1878 Providence Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkMesser Street Grounds
CityProvidence, Rhode Island
OwnerHenry Root
ManagerTom York

The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.

Regular season

First baseman Tim Murnane
Manager / left fielder Tom York
Center fielder Paul Hines

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Caps 4119 0.683 23–7 18–12
Cincinnati Reds 3723 0.617 4 25–8 12–15
Providence Grays 3327 0.550 8 17–13 16–14
Chicago White Stockings 3030 0.500 11 17–18 13–12
Indianapolis Blues 2436 0.400 17 10–17 14–19
Milwaukee Grays 1545 0.250 26 7–18 8–27

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS CHI CIN IND MIL PRV
Boston 8–46–610–211–16–6
Chicago 4–82–108–410–26–6–1
Cincinnati 6–610–24–8–18–49–3
Indianapolis 2–104–88–4–18–4–12–10–1
Milwaukee 1–112–104–84–8–14–8
Providence 6–66–6–13–910–2–18–4

Roster

1878 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CLew Brown5824374.305143
1BTim Murnane4918845.239014
2BCharlie Sweasy5521237.17508
3BBill Hague6225051.204025
SSTom Carey6125360.237024
OFDick Higham6228190.320129
OFTom York6226983.309126
OFPaul Hines6225792.358450

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
Doug Allison197622.28907
Lip Pike5225.22704

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
John Ward37334.022131.51116
Tricky Nichols1198.0474.2221
Harry Wheeler762.0613.4825
Fred Corey523.0122.357
Tom Healey324.0033.002
Cherokee Fisher19.0014.002

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
Doug Allison10001.800
Lew Brown100018.000

References

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