1878 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1878 Chicago White Stockings season was the seventh season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the third in the National League and the first at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fourth in the National League with a record of 30–30.

1878 Chicago White Stockings
League	National League
Ballpark	Lakefront Park
City	Chicago
Owner	William Hulbert
Manager	Bob Ferguson

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Caps	41	19	.683	—	23‍–‍7	18‍–‍12
Cincinnati Reds	37	23	.617	4	25‍–‍8	12‍–‍15
Providence Grays	33	27	.550	8	17‍–‍13	16‍–‍14
Chicago White Stockings	30	30	.500	11	17‍–‍18	13‍–‍12
Indianapolis Blues	24	36	.400	17	10‍–‍17	14‍–‍19
Milwaukee Grays	15	45	.250	26	7‍–‍18	8‍–‍27

Record vs. opponents

1878 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	IND	MIL	PRV
Boston	—	8–4	6–6	10–2	11–1	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	2–10	8–4	10–2	6–6–1
Cincinnati	6–6	10–2	—	4–8–1	8–4	9–3
Indianapolis	2–10	4–8	8–4–1	—	8–4–1	2–10–1
Milwaukee	1–11	2–10	4–8	4–8–1	—	4–8
Providence	6–6	6–6–1	3–9	10–2–1	8–4	—

Roster

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Terry Larkin Laurie Reis		Catchers Bill Harbridge Phil Powers Bill Traffley Infielders Bob Ferguson Frank Hankinson Bill McClellan Albert Spalding Joe Start		Outfielders Cap Anson John Cassidy Jimmy Hallinan Jack Remsen Bill Sullivan		Manager Bob Ferguson

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	Bill Harbridge	54	240	71	.296	0	37
1B	Joe Start	61	285	100	.351	1	27
2B	Bill McClellan	48	205	46	.224	0	29
3B	Frank Hankinson	58	240	64	.267	1	27
SS	Bob Ferguson	61	259	91	.351	0	39
OF	John Cassidy	60	256	68	.266	0	29
OF	Jack Remsen	56	224	52	.232	1	19
OF	Cap Anson	60	261	89	.341	0	40

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
Jimmy Hallinan	16	67	19	.284	0	2
Phil Powers	8	31	5	.161	0	2
Bill Traffley	2	9	1	.111	0	1
Bill Sullivan	2	6	1	.167	0	0
Albert Spalding	1	4	2	.500	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
Terry Larkin	56	506.0	29	26	2.24	163
Laurie Reis	4	36.0	1	3	3.25	8
Frank Hankinson	1	9.0	0	1	6.00	4

References

• 1878 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference