1879 Cleveland Blues season

The 1879 season was the National League debut for the Cleveland Blues. They finished the season 27–55, sixth in the eight-team National League.

1879 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1879)
Location
Kennard Street Park (since 1879) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1879)
Other information
Manager(s)	Jim McCormick
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Providence Grays	59	25	0.702	—	34–8	25–17
Boston Red Caps	54	30	0.643	5	29–13	25–17
Buffalo Bisons	46	32	0.590	10	23–16	23–16
Chicago White Stockings	46	33	0.582	10½	29–13	17–20
Cincinnati Reds	43	37	0.537	14	21–16	22–21
Cleveland Blues	27	55	0.329	31	15–27	12–28
Syracuse Stars	22	48	0.314	30	11–22	11–26
Troy Trojans	19	56	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	—	9–3	4–8	7–5	10–2	4–8	9–3	11–1
Buffalo	3–9	—	6–6–1	7–3	8–4	6–6	5–3	11–1
Chicago	8–4	6–6–1	—	3–8	8–4	5–7–1	8–1	8–3–2
Cincinnati	5–7	3–7	8–3	—	8–4	2–10	8–4–1	9–2
Cleveland	2–10	4–8	4–8	4–8	—	4–8	4–7	5–6
Providence	8–4	6–6	7–5–1	10–2	8–4	—	10–2	10–2
Syracuse	3–9	3–5	1–8	4–8–1	7–4	2–10	—	2–4
Troy	1–11	1–11	3–8–2	2–9	6–5	2–10	4–2	—

Roster

1879 Cleveland Blues team photograph

1879 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Jim McCormick Bobby Mitchell		Catchers Barney Gilligan Sonny Hoffman John Kelly Doc Kennedy Infielders Jack Allen Tom Carey Jack Glasscock Bill Phillips Fred Warner		Outfielders Charlie Eden Fred Gunkle Billy Riley Len Stockwell George Strief		Manager Jim McCormick

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
C	Doc Kennedy	49	193	56	.290	1	18
1B	Bill Phillips	81	365	99	.271	0	29
2B	Jack Glasscock	80	325	68	.209	0	29
3B	Fred Warner	76	316	77	.244	0	22
SS	Tom Carey	80	335	80	.239	0	32
OF	Charlie Eden	81	353	96	.239	0	32
OF	George Strief	71	264	46	.174	0	15
OF	Billy Riley	43	161	23	.143	0	9

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
Barney Gilligan	52	205	35	.171	0	11
Jack Allen	16	60	7	.117	0	4
Sonny Hoffman	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Len Stockwell	2	6	0	.000	0	0
John Kelly	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Fred Gunkle	1	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Jim McCormick	62	546.1	20	40	2.42	197
Bobby Mitchell	23	194.2	7	15	3.28	90

References

• 1879 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference