1881 Worcester Worcesters season

The 1881 Worcester Worcesters finished with a 32–50 record, last place in the National League.

1881 Worcester Worcesters
LeagueNational League
BallparkWorcester Driving Park Grounds
CityWorcester, Massachusetts
Record32–50 (.390)
League place8th
ManagersMike Dorgan, Harry Stovey
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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 56 28 .667 32‍–‍10 24‍–‍18
Providence Grays 47 37 .560 9 23‍–‍20 24‍–‍17
Buffalo Bisons 45 38 .542 10½ 25‍–‍16 20‍–‍22
Detroit Wolverines 41 43 .488 15 23‍–‍19 18‍–‍24
Troy Trojans 39 45 .464 17 24‍–‍18 15‍–‍27
Boston Red Caps 38 45 .458 17½ 19‍–‍22 19‍–‍23
Cleveland Blues 36 48 .429 20 20‍–‍22 16‍–‍26
Worcester Worcesters 32 50 .390 23 19‍–‍22 13‍–‍28

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BUF CHI CLE DET PRV TRO WOR
Boston 4–8 2–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 7–5 8–3
Buffalo 8–4 5–7 7–5 9–3 7–5 3–9 6–5
Chicago 10–2 7–5 6–6 7–5 9–3 8–4 9–3
Cleveland 4–8 5–7 6–6 5–7 3–9 6–6–1 7–5
Detroit 8–4 3–9 5–7 7–5 4–8 7–5 7–5
Providence 7–5 5–7 3–9 9–3 8–4 6–6 9–3
Troy 5–7 9–3 4–8 6–6–1 5–7 6–6 4–8
Worcester 3–8 5–6 3–9 5–7 5–7 3–9 8–4


Roster

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1881 Worcester Worcesters
Roster
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Doc Bushong 76 275 64 .233 0 21
1B Harry Stovey 75 341 92 .270 2 30
2B George Creamer 80 309 64 .207 0 25
3B Hick Carpenter 83 347 75 .216 2 31
SS Arthur Irwin 50 206 55 .267 0 24
OF Buttercup Dickerson 80 367 116 .316 1 31
OF Pete Hotaling 77 317 98 .309 1 35
OF Fred Corey 51 203 45 .222 0 10

Other batters

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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
Mike Dorgan 51 220 61 .277 0 18
Candy Nelson 24 103 29 .282 1 15
Pop Smith 11 41 3 .073 0 2
Billy Taylor 6 28 3 .107 0 2
Lip Pike 5 18 2 .111 0 0
Charlie Reilley 2 8 3 .375 0 1
Joe Quinn 2 7 1 .143 0 1
Asa Stratton 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Martin Flaherty 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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 53 462.1 25 26 3.39 156
Fred Corey 23 188.2 6 15 3.72 33
Harry McCormick 9 78.1 1 8 3.56 7
Billy Taylor 1 8.0 0 1 7.88 0

References

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