1878 Providence Grays season
Appearance
1878 Providence Grays | |
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Ballpark | Messer Street Grounds |
City | Providence, Rhode Island |
Owners | Henry Root |
Managers | Tom York |
The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.
Regular season
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/John_Montgomery_Ward.jpg/170px-John_Montgomery_Ward.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Tim_Murnane.jpg/170px-Tim_Murnane.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Tom_York_1885.jpg/170px-Tom_York_1885.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Paul_Hines.jpg/170px-Paul_Hines.jpg)
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Caps | 41 | 19 | .683 | — | 23–7 | 18–12 |
Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 23 | .617 | 4 | 25–8 | 12–15 |
Providence Grays | 33 | 27 | .550 | 8 | 17–13 | 16–14 |
Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 30 | .500 | 11 | 17–18 | 13–12 |
Indianapolis Blues | 24 | 36 | .400 | 17 | 10–17 | 14–19 |
Milwaukee Grays | 15 | 45 | .250 | 26 | 7–18 | 8–27 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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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 |
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C | Lew Brown | 58 | 243 | 74 | .305 | 1 | 43 |
1B | Tim Murnane | 49 | 188 | 45 | .239 | 0 | 14 |
2B | Charlie Sweasy | 55 | 212 | 37 | .175 | 0 | 8 |
3B | Bill Hague | 62 | 250 | 51 | .204 | 0 | 25 |
SS | Tom Carey | 61 | 253 | 60 | .237 | 0 | 24 |
OF | Dick Higham | 62 | 281 | 90 | .320 | 1 | 29 |
OF | Tom York | 62 | 269 | 83 | .309 | 1 | 26 |
OF | Paul 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 |
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Doug Allison | 19 | 76 | 22 | .289 | 0 | 7 |
Lip 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 |
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John Ward | 37 | 334.0 | 22 | 13 | 1.51 | 116 |
Tricky Nichols | 11 | 98.0 | 4 | 7 | 4.22 | 21 |
Harry Wheeler | 7 | 62.0 | 6 | 1 | 3.48 | 25 |
Fred Corey | 5 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.35 | 7 |
Tom Healey | 3 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 2 |
Cherokee Fisher | 1 | 9.0 | 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 |
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Doug Allison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 |
Lew Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |