1879 Cleveland Blues Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 27-55
Finished 6th in the NL
Ballpark: Kennard Street Park
Manager: Jim McCormick (27-55)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1879 Cleveland Blues RosterTeam Record: 27-55
Finished 6th in the NL
Ballpark: Kennard Street Park
Manager: Jim McCormick (27-55)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1879 Cleveland Blues Results
The Cleveland Blues of the National League ended the 1879 season with a record of 27 wins and 55 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Blues scored 322 runs and allowed 461 runs. Charlie Eden drove in 34 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .272. Jim McCormick led the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.42 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim McCormick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCormick | 20 | 40 | .333 | 2.42 | 62 | 60 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 546.3 | 582 | 308 | 147 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2325 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 7 | 15 | .318 | 3.28 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 194.7 | 236 | 153 | 71 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 876 |
| Totals | 27 | 55 | .329 | 2.65 | 85 | 82 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 741.0 | 818 | 461 | 218 | 4 | 116 | 0 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3201 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Phillips | 81 | 367 | 365 | 58 | 99 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .271 | .275 | .334 | .609 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Eden | 81 | 359 | 353 | 40 | 96 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .272 | .284 | .425 | .709 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Carey | 80 | 340 | 335 | 30 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .239 | .250 | .287 | .537 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner | 76 | 318 | 316 | 32 | 77 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .244 | .248 | .304 | .552 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Glasscock | 80 | 331 | 325 | 31 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .209 | .224 | .255 | .479 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McCormick | 75 | 283 | 282 | 35 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .220 | .223 | .270 | .492 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Kennedy | 49 | 195 | 193 | 19 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .290 | .297 | .368 | .665 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Strief | 71 | 274 | 264 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .174 | .204 | .208 | .413 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Gilligan | 52 | 205 | 205 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .171 | .171 | .220 | .390 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Riley | 43 | 163 | 161 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .143 | .153 | .155 | .309 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 30 | 109 | 109 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .147 | .147 | .202 | .349 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Allen | 16 | 61 | 60 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .117 | .131 | .167 | .298 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kelly | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Hoffman | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Gunkle | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Stockwell | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 740 | 3024 | 2987 | 322 | 666 | 116 | 29 | 4 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 214 | .223 | .232 | .285 | .518 | 852 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Phillips | 1B | 75 | 0 | 648.0 | 726 | 22 | 36 | 23 | .954 | 1.389 | 9.973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Kennedy | 1B | 4 | 0 | 36.0 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.750 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McCormick | 1B | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 11.793 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Eden | 1B | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 8.357 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Warner | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 13.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kelly | 1B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.600 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Glasscock | 2B | 66 | 0 | 606.0 | 201 | 208 | 36 | 18 | .919 | 6.074 | 6.197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Strief | 2B | 16 | 0 | 136.0 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 4 | .835 | 5.029 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Warner | 3B | 54 | 0 | 474.0 | 78 | 109 | 39 | 5 | .827 | 3.551 | 3.463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Allen | 3B | 14 | 0 | 135.0 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 2 | .845 | 4.000 | 4.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Glasscock | 3B | 14 | 0 | 134.0 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 0 | .899 | 4.164 | 4.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Kennedy | C | 46 | 0 | 393.0 | 277 | 50 | 40 | 2 | .891 | 7.489 | 7.109 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Gilligan | C | 27 | 0 | 239.0 | 147 | 41 | 28 | 0 | .870 | 7.079 | 6.963 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Phillips | C | 11 | 0 | 86.0 | 48 | 10 | 18 | 2 | .763 | 6.070 | 5.273 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Hoffman | C | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 8.308 | 6.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kelly | C | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 6.000 | 4.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Gunkle | C | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Eden | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Eden | OF | 80 | 0 | 713.0 | 101 | 21 | 29 | 3 | .808 | 1.540 | 1.525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Strief | OF | 55 | 0 | 497.0 | 104 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .918 | 2.028 | 2.036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Riley | OF | 43 | 0 | 402.0 | 79 | 12 | 16 | 1 | .850 | 2.037 | 2.116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Warner | OF | 21 | 0 | 205.0 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .816 | 1.756 | 1.905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Gilligan | OF | 23 | 0 | 187.0 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .826 | 1.829 | 1.652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McCormick | OF | 13 | 0 | 101.0 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .808 | 1.871 | 1.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 9 | 0 | 74.0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 1.459 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Stockwell | OF | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Allen | OF | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Phillips | OF | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Gunkle | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Hoffman | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McCormick | P | 62 | 0 | 546.0 | 39 | 119 | 9 | 4 | .946 | 2.604 | 2.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | P | 23 | 0 | 195.0 | 11 | 24 | 14 | 0 | .714 | 1.615 | 1.522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Carey | SS | 80 | 0 | 722.0 | 79 | 263 | 54 | 13 | .864 | 4.263 | 4.275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barney Gilligan | SS | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 4.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 760 | 0 | 6679.0 | 2222 | 1016 | 405 | 82 | .889 | 4.363 | 4.261 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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