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The 1879 season was the National League debut for the Cleveland Blues. They finished the season 27–55, sixth in the eight-team National League.

Regular season

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: [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	—

1879 Cleveland Blues

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Player stats

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	Doc Kennedy	49	193	56	.290	1	18
1B	Bill Phillips	81	365	99	.271	0	29
2B	Jack Glasscock	80	325	68	.209	0	29
3B	Fred Warner	76	316	77	.244	0	22
SS	Tom Carey	80	335	80	.239	0	32
OF	Charlie Eden	81	353	96	.272	3	34
OF	George Strief	71	264	46	.174	0	15
OF	Billy Riley	43	161	23	.143	0	9

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Barney Gilligan	52	205	35	.171	11
Jack Allen	16	60	7	.117	4
Sonny Hoffman	2	6	0	.000	0
Len Stockwell	2	6	0	.000	0
John Kelly	1	4	1	.250	0
Fred Gunkle	1	3	0	.000	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim McCormick	62	546.1	20	40	2.42	197
Bobby Mitchell	23	194.2	7	15	3.28	90