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
LeagueNational League
BallparkWorcester Driving Park Grounds
CityWorcester, Massachusetts
Record40–43 (.482)
League place5th
ManagerFrank Bancroft
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Regular season

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Worcester Worcesters, 1880

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 67 17 .798 37‍–‍5 30‍–‍12
Providence Grays 52 32 .619 15 31‍–‍12 21‍–‍20
Cleveland Blues 47 37 .560 20 24‍–‍19 23‍–‍18
Troy Trojans 41 42 .494 25½ 20‍–‍21 21‍–‍21
Worcester Worcesters 40 43 .482 26½ 24‍–‍17 16‍–‍26
Boston Red Caps 40 44 .476 27 25‍–‍17 15‍–‍27
Buffalo Bisons 24 58 .293 42 13‍–‍28 11‍–‍30
Cincinnati Stars 21 59 .263 44 14‍–‍25 7‍–‍34

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1880 Worcester Worcesters
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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 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

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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
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

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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 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

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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

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