1881 Cleveland Blues season

1881 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1879)
Location
Kennard Street Park (since 1879)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1879)
Other information
Manager(s)	Mike 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	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 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Jim McCormick The Only Nolan Catchers John Clapp Rudy Kemmler Doc Kennedy Phil Powers		Infielders George Bradley Herm Doscher Fred Dunlap Jack Glasscock Mike McGeary Bill Phillips Pop Smith		Outfielders Mike Moynahan Blondie Purcell Jack Remsen Orator Shafer Billy Taylor		Manager John Clapp Mike McGeary

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	68	261	66	.253	0	25
1B	Phillips, BillBill Phillips	85	357	97	.272	1	44
2B	Dunlap, FredFred Dunlap	80	351	114	.325	3	24
3B	Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	60	241	60	.249	2	18
SS	Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock	85	335	86	.257	0	33
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	85	343	88	.257	1	34
OF	Remsen, JackJack Remsen	48	172	30	.174	0	13
OF	Moynahan, MikeMike 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
Kennedy, DocDoc Kennedy	39	150	47	.313	0	15
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	24	103	25	.243	0	12
Purcell, BlondieBlondie Purcell	20	80	14	.175	0	4
McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	11	41	9	.220	0	5
Smith, PopPop Smith	10	34	4	.118	0	3
Doscher, HermHerm Doscher	5	19	4	.211	0	0
Powers, PhilPhil Powers	5	15	1	.067	0	0
Kemmler, RudyRudy 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
McCormick, JimJim McCormick	59	526	26	30	2.45	178
Nolan, The OnlyThe Only Nolan	22	180	8	14	3.05	54
Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	6	51	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
Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1881 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference