1880 Worcester Worcesters season
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Record | 40–43 (.482) |
League place | 5th |
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Manager(s) | Frank Bancroft |
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The 1880 season was the first for the Worcester Worcesters franchise in the National League, having played 1879 in the National Association. The team finished its initial season with a 40–43 record, good for fifth place. Lee Richmond threw a perfect game on June 12, 1880, the first ever perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Blues. On August 20, they were the first team to ever be no-hit at home after Pud Galvin of the Buffalo Bisons defeated them 1-0.
Regular season[]
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Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 67 | 17 | 0.798 | — | 37–5 | 30–12 |
Providence Grays | 52 | 32 | 0.619 | 15 | 31–12 | 21–20 |
Cleveland Blues | 47 | 37 | 0.560 | 20 | 24–19 | 23–18 |
Troy Trojans | 41 | 42 | 0.494 | 25½ | 20–21 | 21–21 |
Worcester Worcesters | 40 | 43 | 0.482 | 26½ | 24–17 | 16–26 |
Boston Red Caps | 40 | 44 | 0.476 | 27 | 25–17 | 15–27 |
Buffalo Bisons | 24 | 58 | 0.293 | 42 | 13–28 | 11–30 |
Cincinnati Stars | 21 | 59 | 0.263 | 44 | 14–25 | 7–34 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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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 | — |
Roster[]
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Pitchers
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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 |
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C | Charlie Bennett | 51 | 193 | 44 | .228 | 0 | 18 |
1B | Chub Sullivan | 43 | 166 | 43 | .259 | 0 | ? |
2B | George Creamer | 85 | 306 | 61 | .199 | 0 | 27 |
3B | Art Whitney | 76 | 302 | 67 | .222 | 1 | 36 |
SS | Arthur Irwin | 85 | 352 | 91 | .259 | 1 | 35 |
OF | George Wood | 81 | 327 | 80 | .245 | 0 | 28 |
OF | Lon Knight | 49 | 201 | 48 | .239 | 0 | 21 |
OF | Harry Stovey | 83 | 355 | 94 | .265 | 6 | 28 |
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 |
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Doc Bushong | 41 | 146 | 25 | .171 | 0 | 19 |
Fred Corey | 41 | 138 | 24 | .174 | 0 | 6 |
Buttercup Dickerson | 31 | 133 | 39 | .293 | 0 | 20 |
Jerry Dorgan | 10 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Ellick | 5 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Tobin | 5 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
Steve Dignan | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
Billy Geer | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill McGunnigle | 1 | 4 | 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 |
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Lee Richmond | 74 | 590.2 | 32 | 32 | 2.15 | 243 |
Fred Corey | 25 | 148.1 | 8 | 9 | 2.43 | 47 |
Tricky Nichols | 2 | 17.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.08 | 4 |
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 |
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Harry Stovey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
References[]
- Worcester Ruby Legs seasons
- 1880 Major League Baseball season
- 1880 in sports in Massachusetts