1879 Providence Grays Statistics

Record: 59-25-1, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: George Wright (59-25-1)

Ballpark: Messer Street Grounds

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 61-23, 612 Runs, 355 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, PRO @ CLV
May 2, PRO @ CLV
May 3, PRO @ CLV
May 6, PRO @ BUF
May 8, PRO @ BUF
May 10, PRO @ BUF
May 13, PRO @ CHC
May 15, PRO @ CHC
May 17, PRO @ CHC
May 20, PRO @ CIN
May 22, PRO @ CIN
May 24, PRO @ CIN
May 28, PRO vs. BUF
May 30, PRO vs. BUF
May 31, PRO vs. BUF

Jun 5, PRO vs. CHC
Jun 6, PRO vs. CHC
Jun 7, PRO vs. CHC
Jun 10, PRO vs. CIN
Jun 13, PRO vs. CIN
Jun 14, PRO vs. CIN
Jun 17, PRO vs. CLV
Jun 19, PRO vs. CLV
Jun 21, PRO vs. CLV
Jun 24, PRO @ BSN
Jun 25, PRO vs. BSN
Jun 26, PRO @ BSN
Jun 27, PRO vs. BSN
Jun 28, PRO @ BSN

Jul 1, PRO vs. BSN
Jul 4, PRO vs. TRO
Jul 5, PRO vs. TRO
Jul 7, PRO vs. TRO
Jul 10, PRO @ CLV
Jul 12, PRO @ CLV
Jul 14, PRO @ CLV
Jul 15, PRO @ CIN
Jul 16, PRO @ CIN
Jul 17, PRO @ CIN
Jul 19, PRO @ CHC
Jul 21, PRO @ CHC
Jul 22, PRO @ CHC
Jul 23, PRO @ CHC
Jul 24, PRO @ BUF
Jul 26, PRO @ BUF
Jul 28, PRO @ BUF
Jul 30, PRO @ SYR
Jul 31, PRO @ SYR

Aug 2, PRO @ SYR
Aug 5, PRO @ TRO
Aug 6, PRO @ TRO
Aug 7, PRO @ TRO
Aug 9, PRO @ SYR
Aug 11, PRO @ SYR
Aug 12, PRO @ SYR
Aug 13, PRO @ TRO
Aug 14, PRO @ TRO
Aug 15, PRO @ TRO
Aug 19, PRO vs. SYR
Aug 20, PRO vs. SYR
Aug 21, PRO vs. SYR
Aug 23, PRO vs. TRO
Aug 25, PRO vs. TRO
Aug 26, PRO vs. TRO
Aug 28, PRO vs. SYR
Aug 29, PRO vs. SYR
Aug 30, PRO vs. SYR

Sep 3, PRO vs. CHC
Sep 4, PRO vs. CHC
Sep 6, PRO vs. CHC
Sep 8, PRO vs. BUF
Sep 9, PRO vs. BUF
Sep 10, PRO vs. BUF
Sep 12, PRO vs. CLV
Sep 13, PRO vs. CLV
Sep 15, PRO vs. CLV
Sep 17, PRO vs. CIN
Sep 18, PRO vs. CIN
Sep 19, PRO vs. CIN
Sep 23, PRO @ BSN
Sep 25, PRO @ BSN
Sep 26, PRO vs. BSN
Sep 27, PRO @ BSN
Sep 29, PRO vs. BSN
Sep 30, PRO vs. BSN

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Lew Brown	21	53	233	229	23	59	13	4	2	38			4	24	.258	.270	.376	.646	110	86
2	1B	Joe Start*	36	66	324	317	70	101	11	5	2	37			7	4	.319	.333	.404	.737	141	128
3	2B	Mike McGeary	28	85	379	374	62	103	7	2	0	35			5	13	.275	.285	.305	.590	94	114
4	SS	George Wright	32	85	401	388	79	107	15	10	1	42			13	20	.276	.299	.374	.673	120	145
5	3B	Bill Hague	27	51	212	209	20	47	3	1	0	21			3	19	.225	.236	.249	.485	60	52
6	OF	Tom York*	28	81	361	342	69	106	25	5	1	50			19	28	.310	.346	.421	.767	151	144
7	OF	Paul Hines	24	85	417	409	81	146	25	10	2	52			8	16	.357	.369	.482	.851	177	197
8	OF	Jim O'Rourke	28	81	375	362	69	126	19	9	1	46			13	10	.348	.371	.459	.829	171	166
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Emil Gross	21	30	136	132	31	46	9	5	0	24			4	8	.348	.368	.492	.860	180	65
10	2B	Jack Farrell	21	12	51	51	5	13	2	0	0	5			0	0	.255	.255	.294	.549	80	15
11	UT	Denny Sullivan?	21	5	20	19	5	5	2	0	0	2			1	1	.263	.300	.368	.668	118	7
12	OF	Dan O'Leary*	22	2	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	2			0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	183	3
13	C	Rudy Kemmler	19	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-6	1
14	C	Doug Allison	32	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
15	1B	Bill White?	18	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	65	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
16	P	John Ward*	19	83	371	364	71	104	9	4	2	41			7	14	.286	.299	.349	.648	112	127
17	P	Bobby Mathews	27	43	180	173	25	35	2	0	1	10			7	12	.202	.233	.231	.465	53	40
		Team Totals	26.8	85	3483	3392	612	1003	142	55	12	405			91	172	.296	.314	.381	.695	127	1291
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	1	1	2	1	2				1	1	1	1	1	1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	85	2932	2855	516	864	131	51	9	354			77	146	.303	.321	.394	.715	134	1124
		Pitcher Totals	21.7	85	551	537	96	139	11	4	3	51			14	26	.259	.278	.311	.589	93	167
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	John Ward	19	47	19	.712	2.15	70	60	10	58	2	1	587.0	571	270	140	5	36		239		0	29	2425	112	2.22	1.034	8.8	0.1	0.6	3.7	6.64
2	SP	Bobby Mathews	27	12	6	.667	2.29	27	25	2	15	1	1	189.0	194	85	48	4	26		90		0	17	779	105	2.47	1.164	9.2	0.2	1.2	4.3	3.46
		Team Totals	20.9	59	25	.702	2.18	85	85	12	73	3	2	776.0	765	355	188	9	62		329		0	46	3204	110	2.28	1.066	8.9	0.1	0.7	3.8	5.31
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				7	6	1	1	5	2	4	5	6		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W