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	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	0.667	—	32–10	24–18
Providence Grays	47	37	0.560	9	23–20	24–17
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	0.542	10½	25–16	20–22
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	0.488	15	23–19	18–24
Troy Trojans	39	45	0.464	17	24–18	15–27
Boston Red Caps	38	45	0.458	17½	19–22	19–23
Cleveland Blues	36	48	0.429	20	20–22	16–26
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	0.390	23	19–22	13–28

Record vs. opponents

1881 National League Records 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 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	Snyder, PopPop Snyder	62	219	50	.228	0	16
1B	Morrill, JohnJohn Morrill	81	311	90	.289	1	39
2B	Burdock, JackJack Burdock	73	282	67	.238	1	24
3B	Sutton, EzraEzra Sutton	83	333	97	.291	0	31
SS	Barnes, RossRoss Barnes	69	295	80	.271	0	17
OF	Hornung, JoeJoe Hornung	83	324	78	.241	2	25
OF	Crowley, BillBill Crowley	72	279	71	.254	0	31
OF	Lewis, FredFred 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
Deasley, PatPat Deasley	43	147	45	.238	0	8
Richmond, JohnJohn Richmond	27	98	27	.276	1	12
Mathews, BobbyBobby Mathews	19	71	12	.169	0	4
Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	7	25	5	.200	0	0
Quinn, JoeJoe Quinn	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Wright, SamSam 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
Whitney, JimJim Whitney	66	552.1	31	33	2.48	162
Fox, JohnJohn Fox	17	124.1	6	8	3.33	30
Bond, TommyTommy 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
Mathews, BobbyBobby 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
Morrill, JohnJohn Morrill	3	0	1	1	6.35	0

References

• 1881 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference