1880 Boston Red Caps season

1880 Boston Red Caps
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	40–44 (.476)
League place	5th
Owner	Arthur Soden
Manager	Harry Wright

The 1880 Boston Red Caps was the tenth season of the franchise.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	.798	—	37‍–‍5	30‍–‍12
Providence Grays	52	32	.619	15	31‍–‍12	21‍–‍20
Cleveland Blues	47	37	.560	20	24‍–‍19	23‍–‍18
Troy Trojans	41	42	.494	25½	20‍–‍21	21‍–‍21
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	.482	26½	24‍–‍17	16‍–‍26
Boston Red Caps	40	44	.476	27	25‍–‍17	15‍–‍27
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	.293	42	13‍–‍28	11‍–‍30
Cincinnati Stars	21	59	.263	44	14‍–‍25	7‍–‍34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	9–3–1	3–9	7–5	5–7	5–7–1	7–5	4–8
Buffalo	3–9–1	—	1–11	5–5–2	3–9	2–10	1–11	9–3
Chicago	9–3	11–1	—	10–2–1	8–4	9–3–1	10–2	10–2
Cincinnati	5–7	5–5–2	2–10–1	—	3–9	2–10	1–10	3–8
Cleveland	7–5	9–3	4–8	9–3	—	3–9	9–3	6–6–1
Providence	7–5–1	10–2	3–9–1	10–2	9–3	—	7–5	6–6–1
Troy	5–7	11–1	2–10	10–1	3–9	5–7	—	5–7
Worcester	8–4	3–9	2–10	8–3	6–6–1	6–6–1	7–5	—

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	Phil Powers	37	126	18	.143	0	10
1B	John Morrill	86	342	81	.237	2	44
2B	Jack Burdock	86	356	90	.253	2	35
3B	Ezra Sutton	76	288	72	.250	0	25
SS	John Richmond	32	129	32	.248	0	9
OF	John O'Rourke	81	313	86	.275	3	36
OF	Charley Jones	66	280	84	.300	5	37
OF	Jim O'Rourke	86	363	100	.275	6	45

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
Curry Foley	80	332	97	.292	2	31
Sam Trott	39	125	26	.208	0	9
Sadie Houck	12	47	7	.149	0	2
John Bergh	11	40	8	.200	0	0
Steve Dignan	8	34	11	.324	0	4
Dan O'Leary	3	12	3	.250	0	1
Denny Sullivan	1	4	1	.250	0	1
George Wright	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Jack Leary	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
Tommy Bond	63	493.0	26	29	2.67	118
Curry Foley	36	238.0	14	14	3.89	68
Jack Leary	1	3.0	0	1	15.00	1

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Morrill	3	0	0	0	0.84	0

References

• 1880 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference