1880 Cleveland Blues season

The 1880 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 47–37, good enough for a third-place finish in the National League.

1880 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
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	0.798	—	37–5	30–12
Providence Grays	52	32	0.619	15	31–12	21–20
Cleveland Blues	47	37	0.560	20	24–19	23–18
Troy Trojans	41	42	0.494	25½	20–21	21–21
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	0.482	26½	24–17	16–26
Boston Red Caps	40	44	0.476	27	25–17	15–27
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	0.293	42	13–28	11–30
Cincinnati Stars	21	59	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	—	9–3–1	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

1880 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Gid Gardner Jim McCormick Catchers Barney Gilligan Doc Kennedy		Infielders Fred Dunlap Jack Glasscock Frank Hankinson Mike McGeary Bill Phillips		Outfielders Al Hall Ned Hanlon Pete Hotaling Orator Shafer Harry Wheeler		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	66	250	50	.200	0	18
1B	Bill Phillips	85	334	85	.254	1	36
2B	Fred Dunlap	85	373	103	.276	4	30
3B	Frank Hankinson	69	263	55	.209	1	9
SS	Jack Glasscock	77	296	72	.243	0	27
OF	Orator Shafer	83	338	90	.266	0	21
OF	Pete Hotaling	78	325	78	.240	0	41
OF	Ned Hanlon	73	280	69	.246	0	32

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
Mike McGeary	31	111	28	.252	0	6
Barney Gilligan	30	99	17	.172	1	13
Al Hall	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Harry Wheeler	1	4	1	.250	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	74	657.2	45	28	1.85	260
Gid Gardner	9	77	1	8	2.57	21

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
Frank Hankinson	4	25	1	1	1.08	8

References

• 1880 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference