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The 1878 Season Players by Position
The 1878 Season Players by Position
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C:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Deacon White CIN N 61 258 81 4 1 0 10 0 .314 .340 .337 1.1 48 262 66 33 4 .909 C48,OF16,3B1
Silver Flint IND N 63 254 57 7 0 0 2 0 .224 .230 .252 -0.9 59 285 102 39 7 .908 C59,OF9
Lew Brown PRO N 58 243 74 21 6 1 7 0 .305 .324 .453 1.6 45 232 84 43 11 .880 C45,1B15,P1,OF1
Bill Harbridge CHI N 54 240 71 12 0 0 6 0 .296 .313 .346 -0.3 53 257 66 45 1 .878 C53,OF8
Pop Snyder BOS N 60 226 48 5 0 0 1 0 .212 .216 .235 -0.5 58 344 92 42 2 .912 C58,OF2
Charlie Bennett MIL N 49 184 45 9 0 1 10 0 .245 .284 .310 -1.3 35 176 31 42 4 .831 C35,OF20
Doug Allison PRO N 19 76 22 2 0 0 1 0 .289 .299 .316 0.1 19 96 27 12 1 .911 C19,P1
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1B:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Joe Start CHI N 61 285 100 12 5 1 2 0 .351 .355 .439 0.8 61 719 13 33 28 .957 1B61
Jake Goodman MIL N 60 252 62 4 3 1 7 0 .246 .266 .298 -1.2 60 693 12 42 15 .944 1B60
Chub Sullivan CIN N 61 244 63 4 2 0 2 0 .258 .264 .291 0.0 61 680 23 18 33 .975 1B61
John Morrill BOS N 60 233 56 5 1 0 5 0 .240 .256 .270 -0.8 59 606 22 28 36 .957 1B59,3B1,OF1
Art Croft IND N 60 222 35 6 0 0 5 0 .158 .176 .185 -2.1 51 534 8 21 19 .963 1B51,OF9
Tim Murnane PRO N 49 188 45 6 1 0 8 0 .239 .270 .282 -0.5 48 543 22 36 25 .940 1B48,OF1
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2B:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Joe Quest IND N 62 278 57 3 2 0 12 0 .205 .238 .230 -0.6 62 228 196 60 27 .876 2B62
Joe Gerhardt CIN N 60 259 77 7 2 0 7 0 .297 .316 .340 1.6 60 159 206 38 26 .906 2B60
Jack Burdock BOS N 60 246 64 12 6 0 3 0 .260 .269 .358 2.0 60 245 212 41 34 .918 2B60
John Peters MIL N 55 246 76 6 1 0 5 0 .309 .323 .341 0.6 34 97 136 40 14 .853 2B34,SS22
Charlie Sweasy PRO N 55 212 37 3 0 0 7 0 .175 .201 .189 -2.1 55 141 183 59 20 .846 2B55
Bill McClellan CHI N 48 205 46 6 1 0 2 0 .224 .232 .263 -1.5 42 87 139 35 15 .866 2B42,SS5,OF1
George Creamer MIL N 50 193 41 7 3 0 5 0 .212 .232 .280 -0.9 28 53 103 30 5 .839 2B28,OF17,3B6
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3B:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Cal McVey CIN N 61 271 83 10 4 2 5 0 .306 .319 .395 0.6 61 78 106 42 6 .814 3B61,C3
Bill Hague PRO N 62 250 51 3 0 0 5 0 .204 .220 .216 0.6 62 81 177 21 5 .925 3B62
Ed Williamson IND N 63 250 58 10 2 1 5 0 .232 .247 .300 -0.4 63 88 128 33 6 .867 3B63
Frank Hankinson CHI N 58 240 64 8 3 1 5 0 .267 .282 .338 0.7 57 94 138 33 9 .875 3B57,P1
Ezra Sutton BOS N 60 239 54 9 3 1 2 0 .226 .232 .301 -0.8 59 80 118 25 8 .888 3B59,SS1
Will Foley MIL N 56 229 62 8 5 0 7 0 .271 .292 .349 -0.6 53 68 87 36 8 .812 3B53,C7
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Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G PO A E DP AVG Games Played
George Wright BOS N 59 267 60 5 1 0 6 0 .225 .242 .251 0.0 59 72 197 15 24 .947 SS59
Bob Ferguson CHI N 61 259 91 10 2 0 10 0 .351 .375 .405 2.8 57 71 226 40 17 .881 SS57,2B4,C1
Tom Carey PRO N 61 253 60 10 3 0 0 0 .237 .237 .300 -0.2 61 56 207 38 8 .874 SS61
Billy Geer CIN N 61 237 52 13 2 0 10 0 .219 .251 .291 -0.3 60 58 177 36 15 .867 SS60,2B2
Billy Redmond MIL N 48 187 43 8 0 0 8 0 .230 .262 .273 -1.9 39 31 97 35 5 .785 SS39,OF7,3B3,C1
Fred Warner IND N 43 165 41 4 0 0 2 0 .248 .257 .273 -0.5 41 41 124 17 9 .907 SS41,OF2
Candy Nelson IND N 19 84 11 1 0 0 5 0 .131 .180 .143 -1.3 19 19 50 13 1 .841 SS19
