1879 Cleveland Blues season
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| Manager(s) | Jim McCormick |
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The 1879 season was the National League debut for the Cleveland Blues. They finished the season 27–55, sixth in the eight-team National League.
Regular season
Season standings
| National League | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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| Providence Grays | 59 | 25 | -- | .702 |
| Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30 | 5 | .643 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32 | 10 | .590 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33 | 10.5 | .582 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37 | 14 | .538 |
| Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55 | 31 | .482 |
| Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48 | 30 | .314 |
| Troy Trojans | 19 | 56 | 35.5 | .253 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | PRV | SYR | TRO | |||||||||
| Boston | — | 9–3 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
| Buffalo | 3–9 | — | 6–6–1 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
| Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 8–1 | 8–3–2 | |||||||||
| Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–7 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4–1 | 9–2 | |||||||||
| Cleveland | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–7 | 5–6 | |||||||||
| Providence | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 10–2 | 10–2 | |||||||||
| Syracuse | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–8–1 | 7–4 | 2–10 | — | 2–4 | |||||||||
| Troy | 1–11 | 1–11 | 3–8–2 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 2–10 | 4–2 | — | |||||||||
Roster
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| Pitchers | Catchers
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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 |
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| C | Kennedy, DocDoc Kennedy | 49 | 193 | 56 | .290 | 1 | 18 |
| 1B | Phillips, BillBill Phillips | 81 | 365 | 99 | .271 | 0 | 29 |
| 2B | Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock | 80 | 325 | 68 | .209 | 0 | 29 |
| 3B | Warner, FredFred Warner | 76 | 316 | 77 | .244 | 0 | 22 |
| SS | Carey, TomTom Carey | 80 | 335 | 80 | .239 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Eden, CharlieCharlie Eden | 81 | 353 | 96 | .239 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Strief, GeorgeGeorge Strief | 71 | 264 | 46 | .174 | 0 | 15 |
| OF | Riley, BillyBilly Riley | 43 | 161 | 23 | .143 | 0 | 9 |
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 |
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| Gilligan, BarneyBarney Gilligan | 52 | 205 | 35 | .171 | 0 | 11 |
| Allen, JackJack Allen | 16 | 60 | 7 | .117 | 0 | 4 |
| Hoffman, SonnySonny Hoffman | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Stockwell, LenLen Stockwell | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly, JohnJohn Kelly | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Gunkle, FredFred Gunkle | 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 |
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| McCormick, JimJim McCormick | 62 | 546.1 | 20 | 40 | 2.42 | 197 |
| Mitchell, BobbyBobby Mitchell | 23 | 194.2 | 7 | 15 | 3.28 | 90 |
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