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1878 Indianapolis Blues Schedule

Record: 24-36-3, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John Clapp (24-36-3)

Ballparks: South Street Park, Union Park and Grand Avenue Park

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 89
One-year: Batting - 87, Pitching - 89

Pythagorean W-L: 27-33, 293 Runs, 328 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

May 1, IND vs. CHC
May 4, IND vs. CHC
May 6, IND vs. CHC
May 7, IND vs. MLG
May 9, IND vs. MLG
May 10, IND vs. MLG
May 11, IND vs. MLG
May 14, IND @ CHC
May 16, IND @ CHC
May 20, IND @ CHC
May 21, IND @ MLG
May 23, IND @ MLG
May 25, IND @ MLG
May 28, IND @ CIN
May 30, IND @ CIN

Jun 1, IND @ CIN
Jun 4, IND vs. CIN
Jun 6, IND vs. CIN
Jun 11, IND @ BSN
Jun 13, IND @ BSN
Jun 15, IND @ BSN
Jun 19, IND @ PRO
Jun 20, IND @ PRO
Jun 26, IND vs. CIN
Jun 27, IND vs. CIN
Jun 28, IND vs. CIN
Jun 29, IND vs. CIN

Jul 2, IND @ CIN
Jul 4, IND @ CIN
Jul 5, IND @ CIN
Jul 6, IND @ CIN
Jul 9, IND vs. BSN
Jul 11, IND vs. BSN
Jul 13, IND vs. BSN
Jul 16, IND vs. PRO
Jul 18, IND vs. PRO
Jul 20, IND vs. PRO
Jul 23, IND @ CHC
Jul 25, IND @ CHC
Jul 27, IND @ CHC
Jul 29, IND @ CHC
Jul 30, IND @ CHC
Jul 31, IND @ CHC

Aug 7, IND @ PRO
Aug 8, IND @ PRO
Aug 9, IND @ PRO
Aug 9, IND @ PRO
Aug 10, IND @ PRO
Aug 13, IND @ BSN
Aug 14, IND @ BSN
Aug 17, IND @ BSN
Aug 22, IND vs. PRO
Aug 23, IND vs. PRO
Aug 24, IND vs. PRO
Aug 28, IND @ MLG
Aug 29, IND @ MLG
Aug 31, IND @ MLG

Sep 6, IND vs. MLG
Sep 7, IND vs. MLG
Sep 9, IND vs. MLG
Sep 11, IND vs. BSN
Sep 12, IND vs. BSN
Sep 13, IND vs. BSN

