1879 Cincinnati Reds season

1879 Cincinnati Reds
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Manager(s) Cal McVey, Deacon White
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The 1879 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 43–37, 14 games behind the Providence Grays.[1]

Regular season

The Reds were hoping to build off a great 1878 season, in which the team finished in second place in the National League with a 37–23 record. In the off-season, the Reds announced that catcher Deacon White would become the player-manager. Cincinnati signed Ross Barnes to play shortstop. Barnes had missed most of the 1877 season and all of the 1878 season after falling ill. In his last full season in 1876, Barnes played with the Chicago White Stockings, and led the NL with a .429 batting average, 138 hits, 126 runs, 38 doubles, and fourteen triples.

King Kelly had a very solid season, hitting .348 with two home runs and 47 RBI, while another youngster, twenty-year-old Buttercup Dickerson, hit .291 with two home runs and a team high 57 RBI. Deacon White rebounded from a poor 1878 season by his standards, as he hit .330 with a homer and 52 RBI. On the mound, Will White led the NL with 75 starts, as he had a 43–31 record with a 1.99 ERA in his league high 680 innings pitched.

Season summary

Cincinnati started off hot, as they opened the season with a five-game winning streak. However, the club lost seven of their next eight games to fall under .500. Cincinnati had a mediocre 9–9 record after eighteen games, and player-manager Deacon White turned over his managerial duties to Cal McVey, who had been the Reds' player-manager in 1878. Cincinnati lost the first five games under McVey, however, the team began to play better, and ended the season with a 43–37 record, fifth in the league, and fourteen games behind the first-place Grays.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 5925 0.702 — 34–8 25–17
Boston Red Caps 5430 0.643 5 29–13 25–17
Buffalo Bisons 4632 0.590 10 23–16 23–16
Chicago White Stockings 4633 0.582 10½ 29–13 17–20
Cincinnati Reds 4337 0.537 14 21–16 22–21
Cleveland Blues 2755 0.329 31 15–27 12–28
Syracuse Stars 2248 0.314 30 11–22 11–26
Troy Trojans 1956 0.253 35½ 12–27 7–29

Record vs. opponents

1879 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV SYR TRO
Boston —9–34–87–510–24–89–311–1
Buffalo 3–9—6–6–17–38–46–65–311–1
Chicago 8–46–6–1—3–88–45–7–18–18–3–2
Cincinnati 5–73–78–3—8–42–108–4–19–2
Cleveland 2–104–84–84–8—4–84–75–6
Providence 8–46–67–5–110–28–4—10–210–2
Syracuse 3–93–51–84–8–17–42–10—2–4
Troy 1–111–113–8–22–96–52–104–2—

Roster

1879 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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
CDeacon White78333110.330152
1BCal McVey81354105.297055
2BJoe Gerhardt7931362.198139
3BKing Kelly77345120.348247
SSRoss Barnes7732386.266130
OFButtercup Dickerson81350102.291257
OFPete Hotaling81369103.279127
OFWill Foley5621846.211025

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
Mike Burke2811726.22208
Blondie Purcell125011.22004
Jack Neagle3122.16702
John Magner140.00001
Harry Wheeler130.00000

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
Will White7668043311.99232
Blondie Purcell218024.003
Jack Neagle213013.464
Harry Wheeler110181.000

Other 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
Cal McVey314028.367

References

  1. ↑ 1879 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball
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