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	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	--	.667
Providence Grays	47	37	9	.560
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	10.5	.542
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	15	.488
Troy Trojans	39	45	17	.464
Boston Red Caps	38	45	17.5	.458
Cleveland Blues	36	48	20	.429
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	23	.390

Record vs. opponents

1881 National League Records 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	—

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	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

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
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

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
Jim McCormick	59	526	26	30	2.45	178
The Only Nolan	22	180	8	14	3.05	54
George 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
Billy Taylor	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1881 Cleveland Blues season at Baseball Reference