1879 Chicago White Stockings season

1879 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Lakefront Park (since 1878)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Hulbert
Manager(s)	Silver Flint, Cap Anson
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The 1879 Chicago White Stockings season was the 8th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 4th in the National League and the 2nd at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fourth in the National League with a record of 46–33.

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 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Frank Hankinson Terry Larkin Catchers Tom Dolan Silver Flint		Infielders Cap Anson Lew Brown Herm Doscher John Peters Joe Quest John Stedronsky Ned Williamson		Outfielders Abner Dalrymple George Gore Bill Harbridge Jack Remsen Orator Shafer		Manager Cap Anson Silver Flint

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	Flint, SilverSilver Flint	79	324	92	.284	1	41
1B	Anson, CapCap Anson	51	227	72	.317	0	34
2B	Quest, JoeJoe Quest	83	334	69	.207	0	22
3B	Williamson, NedNed Williamson	80	320	94	.294	1	36
SS	Peters, JohnJohn Peters	83	379	93	.245	1	31
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	73	316	96	.304	0	35
OF	Dalrymple, AbnerAbner Dalrymple	71	333	97	.291	0	23
OF	Gore, GeorgeGeorge Gore	63	266	70	.263	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
Remsen, JackJack Remsen	42	152	33	.217	0	8
Brown, LewLew Brown	6	21	6	.286	0	3
Harbridge, BillBill Harbridge	4	18	2	.111	0	1
Stedronsky, JohnJohn Stedronsky	4	12	1	.083	0	0
Doscher, HermHerm Doscher	3	11	2	.182	0	1
Dolan, TomTom Dolan	1	4	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
Larkin, TerryTerry Larkin	58	513.1	31	23	2.44	142
Hankinson, FrankFrank Hankinson	26	230.2	15	10	2.50	69

References

• 1879 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference