1878 Providence Grays season

1878 Providence Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1878)
Location
Messer Street Grounds (since 1878)
Providence, Rhode Island (since 1878)
Other information
Owner(s)	Henry Root
Manager(s)	Tom York
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The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.

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 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers Fred Corey Cherokee Fisher Tom Healey Tricky Nichols John Ward Harry Wheeler		Catchers Doug Allison Lew Brown Infielders Tom Carey Bill Hague Tim Murnane Lip Pike Charlie Sweasy		Outfielders Dick Higham Paul Hines Tom York		Manager Tom York

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	Lew Brown	58	243	74	.305	1	43
1B	Tim Murnane	49	188	45	.239	0	14
2B	Charlie Sweasy	55	212	37	.175	0	8
3B	Bill Hague	62	250	51	.204	0	25
SS	Tom Carey	61	253	60	.237	0	24
OF	Dick Higham	62	281	90	.320	1	29
OF	Tom York	62	269	83	.309	1	26
OF	Paul Hines	62	257	92	.358	4	50

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 Allison	19	76	22	.289	0	7
Lip Pike	5	22	5	.227	0	4

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 Ward	37	334	22	13	1.51	116
Tricky Nichols	11	98	4	7	4.22	21
Harry Wheeler	7	62	6	1	3.48	25
Fred Corey	5	23	1	2	2.35	7
Tom Healey	3	24	0	3	3.00	2
Cherokee Fisher	1	9	0	1	4.00	2

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 Allison	1	0	0	0	1.80	0
Lew Brown	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1878 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference