1878 Chicago White Stockings season

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Lakefront Park (since 1878)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Hulbert
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson
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The 1878 Chicago White Stockings season was the 7th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 3rd in the National League and the 1st at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fourth in the National League with a record of 30–30.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Caps	41	19	--	.683
Cincinnati Reds	37	23	4	.617
Providence Grays	33	27	8	.550
Chicago White Stockings	30	30	11	.500
Indianapolis Blues	24	36	17	.400
Milwaukee Grays	15	45	26	.250

Record vs. opponents

1878 National League Records 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	29	26	2.24	163
Laurie Reis	4	36	1	3	3.25	8
Frank Hankinson	1	9	0	1	6.00	4

References

• 1878 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference