1878 Providence Grays Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 33-27
Finished 3rd in the NL
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds
Manager: Tom York (33-27)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1878 Providence Grays RosterTeam Record: 33-27
Finished 3rd in the NL
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds
Manager: Tom York (33-27)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1878 Providence Grays Results
The Providence Grays of the National League ended the 1878 season with a record of 33 wins and 27 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Grays scored 353 runs and conceded 337 runs. Paul Hines drove in 50 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .358. John Ward led the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 1.51 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Tom York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ward | 22 | 13 | .629 | 1.51 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 334.0 | 308 | 151 | 56 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1365 |
| Harry Wheeler | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.48 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 70 | 40 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 280 |
| Tricky Nichols | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 157 | 98 | 46 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 464 |
| Fred Corey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95 |
| Doug Allison | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Lew Brown | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Cherokee Fisher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Tom Healey | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 104 |
| Totals | 33 | 27 | .550 | 2.38 | 66 | 62 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 556.0 | 609 | 337 | 147 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 2388 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hines | 62 | 259 | 257 | 42 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .358 | .363 | .486 | .849 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Higham | 62 | 286 | 281 | 60 | 90 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .320 | .332 | .416 | .749 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom York | 62 | 277 | 269 | 56 | 83 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .309 | .329 | .465 | .793 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Brown | 58 | 250 | 243 | 44 | 74 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | .305 | .324 | .453 | .777 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Carey | 61 | 253 | 253 | 33 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .237 | .237 | .300 | .538 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hague | 62 | 255 | 250 | 21 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .204 | .220 | .216 | .436 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Murnane | 49 | 196 | 188 | 35 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .239 | .270 | .282 | .552 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sweasy | 55 | 219 | 212 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .175 | .201 | .189 | .390 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ward | 37 | 140 | 138 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .196 | .207 | .312 | .519 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Allison | 19 | 77 | 76 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .289 | .299 | .316 | .614 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tricky Nichols | 11 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .184 | .216 | .224 | .440 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lip Pike | 5 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 | .261 | .318 | .579 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wheeler | 7 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Corey | 7 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Healey | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherokee Fisher | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 561 | 2348 | 2298 | 353 | 604 | 107 | 30 | 8 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 218 | .263 | .279 | .346 | .624 | 795 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Murnane | 1B | 48 | 0 | 414.0 | 543 | 22 | 36 | 25 | .940 | 12.283 | 11.771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Brown | 1B | 15 | 0 | 135.0 | 178 | 3 | 11 | 7 | .943 | 12.067 | 12.067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sweasy | 2B | 55 | 0 | 496.0 | 141 | 183 | 59 | 20 | .846 | 5.879 | 5.891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lip Pike | 2B | 5 | 0 | 44.0 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .788 | 5.318 | 5.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | 2B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 6.188 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hague | 3B | 62 | 0 | 555.0 | 81 | 177 | 21 | 5 | .925 | 4.184 | 4.161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Brown | C | 45 | 0 | 397.0 | 232 | 84 | 43 | 11 | .880 | 7.164 | 7.022 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Allison | C | 19 | 0 | 155.0 | 96 | 27 | 12 | 1 | .911 | 7.142 | 6.474 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Higham | C | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom York | OF | 62 | 0 | 555.0 | 89 | 14 | 15 | 3 | .873 | 1.670 | 1.661 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Higham | OF | 62 | 0 | 554.0 | 76 | 27 | 24 | 4 | .811 | 1.673 | 1.661 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hines | OF | 61 | 0 | 542.0 | 109 | 15 | 22 | 4 | .849 | 2.059 | 2.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Murnane | OF | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.286 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Brown | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Ward | P | 37 | 0 | 334.0 | 23 | 74 | 15 | 4 | .866 | 2.614 | 2.622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tricky Nichols | P | 11 | 0 | 98.0 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 3.031 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Wheeler | P | 7 | 0 | 62.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.016 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Healey | P | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | P | 5 | 0 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.174 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cherokee Fisher | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Allison | P | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lew Brown | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Carey | SS | 61 | 0 | 542.0 | 56 | 207 | 38 | 8 | .874 | 4.367 | 4.311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hines | SS | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 3.462 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 568 | 0 | 5001.0 | 1661 | 902 | 311 | 95 | .892 | 4.612 | 4.512 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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