1879 Boston Red Caps
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record54–30 (.643)
League place2nd
OwnerArthur Soden
ManagerHarry Wright

The 1879 Boston Red Caps season was the ninth season of the franchise.

Boston, 1879, Thos. Bond, Jno. Morrill, Chas. Snyder, Chas. W. Jones, J. J. Burdock, Edw. Cogswell, S. Houck, Jno. E. B. Sutton, W. Hawes, Chas. Foley, Harry Wright

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 record

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV SYR TRO
Boston —9–34–87–510–24–89–311–1
Buffalo 3–9—6–6–17–38–46–65–311–1
Chicago 8–46–6–1—3–88–45–7–18–18–3–2
Cincinnati 5–73–78–3—8–42–108–4–19–2
Cleveland 2–104–84–84–8—4–84–75–6
Providence 8–46–67–5–110–28–4—10–210–2
Syracuse 3–93–51–84–8–17–42–10—2–4
Troy 1–111–113–8–22–96–52–104–2—

Roster

1879 Boston Red Caps
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CPop Snyder8132978.237235
1BEd Cogswell4923676.322118
2BJack Burdock8435986.240036
3BJohn Morrill8434898.282049
SSEzra Sutton8433984.248034
OFCharley Jones83355112.315962
OFJohn O'Rourke72317108.341662
OFSadie Houck8035695.267249

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
Bill Hawes3815531.20009

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 Bond64555.143191.96155
Curry Foley21161.2992.5157
Jim Tyng327.0125.007
Lee Richmond19.0102.0011

References

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