1880 Cincinnati Reds season

1880 Cincinnati Reds
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Manager(s) John Clapp
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The 1880 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in eighth and last place in the National League with a record of 21–59, 44 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

At the end of the season, the team was kicked out of the league for selling beer and refusing to close their park on Sunday as required at the time. The team disbanded. A different Cincinnati Reds team joined the American Association two years later.

Regular season

The Reds were coming off a fifth-place finish in the National League in 1879, as they had a 43–37 record, which was their second consecutive winning season. During the off-season, Cincinnati signed catcher John Clapp, who had played with the Buffalo Bisons in the previous season. Clapp was also named the manager of the team. Deacon White, who was the Reds catcher the previous two seasons, moved to the outfield. Other off-season signings included Hick Carpenter of the Syracuse Stars to play third base, while the Reds would have rookies at first base, John Reilly, and second base, Pop Smith.

Clapp and Blondie Purcell led the team offensively, as Clapp had a .282 average with a homer and 20 RBI and 33 runs scored, while Purcell hit .292 with a homer and 24 RBI, along with 48 runs. Will White led the NL with 42 losses, however, he had a good ERA of 2.14.

Season summary

Cincinnati got off to a miserable start, having a record of only 6–26 in their first 32 games, which included lopsided losses of 20–7 and 15–1 to the White Stockings, and 13–0 to the Worcester Ruby Legs during that span. Cincinnati would never get it together during the season, and finished in last place for the third time in the team's five-year history, as the Reds had a record of 21–59, 44 games behind the first place White Stockings.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 6717 0.798 — 37–5 30–12
Providence Grays 5232 0.619 15 31–12 21–20
Cleveland Blues 4737 0.560 20 24–19 23–18
Troy Trojans 4142 0.494 25½ 20–21 21–21
Worcester Worcesters 4043 0.482 26½ 24–17 16–26
Boston Red Caps 4044 0.476 27 25–17 15–27
Buffalo Bisons 2458 0.293 42 13–28 11–30
Cincinnati Reds 2159 0.263 44 14–25 7–34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV TRO WOR
Boston —9–3–13–97–55–75–7–17–54–8
Buffalo 3–9–1—1–115–5–23–92–101–119–3
Chicago 9–311–1—10–2–18–49–3–110–210–2
Cincinnati 5–75–5–22–10–1—3–92–101–103–8
Cleveland 7–59–34–89–3—3–99–36–6–1
Providence 7–5–110–23–9–110–29–3—7–56–6–1
Troy 5–711–12–1010–13–95–7—5–7
Worcester 8–43–92–108–36–6–16–6–17–5—

Roster

1880 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
CJohn Clapp8032391.282120
1BJohn Reilly7327256.206016
2BPop Smith8333469.207027
3BHick Carpenter7730072.240023
SSLou Say4819138.199015
OFBlondie Purcell7732595.292124
OFMike Mansell5318736.193212
OFJack Manning4819041.216217

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
Deacon White3514142.29807
Andy Leonard3313328.211117
Charlie Reilley3010321.20409
Joe Sommer248816.18206
Harry Wheeler17656.09202
Sam Wright9343.08800
Amos Booth120.00000

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 White62517.118422.14161
Blondie Purcell251963173.2147

References

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