1881 Boston Red Caps season

1881 Boston Red Caps
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	38–45 (.458)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	--	.667
Providence Grays	47	37	9	.560
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	10.5	.542
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	15	.488
Troy Trojans	39	45	17	.464
Boston Red Caps	38	45	17.5	.458
Cleveland Blues	36	48	20	.429
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	23	.390

Record vs. opponents

1881 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bond John Fox Jim Whitney Catchers Pat Deasley Pop Snyder		Infielders Ross Barnes Jack Burdock John Morrill Joe Quinn Ezra Sutton George Wright Sam Wright		Outfielders Bill Crowley Joe Hornung Fred Lewis Bobby Mathews John Richmond		Manager Harry Wright

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	Pop Snyder	62	219	50	.228	0	16
1B	John Morrill	81	311	90	.289	1	39
2B	Jack Burdock	73	282	67	.238	1	24
3B	Ezra Sutton	83	333	97	.291	0	31
SS	Ross Barnes	69	295	80	.271	0	17
OF	Joe Hornung	83	324	78	.241	2	25
OF	Bill Crowley	72	279	71	.254	0	31
OF	Fred Lewis	27	114	25	.219	0	9

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
Pat Deasley	43	147	45	.238	0	8
John Richmond	27	98	27	.276	1	12
Bobby Mathews	19	71	12	.169	0	4
George Wright	7	25	5	.200	0	0
Joe Quinn	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Sam Wright	1	4	1	.250	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 Whitney	66	552.1	31	33	2.48	162
John Fox	17	124.1	6	8	3.33	30
Tommy Bond	3	25.1	0	3	4.26	2

Other 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
Bobby Mathews	5	23	1	0	2.35	5

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
John Morrill	3	0	1	1	6.35	0

References

• 1881 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference