1881 Worcester Worcesters season

1881 Worcester Worcesters
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Worcester Driving Park Grounds (since 1880)
Results
Record 32–50 (.390)
League place 8th
Other information
Manager(s) Mike Dorgan, Harry Stovey
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The 1881 Worcester Worcesters finished with a 32–50 record, last place in the National League.

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 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 Bushong, DocDoc Bushong 76 275 64 .233 0 21
1B Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 75 341 92 .270 2 30
2B Creamer, GeorgeGeorge Creamer 80 309 64 .207 0 25
3B Carpenter, HickHick Carpenter 83 347 75 .216 2 31
SS Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin 50 206 55 .267 0 24
OF Dickerson, ButtercupButtercup Dickerson 80 367 116 .316 1 31
OF Hotaling, PetePete Hotaling 77 317 98 .309 1 35
OF Corey, FredFred Corey 51 203 45 .222 0 10

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
Dorgan, MikeMike Dorgan 51 220 61 .277 0 18
Nelson, CandyCandy Nelson 24 103 29 .282 1 15
Smith, PopPop Smith 11 41 3 .073 0 2
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor 6 28 3 .107 0 2
Pike, LipLip Pike 5 18 2 .111 0 0
Reilley, CharlieCharlie Reilley 2 8 3 .375 0 1
Quinn, JoeJoe Quinn 2 7 1 .143 0 1
Stratton, AsaAsa Stratton 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Flaherty, MartinMartin Flaherty 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
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond 53 462.1 25 26 3.39 156
Corey, FredFred Corey 23 188.2 6 15 3.72 33
McCormick, HarryHarry McCormick 9 78.1 1 8 3.56 7
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor 1 8 0 1 7.88 0

References