1879 Cleveland Blues season

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.

1879 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Manager(s)Jim McCormick
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Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 5925 0.702 34–8 25–17
Boston Red Caps 5430 0.643 5 29–13 25–17
Buffalo Bisons 4632 0.590 10 23–16 23–16
Chicago White Stockings 4633 0.582 10½ 29–13 17–20
Cincinnati Reds 4337 0.537 14 21–16 22–21
Cleveland Blues 2755 0.329 31 15–27 12–28
Syracuse Stars 2248 0.314 30 11–22 11–26
Troy Trojans 1956 0.253 35½ 12–27 7–29

Record vs. opponents

1879 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV SYR TRO
Boston 9–34–87–510–24–89–311–1
Buffalo 3–96–6–17–38–46–65–311–1
Chicago 8–46–6–13–88–45–7–18–18–3–2
Cincinnati 5–73–78–38–42–108–4–19–2
Cleveland 2–104–84–84–84–84–75–6
Providence 8–46–67–5–110–28–410–210–2
Syracuse 3–93–51–84–8–17–42–102–4
Troy 1–111–113–8–22–96–52–104–2

Roster

1879 Cleveland Blues team photograph
1879 Cleveland 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
CDoc Kennedy4919356.290118
1BBill Phillips8136599.271029
2BJack Glasscock8032568.209029
3BFred Warner7631677.244022
SSTom Carey8033580.239032
OFCharlie Eden8135396.239032
OFGeorge Strief7126446.174015
OFBilly Riley4316123.14309

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
Barney Gilligan5220535.171011
Jack Allen16607.11704
Sonny Hoffman260.00000
Len Stockwell260.00000
John Kelly141.25000
Fred Gunkle130.00000

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
Jim McCormick62546.120402.42197
Bobby Mitchell23194.27153.2890

References

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