Charley Jones 66 280 84 .300 5 37
OF Jim O'Rourke 86 363 100 .275 6 45

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
Curry Foley 80 332 97 .292 2 31
Sam Trott 39 125 26 .208 0 9
Sadie Houck 12 47 7 .149 0 2
John Bergh 11 40 8 .200 0 0
Steve Dignan 8 34 11 .324 0 4
Dan O'Leary 3 12 3 .250 0 1
Denny Sullivan 1 4 1 .250 0 1
George Wright 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Jack Leary 1 3 0 .000 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
Tommy Bond 63 493.0 26 29 2.67 118
Curry Foley 36 238.0 14 14 3.89 68
Jack Leary 1 3.0 0 1 15.00 1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Morrill 3 0 0 0 0.84 0

References