1880 Cincinnati Reds season

1880 Cincinnati Reds
Final season
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1876)
Other information
Manager(s) John Clapp
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The 1880 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in eighth and last place in the National League with a record of 21–59, 44 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

At the end of the season, the team was kicked out of the league for selling beer and refusing to close their park on Sunday as required at the time. The team disbanded. A different Cincinnati Reds team joined the American Association two years later.

Regular season

The Reds were coming off a fifth place finish in the National League in 1879, as they had a 43–37 record, which was their second consecutive winning season. During the off-season, Cincinnati signed catcher John Clapp, who had played with the Buffalo Bisons in the previous season. Clapp was also named the manager of the team. Deacon White, who was the Reds catcher the previous two seasons, moved to the outfield. Other off-season signings included Hick Carpenter of the Syracuse Stars to play third base, while the Reds would have rookies at first base, John Reilly, and second base, Pop Smith.

Clapp and Blondie Purcell led the team offensively, as Clapp had a .282 average with a homer and 20 RBI and 33 runs scored, while Purcell hit .292 with a homer and 24 RBI, along with 48 runs. Will White led the NL with 42 losses, however, he had a good ERA of 2.14.

Season summary

Cincinnati got off to a miserable start, having a record of only 6–26 in their first 32 games, which included lopsided losses of 20–7 and 15–1 to the White Stockings, and 13–0 to the Worcester Ruby Legs during that span. Cincinnati would never get it together during the season, and finished in last place for the third time in the team's five year history, as the Reds had a record of 21–59, 44 games behind the first place White Stockings.

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 Cincinnati Reds
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 Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp 80 323 91 .282 1 20
1B Reilly, JohnJohn Reilly 73 272 56 .206 0 16
2B Smith, PopPop Smith 83 334 69 .207 0 27
3B Carpenter, HickHick Carpenter 77 300 72 .240 0 23
SS Say, LouLou Say 48 191 38 .199 0 15
OF Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell 77 325 95 .292 1 24
OF Mansell, MikeMike Mansell 53 187 36 .193 2 12
OF Manning, JackJack Manning 48 190 41 .216 2 17

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
White, DeaconDeacon White 35 141 42 .298 0 7
Leonard, AndyAndy Leonard 33 133 28 .211 1 17
Reilley, CharlieCharlie Reilley 30 103 21 .204 0 9
Sommer, JoeJoe Sommer 24 88 16 .182 0 6
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler 17 65 6 .092 0 2
Wright, SamSam Wright 9 34 3 .088 0 0
Booth, AmosAmos Booth 1 2 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
White, WillWill White 62 517.1 18 42 2.14 161
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell 25 196 3 17 3.21 47

References