The Milwaukee Grays were members of the National League for only the 1878 season, having played as an independent team in 1877. They finished in sixth place, one of only two teams to finish below .500.
1878 Milwaukee Grays | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Eclipse Park II |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Manager | Jack Chapman |
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Caps | 41 | 19 | 0.683 | — | 23–7 | 18–12 |
Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 23 | 0.617 | 4 | 25–8 | 12–15 |
Providence Grays | 33 | 27 | 0.550 | 8 | 17–13 | 16–14 |
Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 30 | 0.500 | 11 | 17–18 | 13–12 |
Indianapolis Blues | 24 | 36 | 0.400 | 17 | 10–17 | 14–19 |
Milwaukee Grays | 15 | 45 | 0.250 | 26 | 7–18 | 8–27 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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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 edit
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Charlie Bennett | 49 | 184 | 45 | .245 | 1 | 12 |
1B | Jake Goodman | 60 | 252 | 62 | .246 | 1 | 27 |
2B | John Peters | 55 | 246 | 76 | .309 | 0 | 22 |
3B | Will Foley | 56 | 229 | 62 | .271 | 0 | 22 |
SS | Billy Redmond | 48 | 187 | 43 | .230 | 0 | 21 |
OF | Abner Dalrymple | 61 | 271 | 96 | .354 | 0 | 15 |
OF | Mike Golden | 55 | 214 | 44 | .206 | 0 | 20 |
OF | Bill Holbert | 45 | 173 | 32 | .185 | 0 | 12 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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George Creamer | 50 | 193 | 41 | .212 | 0 | 15 |
Pidgey Morgan | 14 | 56 | 11 | .196 | 0 | 5 |
Jake Knowdell | 4 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
Joe Ellick | 3 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Bliss | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Alamazoo Jennings | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sam Weaver | 45 | 383.0 | 12 | 31 | 1.95 | 95 |
Mike Golden | 22 | 161.0 | 3 | 13 | 4.14 | 52 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Ellick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |