1878 Chicago White Stockings season

Major League Baseball team season

1878 Chicago White Stockings

League| National League
Ballpark| Lakefront Park
City| Chicago
Record| 30–30 (.500)
League place| 4th
Owner| William Hulbert
Manager| Bob Ferguson

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The 1878 Chicago White Stockings season was the seventh season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the third in the National League and the first at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fourth in the National League with a record of 30–30.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Boston Red Caps | 41 | 19  | .683  | —  | 23‍–‍7  | 18‍–‍12
Cincinnati Reds | 37 | 23  | .617  | 4  | 25‍–‍8  | 12‍–‍15
Providence Grays | 33 | 27  | .550  | 8  | 17‍–‍13  | 16‍–‍14
Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 30  | .500  | 11  | 17‍–‍18  | 13‍–‍12
Indianapolis Blues | 24 | 36  | .400  | 17  | 10‍–‍17  | 14‍–‍19
Milwaukee Grays | 15 | 45  | .250  | 26  | 7‍–‍18  | 8‍–‍27

### Record vs. opponents

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1878 National League record

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Team  | BOS  | CHI  | CIN  | IND  | MIL  | PRV
Boston | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 11–1 | 6–6
Chicago | 4–8 | — | 2–10 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6–1
Cincinnati | 6–6 | 10–2 | — | 4–8–1 | 8–4 | 9–3
Indianapolis | 2–10 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | — | 8–4–1 | 2–10–1
Milwaukee | 1–11 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8–1 | — | 4–8
Providence | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 3–9 | 10–2–1 | 8–4 | —

### Roster

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1878 Chicago White Stockings

Roster
Pitchers

* Terry Larkin
* Laurie Reis

|  | Catchers

* Bill Harbridge
* Phil Powers
* Bill Traffley

Infielders

* Bob Ferguson
* Frank Hankinson
* Bill McClellan
* Albert Spalding
* Joe Start

|  | Outfielders

* Cap Anson
* John Cassidy
* Jimmy Hallinan
* Jack Remsen
* Bill Sullivan

|  | Manager

* Bob Ferguson

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Bill Harbridge | 54 | 240 | 71 | .296 | 0 | 37
1B | Joe Start | 61 | 285 | 100 | .351 | 1 | 27
2B | Bill McClellan | 48 | 205 | 46 | .224 | 0 | 29
3B | Frank Hankinson | 58 | 240 | 64 | .267 | 1 | 27
SS | Bob Ferguson | 61 | 259 | 91 | .351 | 0 | 39
OF | John Cassidy | 60 | 256 | 68 | .266 | 0 | 29
OF | Jack Remsen | 56 | 224 | 52 | .232 | 1 | 19
OF | Cap Anson | 60 | 261 | 89 | .341 | 0 | 40

#### Other batters

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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

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Jimmy Hallinan | 16 | 67 | 19 | .284 | 0 | 2
Phil Powers | 8 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 2
Bill Traffley | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1
Bill Sullivan | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0
Albert Spalding | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Terry Larkin | 56 | 506.0 | 29 | 26 | 2.24 | 163
Laurie Reis | 4 | 36.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.25 | 8
Frank Hankinson | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 4

## References

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* 1878 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference

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