1879 Providence Grays
1879 National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
OwnerHenry Root
ManagerGeorge Wright
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The 1879 Providence Grays won the National League title in only their second season in the league.

Regular season

1879 Providence Grays

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1879 National League record

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

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 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 70 587.0 47 19 2.15 239
Bobby Mathews 27 189.0 12 6 2.29 90

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