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1881 Cleveland Blues season

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1881 Cleveland Blues
LeagueNational League
BallparkKennard Street Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
ManagersMike McGeary, John Clapp
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The 1881 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 36–48, seventh place in the National League.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 56 28 .667 32‍–‍10 24‍–‍18
Providence Grays 47 37 .560 9 23‍–‍20 24‍–‍17
Buffalo Bisons 45 38 .542 10½ 25‍–‍16 20‍–‍22
Detroit Wolverines 41 43 .488 15 23‍–‍19 18‍–‍24
Troy Trojans 39 45 .464 17 24‍–‍18 15‍–‍27
Boston Red Caps 38 45 .458 17½ 19‍–‍22 19‍–‍23
Cleveland Blues 36 48 .429 20 20‍–‍22 16‍–‍26
Worcester Worcesters 32 50 .390 23 19‍–‍22 13‍–‍28

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET PRV TRO WOR
Boston 4–8 2–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 7–5 8–3
Buffalo 8–4 5–7 7–5 9–3 7–5 3–9 6–5
Chicago 10–2 7–5 6–6 7–5 9–3 8–4 9–3
Cleveland 4–8 5–7 6–6 5–7 3–9 6–6–1 7–5
Detroit 8–4 3–9 5–7 7–5 4–8 7–5 7–5
Providence 7–5 5–7 3–9 9–3 8–4 6–6 9–3
Troy 5–7 9–3 4–8 6–6–1 5–7 6–6 4–8
Worcester 3–8 5–6 3–9 5–7 5–7 3–9 8–4


Roster

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1881 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 John Clapp 68 261 66 .253 0 25
1B Bill Phillips 85 357 97 .272 1 44
2B Fred Dunlap 80 351 114 .325 3 24
3B George Bradley 60 241 60 .249 2 18
SS Jack Glasscock 85 335 86 .257 0 33
OF Orator Shafer 85 343 88 .257 1 34
OF Jack Remsen 48 172 30 .174 0 13
OF Mike Moynahan 33 135 31 .230 0 8

Other batters

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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
Doc Kennedy 39 150 47 .313 0 15
Billy Taylor 24 103 25 .243 0 12
Blondie Purcell 20 80 14 .175 0 4
Mike McGeary 11 41 9 .220 0 5
Pop Smith 10 34 4 .118 0 3
Herm Doscher 5 19 4 .211 0 0
Phil Powers 5 15 1 .067 0 0
Rudy Kemmler 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim McCormick 59 526.0 26 30 2.45 178
The Only Nolan 22 180.0 8 14 3.05 54
George Bradley 6 51.0 2 4 3.88 6

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Billy Taylor 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

References

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