1880 Cincinnati Reds season

1880 Cincinnati Reds
Final season
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Bank Street Grounds (since 1880)
Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1876)
Other information
Manager(s)	John Clapp
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The 1880 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in eighth and last place in the National League with a record of 21–59, 44 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

At the end of the season, the team was kicked out of the league for selling beer and refusing to close their park on Sunday as required at the time. The team disbanded. A different Cincinnati Reds team joined the American Association two years later.

Regular season

The Reds were coming off a fifth-place finish in the National League in 1879, as they had a 43–37 record, which was their second consecutive winning season. During the off-season, Cincinnati signed catcher John Clapp, who had played with the Buffalo Bisons in the previous season. Clapp was also named the manager of the team. Deacon White, who was the Reds catcher the previous two seasons, moved to the outfield. Other off-season signings included Hick Carpenter of the Syracuse Stars to play third base, while the Reds would have rookies at first base, John Reilly, and second base, Pop Smith.

Clapp and Blondie Purcell led the team offensively, as Clapp had a .282 average with a homer and 20 RBI and 33 runs scored, while Purcell hit .292 with a homer and 24 RBI, along with 48 runs. Will White led the NL with 42 losses, however, he had a good ERA of 2.14.

Season summary

Cincinnati got off to a miserable start, having a record of only 6–26 in their first 32 games, which included lopsided losses of 20–7 and 15–1 to the White Stockings, and 13–0 to the Worcester Ruby Legs during that span. Cincinnati would never get it together during the season, and finished in last place for the third time in the team's five-year history, as the Reds had a record of 21–59, 44 games behind the first place White Stockings.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	0.798	—	37–5	30–12
Providence Grays	52	32	0.619	15	31–12	21–20
Cleveland Blues	47	37	0.560	20	24–19	23–18
Troy Trojans	41	42	0.494	25½	20–21	21–21
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	0.482	26½	24–17	16–26
Boston Red Caps	40	44	0.476	27	25–17	15–27
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	0.293	42	13–28	11–30
Cincinnati Reds	21	59	0.263	44	14–25	7–34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	9–3–1	3–9	7–5	5–7	5–7–1	7–5	4–8
Buffalo	3–9–1	—	1–11	5–5–2	3–9	2–10	1–11	9–3
Chicago	9–3	11–1	—	10–2–1	8–4	9–3–1	10–2	10–2
Cincinnati	5–7	5–5–2	2–10–1	—	3–9	2–10	1–10	3–8
Cleveland	7–5	9–3	4–8	9–3	—	3–9	9–3	6–6–1
Providence	7–5–1	10–2	3–9–1	10–2	9–3	—	7–5	6–6–1
Troy	5–7	11–1	2–10	10–1	3–9	5–7	—	5–7
Worcester	8–4	3–9	2–10	8–3	6–6–1	6–6–1	7–5	—

Roster

1880 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Will White Catchers John Clapp		Infielders Amos Booth Hick Carpenter Andy Leonard John Reilly Lou Say Pop Smith Sam Wright		Outfielders Jack Manning Mike Mansell Blondie Purcell Charlie Reilley Joe Sommer Harry Wheeler Deacon White		Manager John Clapp

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	Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp	80	323	91	.282	1	20
1B	Reilly, JohnJohn Reilly	73	272	56	.206	0	16
2B	Smith, PopPop Smith	83	334	69	.207	0	27
3B	Carpenter, HickHick Carpenter	77	300	72	.240	0	23
SS	Say, LouLou Say	48	191	38	.199	0	15
OF	Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell	77	325	95	.292	1	24
OF	Mansell, MikeMike Mansell	53	187	36	.193	2	12
OF	Manning, JackJack Manning	48	190	41	.216	2	17

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
White, DeaconDeacon White	35	141	42	.298	0	7
Leonard, AndyAndy Leonard	33	133	28	.211	1	17
Reilley, CharlieCharlie Reilley	30	103	21	.204	0	9
Sommer, JoeJoe Sommer	24	88	16	.182	0	6
Wheeler, HarryHarry Wheeler	17	65	6	.092	0	2
Wright, SamSam Wright	9	34	3	.088	0	0
Booth, AmosAmos Booth	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
White, WillWill White	62	517.1	18	42	2.14	161
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell	25	196	3	17	3.21	47

References

• 1880 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference