1881 Providence Grays season

Major League Baseball team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Providence Grays finished the 1881 season in second place in the National League for a second straight season. However, management strife and sagging attendance hurt the team's bottom line and they occasionally had trouble meeting payroll.[1]

LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
Record47–37 (.560)
OwnerHenry Root
Quick facts Providence Grays, League ...
1881 Providence Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
Record47–37 (.560)
League place2nd
OwnerHenry Root
ManagersJack Farrell, Tom York
← 1880
1882 â†’
Close

Regular season

Pitcher Charles Radbourn
Pitcher John Montgomery Ward
Center fielder Paul Hines
Third baseman Jerry Denny

Season standings

More information Team, W ...
National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 5628 .667 — 32‍–‍10 24‍–‍18
Providence Grays 4737 .560 9 23‍–‍20 24‍–‍17
Buffalo Bisons 4538 .542 10½ 25‍–‍16 20‍–‍22
Detroit Wolverines 4143 .488 15 23‍–‍19 18‍–‍24
Troy Trojans 3945 .464 17 24‍–‍18 15‍–‍27
Boston Red Caps 3845 .458 17½ 19‍–‍22 19‍–‍23
Cleveland Blues 3648 .429 20 20‍–‍22 16‍–‍26
Worcester Worcesters 3250 .390 23 19‍–‍22 13‍–‍28
Close

Record vs. opponents

More information Team, BSN ...
1881 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN BUF CHI CLE DET PRO TRO WOR
Boston —4–82–108–44–85–77–58–3
Buffalo 8–4—5–77–59–37–53–96–5
Chicago 10–27–5—6–67–59–38–49–3
Cleveland 4–85–76–6—5–73–96–6–17–5
Detroit 8–43–95–77–5—4–87–57–5
Providence 7–55–73–99–38–4—6–69–3
Troy 5–79–34–86–6–15–76–6—4–8
Worcester 3–85–63–95–75–73–98–4—
Close

Roster

1881 Providence Grays
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

More information Pos, Player ...
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CEmil Gross5118250.275124
1BJoe Start79348114.328029
2BJack Farrell8434582.238536
3BJerry Denny8532077.241124
SSBill McClellan6825943.166016
OFTom York8531696.304247
OFPaul Hines80361103.285231
OFJohn Ward8535787.244053
Close

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Charles Radbourn7227059.219028
Barney Gilligan4618340.219020
Lew Brown187518.240010
Henry Myers140.00000
Close

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Ward39330.018182.13119
Charles Radbourn41325.125112.43117
Bobby Mathews14102.1483.1728
Close

Notes

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI