1880 Providence Grays season

The Providence Grays finished the 1880 season in second place in the National League.

1880 Providence Grays
League	National League
Ballpark	Messer Street Grounds
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Owner	Henry Root
Managers	Mike McGeary, John Montgomery Ward, Mike Dorgan

Regular season

Pitcher John Montgomery Ward

Third baseman George Bradley

Manager / right fielder Mike Dorgan

Left fielder Tom York

Center fielder Paul Hines

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	0.798	—	37–5	30–12
Providence Grays	52	32	0.619	15	31–12	21–20
Cleveland Blues	47	37	0.560	20	24–19	23–18
Troy Trojans	41	42	0.494	25½	20–21	21–21
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	0.482	26½	24–17	16–26
Boston Red Caps	40	44	0.476	27	25–17	15–27
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	0.293	42	13–28	11–30
Cincinnati Stars	21	59	0.263	44	14–25	7–34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	9–3–1	3–9	7–5	5–7	5–7–1	7–5	4–8
Buffalo	3–9–1	—	1–11	5–5–2	3–9	2–10	1–11	9–3
Chicago	9–3	11–1	—	10–2–1	8–4	9–3–1	10–2	10–2
Cincinnati	5–7	5–5–2	2–10–1	—	3–9	2–10	1–10	3–8
Cleveland	7–5	9–3	4–8	9–3	—	3–9	9–3	6–6–1
Providence	7–5–1	10–2	3–9–1	10–2	9–3	—	7–5	6–6–1
Troy	5–7	11–1	2–10	10–1	3–9	5–7	—	5–7
Worcester	8–4	3–9	2–10	8–3	6–6–1	6–6–1	7–5	—

Roster

1880 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers John Ward Catchers Emil Gross		Infielders George Bradley Jack Farrell Mike McGeary John Peters Joe Start		Outfielders Mike Dorgan Paul Hines Sadie Houck Tom York		Manager Mike Dorgan Mike McGeary John Ward

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	Emil Gross	87	347	90	.259	1	34
1B	Joe Start	82	345	96	.278	0	27
2B	Jack Farrell	80	339	92	.271	3	36
3B	George Bradley	82	309	70	.227	0	23
SS	John Peters	86	359	82	.246	0	31
OF	Mike Dorgan	79	321	79	.246	0	31
OF	Paul Hines	85	374	115	.307	3	35
OF	Tom York	53	203	43	.212	0	18

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
Sadie Houck	49	184	37	.201	1	22
Mike McGeary	18	59	8	.136	0	1

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	70	595.0	39	24	1.74	230
George Bradley	28	196.0	13	8	1.38	54

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
Mike Dorgan	1	0	0	0	1.13	2

References

• 1880 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference