1880 Worcester Worcesters season

1880 Worcester Worcesters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1880)
Location
Worcester Driving Park Grounds (since 1880)
Worcester, Massachusetts (since 1880)
Results
Record	40–43 (.482)
League place	5th
Other information
Manager(s)	Frank Bancroft
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The 1880 season was the first for the Worcester Worcesters franchise in the National League, having played 1879 in the National Association. The team finished its initial season with a 40–43 record, good for fifth place.

Regular season

Worcester Worcesters, 1880

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 Reds	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 Worcester Worcesters
Roster
Pitchers Tricky Nichols Lee Richmond Catchers Charlie Bennett Doc Bushong		Infielders George Creamer Joe Ellick Arthur Irwin Chub Sullivan Bill Tobin Art Whitney		Outfielders Fred Corey Buttercup Dickerson Steve Dignan Jerry Dorgan Billy Geer Lon Knight Bill McGunnigle Harry Stovey George Wood		Manager Frank Bancroft

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	51	193	44	.228	0	18
1B	Sullivan, ChubChub Sullivan	43	166	43	.259	0	?
2B	Creamer, GeorgeGeorge Creamer	85	306	61	.199	0	27
3B	Whitney, ArtArt Whitney	76	302	67	.222	1	36
SS	Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin	85	352	91	.259	1	35
OF	Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood	81	327	80	.245	0	28
OF	Knight, LonLon Knight	49	201	48	.239	0	21
OF	Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	83	355	94	.265	6	28

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
Bushong, DocDoc Bushong	41	146	25	.171	0	19
Corey, FredFred Corey	41	138	24	.174	0	6
Dickerson, ButtercupButtercup Dickerson	31	133	39	.293	0	20
Dorgan, JerryJerry Dorgan	10	35	7	.200	0	1
Ellick, JoeJoe Ellick	5	18	1	.056	0	0
Tobin, BillBill Tobin	5	16	2	.125	0	3
Dignan, SteveSteve Dignan	3	10	3	.300	0	2
Geer, BillyBilly Geer	2	6	0	.000	0	0
McGunnigle, BillBill McGunnigle	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
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond	74	590.2	32	32	2.15	243
Corey, FredFred Corey	25	148.1	8	9	2.43	47
Nichols, TrickyTricky Nichols	2	17.2	0	2	4.08	4

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
Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	2	0	0	0	4.50	3

References

• 1880 Worcester Worcesters season at Baseball Reference