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1881 Cleveland Blues season

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Major League Baseball team season
1881 Cleveland Blues
LeagueNational League
BallparkKennard Street Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
ManagersMike McGeary, John Clapp
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The 1881 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 36–48, seventh place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1881 National League record
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 Cleveland Blues
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
C John Clapp 68 261 66 .253 0 25
1B Bill Phillips 85 357 97 .272 1 44
2B Fred Dunlap 80 351 114 .325 3 24
3B George Bradley 60 241 60 .249 2 18
SS Jack Glasscock 85 335 86 .257 0 33
OF Orator Shafer 85 343 88 .257 1 34
OF Jack Remsen 48 172 30 .174 0 13
OF Mike Moynahan 33 135 31 .230 0 8

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 Kennedy 39 150 47 .313 0 15
Billy Taylor 24 103 25 .243 0 12
Blondie Purcell 20 80 14 .175 0 4
Mike McGeary 11 41 9 .220 0 5
Pop Smith 10 34 4 .118 0 3
Herm Doscher 5 19 4 .211 0 0
Phil Powers 5 15 1 .067 0 0
Rudy Kemmler 1 3 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
Jim McCormick 59 526.0 26 30 2.45 178
The Only Nolan 22 180.0 8 14 3.05 54
George Bradley 6 51.0 2 4 3.88 6

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
Billy Taylor 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

References

1881 MLB season by team
National League
Cleveland Blues
Based in Cleveland, Ohio
Franchise
Ballparks
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