1880 Worcester Worcesters season

1880 Worcester Worcesters
Major league affiliations
Location
1880 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s) Frank Bancroft
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The 1880 season was the first for the Worcester Worcesters franchise in the National League, having played 1879 in the National Association. The team finished its initial season with a 40-43 record, good for fifth place.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Chicago White Stockings 67 17 -- .798
Providence Grays 52 32 15 .619
Cleveland Blues 47 37 20 .560
Troy Trojans 41 42 25.5 .494
Worcester Worcesters 40 43 26.5 .482
Boston Red Caps 40 43 26.5 .482
Buffalo Bisons 24 58 42 .293
Cincinnati Reds 21 59 44 .263

Roster

1880 Worcester Worcesters
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 Bennett, CharlieCharlie Bennett 51 193 44 .228 0 18
1B Sullivan, ChubChub Sullivan 43 166 43 .259 0  ?
2B Creamer, GeorgeGeorge Creamer 85 306 61 .199 0 27
3B Whitney, ArtArt Whitney 76 302 67 .222 1 36
SS Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin 85 352 91 .259 1 35
OF Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood 81 327 80 .245 0 28
OF Knight, LonLon Knight 49 201 48 .239 0 21
OF Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 83 355 94 .265 6 28

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
Bushong, DocDoc Bushong 41 146 25 .171 0 19
Corey, FredFred Corey 41 138 24 .174 0 6
Dickerson, ButtercupButtercup Dickerson 31 133 39 .293 0 20
Dorgan, JerryJerry Dorgan 10 35 7 .200 0 1
Ellick, JoeJoe Ellick 5 18 1 .056 0 0
Tobin, BillBill Tobin 5 16 2 .125 0 3
Dignan, SteveSteve Dignan 3 10 3 .300 0 2
Geer, BillyBilly Geer 2 6 0 .000 0 0
McGunnigle, BillBill McGunnigle 1 4 0 .000 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
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond 74 590.2 32 32 2.15 243
Corey, FredFred Corey 25 148.1 8 9 2.43 47
Nichols, TrickyTricky Nichols 2 17.2 0 2 4.08 4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 2 0 0 0 4.50 3

References