1878 Providence Grays season

The Providence Grays were a new franchise that joined the National League for the 1878 baseball season. They finished in third place.

1878 Providence Grays
League	National League
Ballpark	Messer Street Grounds
City	Providence, Rhode Island
Owner	Henry Root
Manager	Tom York

Regular season

Pitcher John Montgomery Ward

First baseman Tim Murnane

Manager / left fielder Tom York

Center fielder Paul Hines

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Caps	41	19	0.683	—	23–7	18–12
Cincinnati Reds	37	23	0.617	4	25–8	12–15
Providence Grays	33	27	0.550	8	17–13	16–14
Chicago White Stockings	30	30	0.500	11	17–18	13–12
Indianapolis Blues	24	36	0.400	17	10–17	14–19
Milwaukee Grays	15	45	0.250	26	7–18	8–27

Record vs. opponents

1878 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	IND	MIL	PRV
Boston	—	8–4	6–6	10–2	11–1	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	2–10	8–4	10–2	6–6–1
Cincinnati	6–6	10–2	—	4–8–1	8–4	9–3
Indianapolis	2–10	4–8	8–4–1	—	8–4–1	2–10–1
Milwaukee	1–11	2–10	4–8	4–8–1	—	4–8
Providence	6–6	6–6–1	3–9	10–2–1	8–4	—

Roster

1878 Providence Grays
Roster
Pitchers Fred Corey Cherokee Fisher Tom Healey Tricky Nichols John Ward Harry Wheeler		Catchers Doug Allison Lew Brown Infielders Tom Carey Bill Hague Tim Murnane Lip Pike Charlie Sweasy		Outfielders Dick Higham Paul Hines Tom York		Manager Tom York

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	Lew Brown	58	243	74	.305	1	43
1B	Tim Murnane	49	188	45	.239	0	14
2B	Charlie Sweasy	55	212	37	.175	0	8
3B	Bill Hague	62	250	51	.204	0	25
SS	Tom Carey	61	253	60	.237	0	24
OF	Dick Higham	62	281	90	.320	1	29
OF	Tom York	62	269	83	.309	1	26
OF	Paul Hines	62	257	92	.358	4	50

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
Doug Allison	19	76	22	.289	0	7
Lip Pike	5	22	5	.227	0	4

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	37	334.0	22	13	1.51	116
Tricky Nichols	11	98.0	4	7	4.22	21
Harry Wheeler	7	62.0	6	1	3.48	25
Fred Corey	5	23.0	1	2	2.35	7
Tom Healey	3	24.0	0	3	3.00	2
Cherokee Fisher	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	2

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
Doug Allison	1	0	0	0	1.80	0
Lew Brown	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

• 1878 Providence Grays season at Baseball Reference