
1879 Boston Red Caps Statistics
Team Record: 54-30
Finished 2nd in the NL
Ballpark: South End Grounds I
Manager: Harry Wright (54-30)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1879 Boston Red Caps Results
The Boston Red Caps of the National League ended the 1879 season with a record of 54 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NL.
The Red Caps paced the circuit with just 348 runs allowed. Boston scored 562 runs. Charley Jones and John O'Rourke each drove in 62 runs. John O'Rourke led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .341. Tommy Bond earned 43 wins for the squad and a team-best 1.96 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Harry Wright coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Bond | 43 | 19 | .694 | 1.96 | 64 | 64 | 1 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 555.3 | 543 | 206 | 121 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2189 |
Curry Foley | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.51 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 161.7 | 175 | 111 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 709 |
Lee Richmond | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
Jim Tyng | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 35 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 126 |
Totals | 54 | 30 | .643 | 2.19 | 89 | 84 | 5 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 753.0 | 757 | 348 | 183 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3060 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charley Jones | 83 | 384 | 355 | 85 | 112 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 38 | .315 | .367 | .510 | .877 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John O'Rourke | 72 | 325 | 317 | 69 | 108 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .341 | .357 | .521 | .877 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Morrill | 84 | 362 | 348 | 56 | 98 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32 | .282 | .309 | .362 | .671 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sadie Houck | 80 | 360 | 356 | 69 | 95 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .267 | .275 | .402 | .677 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Burdock | 84 | 368 | 359 | 64 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .240 | .258 | .284 | .542 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ezra Sutton | 84 | 341 | 339 | 54 | 84 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .248 | .252 | .310 | .562 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pop Snyder | 81 | 334 | 329 | 42 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .237 | .249 | .322 | .571 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Cogswell | 49 | 244 | 236 | 51 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .322 | .344 | .377 | .721 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Bond | 65 | 263 | 257 | 35 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .241 | .259 | .261 | .519 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curry Foley | 35 | 149 | 146 | 16 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .315 | .329 | .349 | .678 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Hawes | 38 | 157 | 155 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .200 | .210 | .258 | .468 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Tyng | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .357 | .357 | .429 | .786 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Richmond | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 759 | 3307 | 3217 | 562 | 883 | 138 | 51 | 20 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 222 | .274 | .294 | .368 | .662 | 1183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Cogswell | 1B | 49 | 0 | 450.0 | 539 | 10 | 19 | 24 | .967 | 1.980 | 11.204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Morrill | 1B | 33 | 0 | 285.0 | 313 | 16 | 11 | 23 | .968 | 1.389 | 9.970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curry Foley | 1B | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 9.000 | 8.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Bond | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Burdock | 2B | 84 | 0 | 752.0 | 303 | 300 | 59 | 43 | .911 | 7.217 | 7.179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Morrill | 3B | 51 | 0 | 477.0 | 70 | 96 | 23 | 2 | .878 | 3.132 | 3.255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ezra Sutton | 3B | 33 | 0 | 275.0 | 36 | 43 | 18 | 3 | .814 | 2.585 | 2.394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pop Snyder | C | 80 | 0 | 714.0 | 398 | 142 | 44 | 10 | .925 | 6.807 | 6.750 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hawes | C | 5 | 0 | 38.0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 6.395 | 5.400 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charley Jones | OF | 83 | 0 | 738.0 | 162 | 20 | 13 | 1 | .933 | 2.220 | 2.193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John O'Rourke | OF | 71 | 0 | 649.0 | 147 | 10 | 21 | 2 | .882 | 2.177 | 2.211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sadie Houck | OF | 47 | 0 | 474.0 | 62 | 17 | 18 | 2 | .814 | 1.500 | 1.681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Hawes | OF | 34 | 0 | 285.0 | 38 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .828 | 1.516 | 1.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curry Foley | OF | 17 | 0 | 97.0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 1.021 | .647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Bond | OF | 5 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.286 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pop Snyder | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Bond | P | 64 | 0 | 555.0 | 33 | 144 | 8 | 7 | .957 | 2.870 | 2.766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Curry Foley | P | 21 | 0 | 162.0 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 0 | .857 | 1.667 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Tyng | P | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Richmond | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ezra Sutton | SS | 51 | 0 | 457.0 | 53 | 167 | 29 | 15 | .884 | 4.333 | 4.314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sadie Houck | SS | 33 | 0 | 296.0 | 47 | 86 | 28 | 9 | .826 | 4.044 | 4.030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 770 | 0 | 6775.0 | 2257 | 1103 | 319 | 143 | .913 | 4.463 | 4.364 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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