1878 Indianapolis Blues season
The Indianapolis Blues were in the National League for only the 1878 season, after playing as an independent team in 1877. They finished in fifth place, one of just two teams to finish below .500.
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Manager(s) | John Clapp |
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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Pitchers
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Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
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 |
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C | Silver Flint | 63 | 254 | 57 | .224 | 0 | 18 |
1B | Art Croft | 60 | 222 | 35 | .158 | 0 | 16 |
2B | Joe Quest | 62 | 278 | 57 | .205 | 0 | 13 |
3B | Ned Williamson | 63 | 250 | 58 | .232 | 1 | 19 |
SS | Fred Warner | 43 | 165 | 41 | .248 | 0 | 10 |
OF | Orator Shafer | 63 | 266 | 90 | .338 | 0 | 30 |
OF | Russ McKelvy | 63 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 2 | 36 |
OF | John Clapp | 63 | 263 | 80 | .304 | 0 | 29 |
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 |
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Candy Nelson | 19 | 84 | 11 | .131 | 0 | 5 |
Jimmy Hallinan | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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The Only Nolan | 38 | 347 | 13 | 22 | 2.57 | 125 |
Jim McCormick | 14 | 117 | 5 | 8 | 1.69 | 36 |
Tom Healey | 11 | 89 | 6 | 4 | 2.22 | 18 |
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 |
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Russ McKelvy | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2.16 | 3 |
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