1881 Cleveland Blues season

1881 Cleveland Blues
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1879)
Location
Kennard Street Park (Since 1879) Cleveland, Ohio (Since 1879)
1881 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	Mike McGeary, John Clapp
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The 1881 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 36-48, seventh place in the National League.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Relief pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	--	.667
Providence Grays	47	37	9	.560
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	10.5	.542
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	15	.488
Troy Trojans	39	45	17	.464
Boston Red Caps	38	45	17.5	.458
Cleveland Blues	36	48	20	.429
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	23	.390

Roster

1881 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Jim McCormick The Only Nolan Catchers John Clapp Rudy Kemmler Doc Kennedy Phil Powers		Infielders George Bradley Herm Doscher Fred Dunlap Jack Glasscock Mike McGeary Bill Phillips Pop Smith		Outfielders Mike Moynahan Blondie Purcell Jack Remsen Orator Shafer Billy Taylor		Manager John Clapp Mike McGeary

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	Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp	68	261	66	.253	0	25
1B	Phillips, BillBill Phillips	85	357	97	.272	1	44
2B	Dunlap, FredFred Dunlap	80	351	114	.325	3	24
3B	Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	60	241	60	.249	2	18
SS	Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock	85	335	86	.257	0	33
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	85	343	88	.257	1	34
OF	Remsen, JackJack Remsen	48	172	30	.174	0	13
OF	Moynahan, MikeMike Moynahan	33	135	31	.230	0	8

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
Kennedy, DocDoc Kennedy	39	150	47	.313	0	15
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	24	103	25	.243	0	12
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell	20	80	14	.175	0	4
McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	11	41	9	.220	0	5
Smith, PopPop Smith	10	34	4	.118	0	3
Doscher, HermHerm Doscher	5	19	4	.211	0	0
Powers, PhilPhil Powers	5	15	1	.067	0	0
Kemmler, RudyRudy Kemmler	1	3	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
McCormick, JimJim McCormick	59	526	26	30	2.45	178
Nolan, The OnlyThe Only Nolan	22	180	8	14	3.05	54
Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	6	51	2	4	3.88	6

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
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1881 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference

1881 MLB season by team National League Boston • Buffalo • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Providence • Troy • Worcester

Cleveland Blues Based in Cleveland, Ohio The Franchise Players Ballparks Kennard Street Park Seasons 1879 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884