1879 Providence Grays Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 59-25
Finished 1st in the NL
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds
Won League Championship Series
Manager: George Wright (59-25)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1879 Providence Grays RosterTeam Record: 59-25
Finished 1st in the NL
Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds
Won League Championship Series
Manager: George Wright (59-25)
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
1879 Providence Grays Results
The Providence Grays of the National League ended the 1879 season with a record of 59 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Grays paced the league with 612 runs, fueled by 12 home runs. Providence yielded 355 runs. Paul Hines drove in 52 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .357. John Ward recorded 47 wins for the team and a team-best 2.15 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
George Wright coached the team. The 1879 Providence Grays won the League Championship Series.
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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 | 47 | 19 | .712 | 2.15 | 70 | 60 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 587.0 | 571 | 270 | 140 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2425 |
| Bobby Mathews | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.29 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 189.0 | 194 | 85 | 48 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 779 |
| Totals | 59 | 25 | .702 | 2.18 | 97 | 85 | 12 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 776.0 | 765 | 355 | 188 | 9 | 62 | 0 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3204 |
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 | 85 | 417 | 409 | 81 | 146 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .357 | .369 | .482 | .851 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim O'Rourke | 81 | 375 | 362 | 69 | 126 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .348 | .371 | .459 | .829 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Wright | 85 | 401 | 388 | 79 | 107 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | .276 | .299 | .374 | .673 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom York | 81 | 361 | 342 | 69 | 106 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 28 | .310 | .346 | .421 | .767 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ward | 83 | 371 | 364 | 71 | 104 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .286 | .299 | .349 | .648 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McGeary | 85 | 379 | 374 | 62 | 103 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .275 | .285 | .305 | .590 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Start | 66 | 324 | 317 | 70 | 101 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .319 | .333 | .404 | .737 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lew Brown | 53 | 233 | 229 | 23 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .258 | .270 | .376 | .646 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hague | 51 | 212 | 209 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .225 | .236 | .249 | .485 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Gross | 30 | 136 | 132 | 31 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .348 | .368 | .492 | .860 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mathews | 43 | 180 | 173 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .202 | .233 | .231 | .465 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Farrell | 12 | 51 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .255 | .294 | .549 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Sullivan | 5 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 | .300 | .368 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan O'Leary | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Kemmler | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Allison | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 766 | 3483 | 3392 | 612 | 1003 | 142 | 55 | 12 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 172 | .296 | .314 | .381 | .695 | 1291 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Start | 1B | 65 | 0 | 595.0 | 779 | 11 | 22 | 24 | .973 | 11.950 | 12.154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 1B | 20 | 0 | 172.0 | 219 | 1 | 11 | 4 | .952 | 11.512 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 12.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McGeary | 2B | 73 | 0 | 658.0 | 218 | 255 | 62 | 21 | .884 | 6.470 | 6.479 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Farrell | 2B | 12 | 0 | 118.0 | 42 | 55 | 9 | 8 | .915 | 7.398 | 8.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hague | 3B | 51 | 0 | 459.0 | 54 | 122 | 38 | 2 | .822 | 3.451 | 3.451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ward | 3B | 16 | 0 | 125.0 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 2 | .845 | 3.528 | 3.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McGeary | 3B | 12 | 0 | 120.0 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 4 | .917 | 4.125 | 4.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Sullivan | 3B | 4 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 1.588 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 3B | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 3.429 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | 3B | 5 | 0 | 20.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .556 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Brown | C | 48 | 0 | 440.0 | 286 | 63 | 63 | 5 | .847 | 7.139 | 7.271 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emil Gross | C | 30 | 0 | 256.0 | 152 | 39 | 22 | 1 | .897 | 6.715 | 6.367 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | C | 5 | 0 | 48.0 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 7.687 | 8.200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Kemmler | C | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Allison | C | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 7.500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hines | OF | 85 | 0 | 776.0 | 146 | 24 | 26 | 3 | .867 | 1.972 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom York | OF | 81 | 0 | 729.0 | 114 | 9 | 14 | 2 | .898 | 1.519 | 1.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | OF | 56 | 0 | 519.0 | 51 | 11 | 17 | 2 | .785 | 1.075 | 1.107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | OF | 21 | 0 | 182.0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .759 | 1.088 | 1.048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ward | OF | 8 | 0 | 69.0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.043 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Brown | OF | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .882 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Sullivan | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Start | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan O'Leary | OF | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Ward | P | 70 | 0 | 587.0 | 31 | 134 | 11 | 2 | .938 | 2.530 | 2.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | P | 27 | 0 | 189.0 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 2.048 | 1.593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wright | SS | 85 | 0 | 776.0 | 96 | 319 | 34 | 17 | .924 | 4.813 | 4.882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 791 | 0 | 6990.0 | 2327 | 1188 | 382 | 99 | .902 | 4.526 | 4.444 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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