1878 Indianapolis Blues season

The Indianapolis Blues were in the National League for only the 1878 season, after playing as an independent team in 1877. They finished in fifth place, one of just two teams to finish below .500.

1878 Indianapolis Blues
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Manager(s)John Clapp
     

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Caps 4119 0.683 23–7 18–12
Cincinnati Reds 3723 0.617 4 25–8 12–15
Providence Grays 3327 0.550 8 17–13 16–14
Chicago White Stockings 3030 0.500 11 17–18 13–12
Indianapolis Blues 2436 0.400 17 10–17 14–19
Milwaukee Grays 1545 0.250 26 7–18 8–27

Record vs. opponents

1878 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CHI CIN IND MIL PRV
Boston 8–46–610–211–16–6
Chicago 4–82–108–410–26–6–1
Cincinnati 6–610–24–8–18–49–3
Indianapolis 2–104–88–4–18–4–12–10–1
Milwaukee 1–112–104–84–8–14–8
Providence 6–66–6–13–910–2–18–4

Roster

1878 Indianapolis Blues
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CSilver Flint6325457.224018
1BArt Croft6022235.158016
2BJoe Quest6227857.205013
3BNed Williamson6325058.232119
SSFred Warner4316541.248010
OFOrator Shafer6326690.338030
OFRuss McKelvy6325357.225236
OFJohn Clapp6326380.304029

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
Candy Nelson198411.13105
Jimmy Hallinan3123.25001

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
The Only Nolan3834713222.57125
Jim McCormick14117581.6936
Tom Healey1189642.2218

Other 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
Russ McKelvy425022.163

References

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