1878 Providence Grays season

1878 Providence Grays
Major League affiliations
Location
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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 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 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

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