1879 Providence Grays season
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Ward, JohnJohn Ward | 70 | 587 | 47 | 19 | 2.15 | 239 |
| Mathews, BobbyBobby Mathews | 27 | 189 | 12 | 6 | 2.29 | 90 |
References
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