1880 Worcester Worcesters season

The 1880 season was the first for the Worcester Worcesters franchise in the National League, having played 1879 in the National Association. The team finished its initial season with a 40–43 record, good for fifth place. Lee Richmond threw a perfect game on June 12, 1880, the first ever perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 1–0 victory over the Cleveland Blues. On August 20, they became the first major-league team to be no-hit at home when Pud Galvin of the Buffalo Bisons defeated them, 1–0.

1880 Worcester Worcesters
League	National League
Ballpark	Worcester Driving Park Grounds
City	Worcester, Massachusetts
Record	40–43 (.482)
League place	5th
Manager	Frank Bancroft

Regular season

Worcester Worcesters, 1880

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	—

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	Charlie Bennett	51	193	44	.228	0	18
1B	Chub Sullivan	43	166	43	.259	0	?
2B	George Creamer	85	306	61	.199	0	27
3B	Art Whitney	76	302	67	.222	1	36
SS	Arthur Irwin	85	352	91	.259	1	35
OF	George Wood	81	327	80	.245	0	28
OF	Lon Knight	49	201	48	.239	0	21
OF	Harry Stovey	83	355	94	.265	6	28

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
Doc Bushong	41	146	25	.171	0	19
Fred Corey	41	138	24	.174	0	6
Buttercup Dickerson	31	133	39	.293	0	20
Jerry Dorgan	10	35	7	.200	0	1
Joe Ellick	5	18	1	.056	0	0
Bill Tobin	5	16	2	.125	0	3
Steve Dignan	3	10	3	.300	0	2
Billy Geer	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Bill McGunnigle	1	4	0	.000	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
Lee Richmond	74	590.2	32	32	2.15	243
Fred Corey	25	148.1	8	9	2.43	47
Tricky Nichols	2	17.2	0	2	4.08	4

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
Harry Stovey	2	0	0	0	4.50	3

References

• 1880 Worcester Worcesters season at Baseball Reference