1881 Worcester Worcesters season

1881 Worcester Worcesters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1880)
Location
Worcester Driving Park Grounds (since 1880)
Worcester, Massachusetts (since 1880)
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
League place	8th
Other information
Manager(s)	Mike Dorgan, Harry Stovey
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The 1881 Worcester Worcesters finished with a 32–50 record, last place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	0.667	—	32–10	24–18
Providence Grays	47	37	0.560	9	23–20	24–17
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	0.542	10½	25–16	20–22
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	0.488	15	23–19	18–24
Troy Trojans	39	45	0.464	17	24–18	15–27
Boston Red Caps	38	45	0.458	17½	19–22	19–23
Cleveland Blues	36	48	0.429	20	20–22	16–26
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	0.390	23	19–22	13–28

Record vs. opponents

1881 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DET	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	4–8	2–10	8–4	4–8	5–7	7–5	8–3
Buffalo	8–4	—	5–7	7–5	9–3	7–5	3–9	6–5
Chicago	10–2	7–5	—	6–6	7–5	9–3	8–4	9–3
Cleveland	4–8	5–7	6–6	—	5–7	3–9	6–6–1	7–5
Detroit	8–4	3–9	5–7	7–5	—	4–8	7–5	7–5
Providence	7–5	5–7	3–9	9–3	8–4	—	6–6	9–3
Troy	5–7	9–3	4–8	6–6–1	5–7	6–6	—	4–8
Worcester	3–8	5–6	3–9	5–7	5–7	3–9	8–4	—

Roster

1881 Worcester Worcesters
Roster
Pitchers Harry McCormick Lee Richmond Catchers Doc Bushong Joe Quinn Charlie Reilley		Infielders Hick Carpenter George Creamer Mike Dorgan Arthur Irwin Candy Nelson Harry Stovey Asa Stratton		Outfielders Fred Corey Buttercup Dickerson Martin Flaherty Pete Hotaling Lip Pike Pop Smith Billy Taylor		Manager Mike Dorgan Harry Stovey

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	Bushong, DocDoc Bushong	76	275	64	.233	0	21
1B	Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	75	341	92	.270	2	30
2B	Creamer, GeorgeGeorge Creamer	80	309	64	.207	0	25
3B	Carpenter, HickHick Carpenter	83	347	75	.216	2	31
SS	Irwin, ArthurArthur Irwin	50	206	55	.267	0	24
OF	Dickerson, ButtercupButtercup Dickerson	80	367	116	.316	1	31
OF	Hotaling, PetePete Hotaling	77	317	98	.309	1	35
OF	Corey, FredFred Corey	51	203	45	.222	0	10

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
Dorgan, MikeMike Dorgan	51	220	61	.277	0	18
Nelson, CandyCandy Nelson	24	103	29	.282	1	15
Smith, PopPop Smith	11	41	3	.073	0	2
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	6	28	3	.107	0	2
Pike, LipLip Pike	5	18	2	.111	0	0
Reilley, CharlieCharlie Reilley	2	8	3	.375	0	1
Quinn, JoeJoe Quinn	2	7	1	.143	0	1
Stratton, AsaAsa Stratton	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Flaherty, MartinMartin Flaherty	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
Richmond, LeeLee Richmond	53	462.1	25	26	3.39	156
Corey, FredFred Corey	23	188.2	6	15	3.72	33
McCormick, HarryHarry McCormick	9	78.1	1	8	3.56	7
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	1	8	0	1	7.88	0

References

• 1881 Worcester Worcesters season at Baseball Reference