1878 Providence Grays season

1878 Providence Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1878)
Location
Messer Street Grounds (since 1878)
Providence, Rhode Island (since 1878)
Other information
Owner(s)	Henry Root
Manager(s)	Tom York
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The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.

Regular season

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 Records Sources:
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 Fred Corey Cherokee Fisher Tom Healey Tricky Nichols John Ward Harry Wheeler		Catchers Doug Allison Lew Brown Infielders Tom Carey Bill Hague Tim Murnane Lip Pike Charlie Sweasy		Outfielders Dick Higham Paul Hines Tom York		Manager Tom York

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	Brown, LewLew Brown	58	243	74	.305	1	43
1B	Murnane, TimTim Murnane	49	188	45	.239	0	14
2B	Sweasy, CharlieCharlie Sweasy	55	212	37	.175	0	8
3B	Hague, BillBill Hague	62	250	51	.204	0	25
SS	Carey, TomTom Carey	61	253	60	.237	0	24
OF	Higham, DickDick Higham	62	281	90	.320	1	29
OF	York, TomTom York	62	269	83	.309	1	26
OF	Hines, PaulPaul 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
Allison, DougDoug Allison	19	76	22	.289	0	7
Pike, LipLip 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
Ward, JohnJohn Ward	37	334	22	13	1.51	116
Nichols, TrickyTricky Nichols	11	98	4	7	4.22	21
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler	7	62	6	1	3.48	25
Corey, FredFred Corey	5	23	1	2	2.35	7
Healey, TomTom Healey	3	24	0	3	3.00	2
Fisher, CherokeeCherokee Fisher	1	9	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
Allison, DougDoug Allison	1	0	0	0	1.80	0
Brown, LewLew Brown	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1878 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference