1878 Providence Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
OwnerHenry Root
ManagerTom York
1879 →

The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.

Regular season

Pitcher John Montgomery Ward
First baseman Tim Murnane
Manager / left fielder Tom York
Center fielder Paul Hines

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Caps 41 19 0.683 — 23–7 18–12
Cincinnati Reds 37 23 0.617 4 25–8 12–15
Providence Grays 33 27 0.550 8 17–13 16–14
Chicago White Stockings 30 30 0.500 11 17–18 13–12
Indianapolis Blues 24 36 0.400 17 10–17 14–19
Milwaukee Grays 15 45 0.250 26 7–18 8–27

Record vs. opponents

1878 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team BOS CHI CIN IND MIL PRV
Boston — 8–4 6–6 10–2 11–1 6–6
Chicago 4–8 — 2–10 8–4 10–2 6–6–1
Cincinnati 6–6 10–2 — 4–8–1 8–4 9–3
Indianapolis 2–10 4–8 8–4–1 — 8–4–1 2–10–1
Milwaukee 1–11 2–10 4–8 4–8–1 — 4–8
Providence 6–6 6–6–1 3–9 10–2–1 8–4 —


Roster

1878 Providence Grays
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 Lew Brown 58 243 74 .305 1 43
1B Tim Murnane 49 188 45 .239 0 14
2B Charlie Sweasy 55 212 37 .175 0 8
3B Bill Hague 62 250 51 .204 0 25
SS Tom Carey 61 253 60 .237 0 24
OF Dick Higham 62 281 90 .320 1 29
OF Tom York 62 269 83 .309 1 26
OF Paul Hines 62 257 92 .358 4 50

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
Doug Allison 19 76 22 .289 0 7
Lip Pike 5 22 5 .227 0 4

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 37 334.0 22 13 1.51 116
Tricky Nichols 11 98.0 4 7 4.22 21
Harry Wheeler 7 62.0 6 1 3.48 25
Fred Corey 5 23.0 1 2 2.35 7
Tom Healey 3 24.0 0 3 3.00 2
Cherokee Fisher 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 2

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
Doug Allison 1 0 0 0 1.80 0
Lew Brown 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

References

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