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LF:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G* PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Abner Dalrymple MIL N 61 271 96 10 4 0 6 0 .354 .368 .421 1.5 61 128 11 28 3 .832 LF61
Tom York PRO N 62 269 83 19 10 1 8 0 .309 .329 .465 1.5 62 89 14 15 3 .873 LF62
John Clapp IND N 63 263 80 10 2 0 13 0 .304 .337 .357 0.9 44 60 5 8 0 .890 LF44,1B12,C9,SS3,2B1
Andy Leonard BOS N 60 262 68 8 5 0 3 0 .260 .268 .328 -1.4 60 65 8 21 1 .777 LF60
Cap Anson CHI N 60 261 89 12 2 0 13 0 .341 .372 .402 0.3 48 60 6 14 0 .825 LF45,2B9,C3,CF3,3B3
Charley Jones CIN N 61 261 81 11 7 3 4 0 .310 .321 .441 1.7 61 120 9 15 1 .896 LF51,CF10
Jimmy Hallinan CHI N-IND N 19 79 22 5 0 0 5 0 .278 .321 .342 -0.4 14 17 2 6 0 .760 LF14,2B5
* - defensive stats are for all three outfield positions
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CF:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G* PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Paul Hines PRO N 62 257 92 13 4 4 2 0 .358 .363 .486 1.7 61 109 15 22 4 .849 CF61,SS1
Jim O'Rourke BOS N 60 255 71 17 7 1 5 0 .278 .292 .412 0.3 57 102 15 19 4 .860 CF57,1B2,C2
Russ McKelvy IND N 63 253 57 4 3 2 5 0 .225 .240 .289 -0.1 62 119 18 25 2 .846 CF62,P4
Jack Remsen CHI N 56 224 52 11 1 1 17 0 .232 .286 .304 -0.1 56 103 14 7 5 .944 CF56
Mike Golden MIL N 55 214 44 6 3 0 3 0 .206 .217 .262 -1.1 39 50 9 12 2 .831 CF25,P22,RF14,1B1
Lip Pike CIN N-PRO N 36 167 52 5 2 0 5 0 .311 .331 .365 0.0 31 38 4 9 1 .824 CF31,2B5
B. Dickerson CIN N 29 123 38 5 1 0 0 0 .309 .309 .366 0.1 29 56 1 8 0 .877 CF19,LF10
* - defensive stats are for all three outfield positions
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RF:
Name Team(s) G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SB AVG OBP SLG BFW G* PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Dick Higham PRO N 62 281 90 22 1 1 5 0 .320 .332 .416 1.5 62 76 27 24 4 .811 RF62,C1
Orator Shafer IND N 63 266 90 19 6 0 13 0 .338 .369 .455 3.3 63 105 28 25 2 .842 RF63,LF1
John Cassidy CHI N 60 256 68 7 1 0 9 0 .266 .291 .301 0.3 60 89 30 28 6 .810 RF60,C1
Jack Manning BOS N 60 248 63 10 1 0 10 0 .254 .283 .302 -1.8 59 61 9 23 1 .753 RF56,P3,CF3
King Kelly CIN N 60 237 67 7 1 0 7 0 .283 .303 .321 1.3 47 51 24 23 2 .765 RF47,C17,3B2
Bill Holbert MIL N 45 173 32 2 0 0 3 0 .185 .199 .197 -0.7 30 35 19 12 1 .818 RF30,C21
* - defensive stats are for all three outfield positions
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Name Team(s) G GS CG SV IP H R BB SO ERA PW G PO A E DP AVG Games Played
Tommy Bond BOS N 59 59 57 0 532.2 571 222 33 182 2.06 0.9 59 27 117 9 4 .941 P59,OF2
Terry Larkin CHI N 56 56 56 0 506 511 288 31 163 2.24 1.9 56 19 90 18 0 .858 P56,3B1,OF1
Will White CIN N 52 52 52 0 468 477 249 45 169 1.79 0.6 52 13 90 15 2 .873 P52
Sam Weaver MIL N 45 43 39 0 383 371 214 21 95 1.95 2.1 45 31 78 16 1 .872 P45,OF9
The Only Nolan IND N 38 38 37 0 347 357 208 56 125 2.57 -1.0 38 19 80 11 5 .900 P38,OF1
Monte Ward PRO N 37 37 37 0 334 308 151 34 116 1.51 2.2 37 23 74 15 4 .866 P37
Jim McCormick IND N 14 14 12 0 117 128 47 15 36 1.69 0.4 14 6 32 2 2 .950 P14,OF3
Tom Healey PRO N-IND N 14 13 12 1 113 125 67 20 20 2.39 -0.5 14 6 24 4 0 .882 P14,OF3
Tricky Nichols PRO N 11 10 10 0 98 157 98 8 21 4.22 -1.8 11 6 27 1 2 .971 P11
Bobby Mitchell CIN N 9 9 9 0 80 69 32 18 51 2.14 0.4 9 3 14 1 1 .944 P9,SS2,OF1
Harry Wheeler PRO N 7 6 6 0 62 70 40 25 25 3.48 -0.7 7 2 5 1 0 .875 P7
Laurie Reis CHI N 4 4 4 0 36 55 34 4 8 3.25 -0.5 4 1 3 4 0 .500 P4,OF1