Season Summary

1878 MLB Season Schedule

Team Win/Loss Splits

Team Game-by-Game Schedule

Team Game-by-Game Schedule
Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
1	Wednesday, May 1	IND		CHC	L	4	5		0-1	4	1.0							`-`
2	Saturday, May 4	IND		CHC	L	1	4		0-2	5	2.5							`--`
3	Monday, May 6	IND		CHC	L	1	3		0-3	5	3.0							`---`	1878-05-02 (Unknown reason)
4	Tuesday, May 7	IND		MLG	T	2	2		0-3	5	3.5							`---`
5	Thursday, May 9	IND		MLG	L	1	2		0-4	6	4.5							`----`
6	Friday, May 10	IND		MLG	W	6	1		1-4	5	4.0							`+`
7	Saturday, May 11	IND		MLG	W	1	0		2-4	5	4.0							`++`
8	Tuesday, May 14	IND	@	CHC	W	5	3		3-4	4	3.0						2,500	`+++`
9	Thursday, May 16	IND	@	CHC	W	13	8		4-4	3	2.0							`++++`
10	Monday, May 20	IND	@	CHC	L	1	3		4-5	4	3.0						2,000	`-`	1878-05-18 (Rain)
11	Tuesday, May 21	IND	@	MLG	W	6	5		5-5	2	3.0							`+`
12	Thursday, May 23	IND	@	MLG	W	9	3		6-5	2	3.0							`++`
13	Saturday, May 25	IND	@	MLG	L	7	10		6-6	3	4.0							`-`
14	Tuesday, May 28	IND	@	CIN	W	11	3		7-6	3	3.0							`+`
15	Thursday, May 30	IND	@	CIN	L	1	4		7-7	3	4.0							`-`
Gm#	June	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
16	Saturday, Jun 1	IND	@	CIN	W	6	5		8-7	3	3.0							`+`
17	Tuesday, Jun 4	IND		CIN	W	9	3		9-7	2	2.0							`++`
18	Thursday, Jun 6	IND		CIN	L	4	11		9-8	3	3.0							`-`
19	Tuesday, Jun 11	IND	@	BSN	L	0	3		9-9	3	3.5							`--`
20	Thursday, Jun 13	IND	@	BSN	L	0	1		9-10	3	4.5							`---`
21	Saturday, Jun 15	IND	@	BSN	L	4	7		9-11	4	6.0							`----`
22	Wednesday, Jun 19	IND	@	PRO	L	3	9		9-12	4	6.0							`-----`	1878-06-18 (Unknown reason)
23	Thursday, Jun 20	IND	@	PRO	L	4	7		9-13	4	6.0							`------`
24	Wednesday, Jun 26	IND		CIN	W	5	1		10-13	4	6.0							`+`	1878-06-08 (Rain)
25	Thursday, Jun 27	IND		CIN	W	7	3		11-13	4	5.0							`++`
26	Friday, Jun 28	IND		CIN	W	9	5		12-13	4	4.5							`+++`	1878-06-25 (Unknown reason)
27	Saturday, Jun 29	IND		CIN	W	10	2		13-13	4	3.5							`++++`
Gm#	July	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
28	Tuesday, Jul 2	IND	@	CIN	T	7	7		13-13	4	4.0							`++++`
29	Thursday, Jul 4	IND	@	CIN	L	3	5		13-14	4	5.0							`-`
30	Friday, Jul 5	IND	@	CIN	L	3	4		13-15	4	5.5							`--`
31	Saturday, Jul 6	IND	@	CIN	W	6	5		14-15	4	5.5							`+`
32	Tuesday, Jul 9	IND		BSN	L	3	6		14-16	4	6.5							`-`	1878-07-09 (Played at STL; IN1 home team)
33	Thursday, Jul 11	IND		BSN	L	4	8		14-17	4	7.5							`--`	1878-07-11 (Played at STL; IN1 home team)
34	Saturday, Jul 13	IND		BSN	L	4	12		14-18	5	8.5							`---`	1878-07-13 (Played at STL; IN1 home team)
35	Tuesday, Jul 16	IND		PRO	L	2	4		14-19	5	8.5							`----`
36	Thursday, Jul 18	IND		PRO	L	0	3		14-20	5	8.5							`-----`
37	Saturday, Jul 20	IND		PRO	L	0	4		14-21	5	9.5							`------`
38	Tuesday, Jul 23	IND	@	CHC	L	2	6		14-22	5	11.0							`-------`
39	Thursday, Jul 25	IND	@	CHC	W	15	10		15-22	5	11.0						2,000	`+`
40	Saturday, Jul 27	IND	@	CHC	W	4	3		16-22	5	10.0							`++`
41	Monday, Jul 29	IND	@	CHC	L	9	12		16-23	5	11.0							`-`	1878-08-01 (Site change)
42	Tuesday, Jul 30	IND	@	CHC	L	3	13		16-24	5	11.5							`--`	1878-07-30 (Site change)
43	Wednesday, Jul 31	IND	@	CHC	L	9	10		16-25	5	12.5							`---`	1878-08-03 (Site change)
Gm#	August	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
44	Wednesday, Aug 7	IND	@	PRO	L	0	5		16-26	5	14.0							`----`	1878-06-22 (Rain)
45	Thursday, Aug 8	IND	@	PRO	T	8	8		16-26	5	14.5							`----`
46	Friday, Aug 9 (1)	IND	@	PRO	L	6	12		16-27	5	16.0							`-----`	1878-08-06 (Unknown reason)
47	Friday, Aug 9 (2)	IND	@	PRO	L	5	8		16-28	5	16.0							`------`
48	Saturday, Aug 10	IND	@	PRO	W	6	5		17-28	5	16.0							`+`
49	Tuesday, Aug 13	IND	@	BSN	W	7	6		18-28	5	15.0							`++`
50	Wednesday, Aug 14	IND	@	BSN	L	3	8		18-29	5	16.0							`-`	1878-08-15 (Unknown reason)
51	Saturday, Aug 17	IND	@	BSN	W	3	2		19-29	5	15.0							`+`
52	Thursday, Aug 22	IND		PRO	W	5	1		20-29	5	14.5							`++`	1878-08-22 (Played at PIT; IN1 home team)
53	Friday, Aug 23	IND		PRO	L	0	4		20-30	5	15.0							`-`	1878-08-20 (Unknown reason; Played at PIT; IN1 home team)
54	Saturday, Aug 24	IND		PRO	L	1	11		20-31	5	16.0							`--`	1878-08-24 (Played at PIT; IN1 home team)
55	Wednesday, Aug 28	IND	@	MLG	W	5	2		21-31	5	16.0							`+`	1878-08-27 (Unknown reason)
56	Thursday, Aug 29	IND	@	MLG	L	4	11		21-32	5	17.0							`-`
57	Saturday, Aug 31	IND	@	MLG	W	9	0		22-32	5	17.0							`+`
Gm#	September	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
58	Friday, Sep 6	IND		MLG	L	1	4		22-33	5	16.5							`-`	1878-09-03 (Unknown reason)
59	Saturday, Sep 7	IND		MLG	W	15	6		23-33	5	15.5							`+`
60	Monday, Sep 9	IND		MLG	W	9	1		24-33	5	15.0							`++`	1878-09-05 (Unknown reason)
61	Wednesday, Sep 11	IND		BSN	L	0	2		24-34	5	16.0							`-`	1878-09-10 (Unknown reason)
62	Thursday, Sep 12	IND		BSN	L	2	4		24-35	5	17.0							`--`
63	Friday, Sep 13	IND		BSN	L	0	3		24-36	5	18.0							`---`	1878-09-14 (Unknown reason)
Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled