1880 Boston Red Caps season

1880 Boston Red Caps
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	40–43 (.482)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	--	.798
Providence Grays	52	32	15	.619
Cleveland Blues	47	37	20	.560
Troy Trojans	41	42	25.5	.494
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	26.5	.482
Boston Red Caps	40	43	26.5	.482
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	42	.293
Cincinnati Reds	21	59	44	.263

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	9–3–1	3–9	7–5	5–7	5–7–1	7–5	4–8
Buffalo	3–9–1	—	1–11	5–5–2	3–9	2–10	1–11	9–3
Chicago	9–3	11–1	—	10–2–1	8–4	9–3–1	10–2	10–2
Cincinnati	5–7	5–5–2	2–10–1	—	3–9	2–10	1–10	3–8
Cleveland	7–5	9–3	4–8	9–3	—	3–9	9–3	6–6–1
Providence	7–5–1	10–2	3–9–1	10–2	9–3	—	7–5	6–6–1
Troy	5–7	11–1	2–10	10–1	3–9	5–7	—	5–7
Worcester	8–4	3–9	2–10	8–3	6–6–1	6–6–1	7–5	—

Roster

1880 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bond Curry Foley Catchers John Bergh Phil Powers Denny Sullivan Sam Trott		Infielders Jack Burdock John Morrill John Richmond Ezra Sutton George Wright		Outfielders Steve Dignan Sadie Houck Charley Jones Jack Leary Dan O'Leary Jim O'Rourke John O'Rourke		Manager Harry 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	Powers, PhilPhil Powers	37	126	18	.143	0	10
1B	Morrill, JohnJohn Morrill	86	342	81	.237	2	44
2B	Burdock, JackJack Burdock	86	356	90	.253	2	35
3B	Sutton, EzraEzra Sutton	76	288	72	.250	0	25
SS	Richmond, JohnJohn Richmond	32	129	32	.248	0	9
OF	O'Rourke, JohnJohn O'Rourke	81	313	86	.275	3	36
OF	Jones, CharleyCharley Jones	66	280	84	.300	5	37
OF	O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	86	363	100	.275	6	45

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
Foley, CurryCurry Foley	80	332	97	.292	2	31
Trott, SamSam Trott	39	125	26	.208	0	9
Houck, SadieSadie Houck	12	47	7	.149	0	2
Bergh, JohnJohn Bergh	11	40	8	.200	0	0
Dignan, SteveSteve Dignan	8	34	11	.324	0	4
O'Leary, DanDan O'Leary	3	12	3	.250	0	1
Sullivan, DennyDenny Sullivan	1	4	1	.250	0	1
Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Leary, JackJack Leary	1	3	0	.000	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
Bond, TommyTommy Bond	63	493	26	29	2.67	118
Foley, CurryCurry Foley	36	238	14	14	3.89	68
Leary, JackJack Leary	1	3	0	1	15.00	1

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
Morrill, JohnJohn Morrill	3	0	0	0	0.84	0

References

• 1880 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference