1878 Chicago White Stockings season

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Major league affiliations
Location
1878 Information
Owner(s) William Hulbert
Manager(s) Bob Ferguson
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Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Boston Red Caps 41 19 -- .683
Cincinnati Reds 37 23 4 .617
Providence Grays 33 27 8 .550
Chicago White Stockings 30 30 11 .500
Indianapolis Blues 24 36 17 .400
Milwaukee Grays 15 45 26 .250

Roster

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Harbidge, BillBill Harbidge 54 240 71 .296 0 37
1B Start, JoeJoe Start 61 285 100 .351 1 27
2B McClellan, BillBill McClellan 48 205 46 .224 0 29
3B Hankinson, FrankFrank Hankinson 58 240 64 .267 1 27
SS Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson 61 259 91 .351 0 39
OF Cassidy, JohnJohn Cassidy 60 256 68 .266 0 29
OF Remsen, JackJack Remsen 56 224 52 .232 1 19
OF Anson, CapCap Anson 60 261 89 .341 0 40

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Hallinan, JimmyJimmy Hallinan 16 67 19 .284 0 2
Powers, PhilPhil Powers 8 31 5 .161 0 2
Traffley, BillBill Traffley 2 9 1 .111 0 1
Sullivan, BillBill Sullivan 2 6 1 .167 0 0
Spalding, AlbertAlbert Spalding 1 4 2 .500 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larkin, TerryTerry Larkin 56 506 29 26 2.24 163
Reis, LaurieLaurie Reis 4 36 1 3 3.25 8
Hankinson, FrankFrank Hankinson 1 9 0 1 6.00 4

References

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Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans • Based in Chicago, Illinois
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Lore
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