1881 Cleveland Blues season

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Major League Baseball team season

1881 Cleveland Blues

League| National League
Ballpark| Kennard Street Park
City| Cleveland, Ohio
Managers| 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

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### Season standings

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

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Chicago White Stockings | 56 | 28  | .667  | —  | 32‍–‍10  | 24‍–‍18
Providence Grays | 47 | 37  | .560  | 9  | 23‍–‍20  | 24‍–‍17
Buffalo Bisons | 45 | 38  | .542  | 10½  | 25‍–‍16  | 20‍–‍22
Detroit Wolverines | 41 | 43  | .488  | 15  | 23‍–‍19  | 18‍–‍24
Troy Trojans | 39 | 45  | .464  | 17  | 24‍–‍18  | 15‍–‍27
Boston Red Caps | 38 | 45  | .458  | 17½  | 19‍–‍22  | 19‍–‍23
Cleveland Blues | 36 | 48  | .429  | 20  | 20‍–‍22  | 16‍–‍26
Worcester Worcesters | 32 | 50  | .390  | 23  | 19‍–‍22  | 13‍–‍28

### Record vs. opponents

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1881 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

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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

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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 | John Clapp | 68 | 261 | 66 | .253 | 0 | 25
1B | Bill Phillips | 85 | 357 | 97 | .272 | 1 | 44
2B | Fred Dunlap | 80 | 351 | 114 | .325 | 3 | 24
3B | George Bradley | 60 | 241 | 60 | .249 | 2 | 18
SS | Jack Glasscock | 85 | 335 | 86 | .257 | 0 | 33
OF | Orator Shafer | 85 | 343 | 88 | .257 | 1 | 34
OF | Jack Remsen | 48 | 172 | 30 | .174 | 0 | 13
OF | Mike Moynahan | 33 | 135 | 31 | .230 | 0 | 8

#### 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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Doc Kennedy | 39 | 150 | 47 | .313 | 0 | 15
Billy Taylor | 24 | 103 | 25 | .243 | 0 | 12
Blondie Purcell | 20 | 80 | 14 | .175 | 0 | 4
Mike McGeary | 11 | 41 | 9 | .220 | 0 | 5
Pop Smith | 10 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 3
Herm Doscher | 5 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0
Phil Powers | 5 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0
Rudy Kemmler | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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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Jim McCormick | 59 | 526.0 | 26 | 30 | 2.45 | 178
The Only Nolan | 22 | 180.0 | 8 | 14 | 3.05 | 54
George Bradley | 6 | 51.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.88 | 6

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Billy Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2

## References

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* 1881 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference

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