1880 Worcester Worcesters
LeagueNational League
BallparkWorcester Driving Park Grounds
CityWorcester, Massachusetts
Record40–43 (.482)
League place5th
ManagerFrank Bancroft

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. Lee Richmond threw a perfect game on June 12, 1880, the first ever perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 1–0 victory over the Cleveland Blues. On August 20, they became the first major-league team to be no-hit at home when Pud Galvin of the Buffalo Bisons defeated them, 1–0.

Regular season

Worcester Worcesters, 1880

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 6717 0.798 — 37–5 30–12
Providence Grays 5232 0.619 15 31–12 21–20
Cleveland Blues 4737 0.560 20 24–19 23–18
Troy Trojans 4142 0.494 25½ 20–21 21–21
Worcester Worcesters 4043 0.482 26½ 24–17 16–26
Boston Red Caps 4044 0.476 27 25–17 15–27
Buffalo Bisons 2458 0.293 42 13–28 11–30
Cincinnati Stars 2159 0.263 44 14–25 7–34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV TRO WOR
Boston —9–3–13–97–55–75–7–17–54–8
Buffalo 3–9–1—1–115–5–23–92–101–119–3
Chicago 9–311–1—10–2–18–49–3–110–210–2
Cincinnati 5–75–5–22–10–1—3–92–101–103–8
Cleveland 7–59–34–89–3—3–99–36–6–1
Providence 7–5–110–23–9–110–29–3—7–56–6–1
Troy 5–711–12–1010–13–95–7—5–7
Worcester 8–43–92–108–36–6–16–6–17–5—

Roster

1880 Worcester Worcesters
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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
CCharlie Bennett5119344.228018
1BChub Sullivan4316643.2590 ?
2BGeorge Creamer8530661.199027
3BArt Whitney7630267.222136
SSArthur Irwin8535291.259135
OFGeorge Wood8132780.245028
OFLon Knight4920148.239021
OFHarry Stovey8335594.265628

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
Doc Bushong4114625.171019
Fred Corey4113824.17406
Buttercup Dickerson3113339.293020
Jerry Dorgan10357.20001
Joe Ellick5181.05600
Bill Tobin5162.12503
Steve Dignan3103.30002
Billy Geer260.00000
Bill McGunnigle140.00000

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
Lee Richmond74590.232322.15243
Fred Corey25148.1892.4347
Tricky Nichols217.2024.084

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
Harry Stovey20004.503

References

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