1878 Indianapolis Blues Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 24-36
Finished 5th in the NL
Ballpark: South Street Park
Manager: John Clapp (24-36)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

1878 Indianapolis Blues Roster
1878 Indianapolis Blues Results

The Indianapolis Blues of the National League ended the 1878 season with a record of 24 wins and 36 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Blues scored 293 runs and conceded 328 runs. Russ McKelvy drove in 36 runs. Orator Shafer led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .338 clip. The Only Nolan topped the squad with 13 wins, while Jim McCormick recorded a 1.69 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

John Clapp 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	SO	WP	BF
The Only Nolan	13	22	.371	2.57	38	38	0	37	1	0	347.0	357	208	99	1	56	125	21	1469
Tom Healey	6	4	.600	2.22	11	10	1	9	0	1	89.0	98	50	22	1	13	18	2	376
Jim McCormick	5	8	.385	1.69	14	14	0	12	1	0	117.0	128	47	22	0	15	36	4	490
Russ McKelvy	0	2	.000	2.16	4	1	3	1	0	0	25.0	38	23	6	1	3	3	3	121
Totals	24	36	.400	2.32	67	63	4	59	2	1	578.0	621	328	149	3	87	182	30	2456

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
Orator Shafer	63	279	266	48	90	19	6	0	30	13	20	.338	.369	.455	.824	121
John Clapp	63	276	263	42	80	10	2	0	29	13	8	.304	.337	.357	.694	94
Ed Williamson	63	255	250	31	58	10	2	1	19	5	15	.232	.247	.300	.547	75
Russ McKelvy	63	258	253	33	57	4	3	2	36	5	38	.225	.240	.289	.529	73
Silver Flint	63	256	254	23	57	7	0	0	18	2	15	.224	.230	.252	.482	64
Joe Quest	62	290	278	45	57	3	2	0	13	12	24	.205	.238	.230	.468	64
Fred Warner	43	167	165	19	41	4	0	0	10	2	15	.248	.257	.273	.530	45
The Only Nolan	38	154	152	11	37	8	0	0	16	2	10	.243	.253	.296	.549	45
Art Croft	60	227	222	22	35	6	0	0	16	5	23	.158	.176	.185	.361	41
Candy Nelson	19	89	84	12	11	1	0	0	5	5	11	.131	.180	.143	.323	12
Tom Healey	12	45	45	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	14	.178	.178	.200	.378	9
Jim McCormick	15	56	56	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.161	.304	9
Jimmy Hallinan	3	12	12	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.417	.667	5
Totals	567	2364	2300	293	542	76	15	3	197	64	197	.236	.256	.286	.542	657

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Art Croft	1B	51	460.0	534	8	21	19	.963	1.604	1.627	0
John Clapp	1B	12	116.0	143	2	5	6	.967	11.250	12.083	0
Joe Quest	2B	62	563.0	228	196	60	27	.876	6.778	6.839	0
John Clapp	2B	1	12.0	1	7	2	0	.800	6.000	8.000	0
Ed Williamson	3B	63	575.0	88	128	33	6	.867	3.381	3.429	0
Silver Flint	C	59	519.0	285	102	39	7	.908	6.711	6.559	55
John Clapp	C	9	56.0	29	11	3	0	.930	6.429	4.444	10
Orator Shafer	OF	63	562.0	105	28	25	2	.842	2.130	2.111	0
Russ McKelvy	OF	62	548.0	119	18	25	2	.846	2.250	2.210	0
John Clapp	OF	44	363.0	60	5	8	0	.890	1.612	1.477	0
Art Croft	OF	9	100.0	18	1	4	0	.826	1.710	2.111	0
Silver Flint	OF	9	66.0	11	0	5	0	.688	1.500	1.222	0
Jimmy Hallinan	OF	3	28.0	4	0	2	0	.667	1.286	1.333	0
Tom Healey	OF	3	24.0	0	1	3	0	.250	.375	.333	0
Fred Warner	OF	2	18.0	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500	1.500	0
Jim McCormick	OF	3	17.0	3	1	1	1	.800	2.118	1.333	0
The Only Nolan	OF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
The Only Nolan	P	38	347.0	19	80	11	5	.900	2.568	2.605	0
Jim McCormick	P	14	117.0	6	32	2	2	.950	2.923	2.714	0
Tom Healey	P	11	89.0	6	19	4	0	.862	2.528	2.273	0
Russ McKelvy	P	4	25.0	2	9	3	0	.786	3.960	2.750	0
Fred Warner	SS	41	376.0	41	124	17	9	.907	3.949	4.024	0
Candy Nelson	SS	19	173.0	19	50	13	1	.841	3.590	3.632	0
John Clapp	SS	3	27.0	1	8	3	0	.750	3.000	3.000	0
Totals		586	5183.0	1725	830	290	87	.898	4.437	4.360	65

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