1879 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1879 Chicago White Stockings season was the eighth season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the fourth in the National League and the second at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fourth in the National League with a record of 46–33.

1879 Chicago White Stockings
LeagueNational League
BallparkLakefront Park
CityChicago
OwnerWilliam Hulbert
ManagersSilver Flint, Cap Anson
← 1878
1880 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 59 25 .702 34‍–‍8 25‍–‍17
Boston Red Caps 54 30 .643 5 29‍–‍13 25‍–‍17
Buffalo Bisons 46 32 .590 10 23‍–‍16 23‍–‍16
Chicago White Stockings 46 33 .582 10½ 29‍–‍13 17‍–‍20
Cincinnati Reds 43 37 .537 14 21‍–‍16 22‍–‍21
Cleveland Blues 27 55 .329 31 15‍–‍27 12‍–‍28
Syracuse Stars 22 48 .314 30 11‍–‍22 11‍–‍26
Troy Trojans 19 56 .253 35½ 12‍–‍27 7‍–‍29

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV SYR TRO
Boston 9–3 4–8 7–5 10–2 4–8 9–3 11–1
Buffalo 3–9 6–6–1 7–3 8–4 6–6 5–3 11–1
Chicago 8–4 6–6–1 3–8 8–4 5–7–1 8–1 8–3–2
Cincinnati 5–7 3–7 8–3 8–4 2–10 8–4–1 9–2
Cleveland 2–10 4–8 4–8 4–8 4–8 4–7 5–6
Providence 8–4 6–6 7–5–1 10–2 8–4 10–2 10–2
Syracuse 3–9 3–5 1–8 4–8–1 7–4 2–10 2–4
Troy 1–11 1–11 3–8–2 2–9 6–5 2–10 4–2


Roster

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1879 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Silver Flint 79 324 92 .284 1 41
1B Cap Anson 51 227 72 .317 0 34
2B Joe Quest 83 334 69 .207 0 22
3B Ned Williamson 80 320 94 .294 1 36
SS John Peters 83 379 93 .245 1 31
OF Orator Shafer 73 316 96 .304 0 35
OF Abner Dalrymple 71 333 97 .291 0 23
OF George Gore 63 266 70 .263 0 32

Other batters

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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
Jack Remsen 42 152 33 .217 0 8
Lew Brown 6 21 6 .286 0 3
Bill Harbridge 4 18 2 .111 0 1
John Stedronsky 4 12 1 .083 0 0
Herm Doscher 3 11 2 .182 0 1
Tom Dolan 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 58 513.1 31 23 2.44 142
Frank Hankinson 26 230.2 15 10 2.50 69

References

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