1878 Milwaukee Grays season

1878 Milwaukee Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1878)
Location
Eclipse Park II (since 1878)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1878)
Other information
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman

The Milwaukee Grays were members of the National League for only the 1878 season, having played as an independent team in 1877. They finished in sixth place, one of only two teams to finish below .500.

Regular season

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 Records Sources:
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 Milwaukee Grays
Roster
Pitchers Sam Weaver Catchers Charlie Bennett Alamazoo Jennings Jake Knowdell		Infielders Frank Bliss George Creamer Joe Ellick Will Foley Jake Goodman John Peters Billy Redmond		Outfielders Abner Dalrymple Mike Golden Bill Holbert Pidgey Morgan		Manager Jack Chapman

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	Bennett, CharlieCharlie Bennett	49	184	45	.245	1	12
1B	Goodman, JakeJake Goodman	60	252	62	.246	1	27
2B	Peters, JohnJohn Peters	55	246	76	.309	0	22
3B	Foley, WillWill Foley	56	229	62	.271	0	22
SS	Redmond, BillyBilly Redmond	48	187	43	.230	0	21
OF	Dalrymple, AbnerAbner Dalrymple	61	271	96	.354	0	15
OF	Golden, MikeMike Golden	55	214	44	.206	0	20
OF	Holbert, BillBill Holbert	45	173	32	.185	0	12

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
Creamer, GeorgeGeorge Creamer	50	193	41	.212	0	15
Morgan, PidgeyPidgey Morgan	14	56	11	.196	0	5
Knowdell, JakeJake Knowdell	4	14	3	.214	0	2
Ellick, JoeJoe Ellick	3	13	2	.154	0	1
Bliss, FrankFrank Bliss	2	8	1	.125	0	0
Jennings, AlamazooAlamazoo Jennings	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Weaver, SamSam Weaver	45	383	12	31	1.95	95
Golden, MikeMike Golden	22	161	3	13	4.14	52

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
Ellick, JoeJoe Ellick	1	0	1	0	3.00	1

References

• 1878 Milwaukee Grays season at Baseball Reference