1881 Worcester Worcesters | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Worcester Driving Park Grounds |
City | Worcester, Massachusetts |
Record | 32–50 (.390) |
League place | 8th |
Managers | Mike Dorgan, Harry Stovey |
The 1881 Worcester Worcesters finished with a 32–50 record, last place in the National League.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 56 | 28 | .667 | — | 32–10 | 24–18 |
Providence Grays | 47 | 37 | .560 | 9 | 23–20 | 24–17 |
Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 38 | .542 | 10½ | 25–16 | 20–22 |
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 43 | .488 | 15 | 23–19 | 18–24 |
Troy Trojans | 39 | 45 | .464 | 17 | 24–18 | 15–27 |
Boston Red Caps | 38 | 45 | .458 | 17½ | 19–22 | 19–23 |
Cleveland Blues | 36 | 48 | .429 | 20 | 20–22 | 16–26 |
Worcester Worcesters | 32 | 50 | .390 | 23 | 19–22 | 13–28 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Doc Bushong | 76 | 275 | 64 | .233 | 0 | 21 |
1B | Harry Stovey | 75 | 341 | 92 | .270 | 2 | 30 |
2B | George Creamer | 80 | 309 | 64 | .207 | 0 | 25 |
3B | Hick Carpenter | 83 | 347 | 75 | .216 | 2 | 31 |
SS | Arthur Irwin | 50 | 206 | 55 | .267 | 0 | 24 |
OF | Buttercup Dickerson | 80 | 367 | 116 | .316 | 1 | 31 |
OF | Pete Hotaling | 77 | 317 | 98 | .309 | 1 | 35 |
OF | Fred Corey | 51 | 203 | 45 | .222 | 0 | 10 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Mike Dorgan | 51 | 220 | 61 | .277 | 0 | 18 |
Candy Nelson | 24 | 103 | 29 | .282 | 1 | 15 |
Pop Smith | 11 | 41 | 3 | .073 | 0 | 2 |
Billy Taylor | 6 | 28 | 3 | .107 | 0 | 2 |
Lip Pike | 5 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Reilley | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Quinn | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Asa Stratton | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Martin Flaherty | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lee Richmond | 53 | 462.1 | 25 | 26 | 3.39 | 156 |
Fred Corey | 23 | 188.2 | 6 | 15 | 3.72 | 33 |
Harry McCormick | 9 | 78.1 | 1 | 8 | 3.56 | 7 |
Billy Taylor | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 0 |