1879 Providence Grays season

1879 Providence Grays
1879 National League Champions
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)	George Wright
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The 1879 Providence Grays won the National League title in only their second season in the league.

Regular season

Providence Baseball Club, 1879, York, Riley, Hines, Start, Denny, Nara, H. Wright, Radbourne, Gilligan, G. Wright, Farrell, Ward

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 Records Sources:
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 Bobby Mathews John Ward Catchers Doug Allison Lew Brown Emil Gross Rudy Kemmler		Infielders Jack Farrell Bill Hague Mike McGeary Joe Start Denny Sullivan Bill White George Wright		Outfielders Paul Hines Dan O'Leary Jim O'Rourke Tom York		Manager George Wright

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	53	229	59	.258	2	38
1B	Start, JoeJoe Start	66	317	101	.319	2	37
2B	McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	85	374	103	.275	0	35
3B	Hague, BillBill Hague	51	209	47	.225	0	21
SS	Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	85	388	107	.276	1	42
OF	Hines, PaulPaul Hines	85	409	146	.357	2	52
OF	York, TomTom York	81	342	106	.310	1	50
OF	O'Rourke, JimJim 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
Gross, EmilEmil Gross	30	132	46	.348	0	24
Farrell, JackJack Farrell	12	51	13	.255	0	5
Sullivan, DennyDenny Sullivan	5	19	5	.263	0	2
Kemmler, RudyRudy Kemmler	2	7	1	.143	0	0
O'Leary, DanDan O'Leary	2	7	3	.429	0	2
Allison, DougDoug Allison	1	5	0	.000	0	0
White, BillBill 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
Ward, JohnJohn Ward	70	587	47	19	2.15	239
Mathews, BobbyBobby Mathews	27	189	12	6	2.29	90

References

• 1879 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference