1880 Cleveland Blues season

The 1880 Cleveland Blues finished the season at 47–37, good enough for a third-place finish in the National League.

Regular season

v t e 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 Stars	21	59	0.263	44	14–25	7–34

1880 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

1880 Cleveland Blues

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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	Doc Kennedy	66	250	50	.200	0	18
1B	Bill Phillips	85	334	85	.254	1	36
2B	Fred Dunlap	85	373	103	.276	4	30
3B	Frank Hankinson	69	263	55	.209	1	9
SS	Jack Glasscock	77	296	72	.243	0	27
OF	Orator Shafer	83	338	90	.266	0	21
OF	Pete Hotaling	78	325	78	.240	0	41
OF	Ned Hanlon	73	280	69	.246	0	32

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
Mike McGeary	31	111	28	.252	0	6
Barney Gilligan	30	99	17	.172	1	13
Al Hall	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Harry Wheeler	1	4	1	.250	0	0

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	74	657.2	45	28	1.85	260
Gid Gardner	9	77.0	1	8	2.57	21

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Frank Hankinson	4	25.0	1	1	1.08	8