1881 Boston Red Caps season

The 1881 Boston Red Caps season was the 11th season of the franchise.

1881 Boston Red Caps
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	38–45 (.458)
League place	6th
Owner	Arthur Soden
Manager	Harry Wright

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1881 National League record 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

1881 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bond John Fox Jim Whitney Catchers Pat Deasley Pop Snyder		Infielders Ross Barnes Jack Burdock John Morrill Joe Quinn Ezra Sutton George Wright Sam Wright		Outfielders Bill Crowley Joe Hornung Fred Lewis Bobby Mathews John Richmond		Manager Harry Wright

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	Pop Snyder	62	219	50	.228	0	16
1B	John Morrill	81	311	90	.289	1	39
2B	Jack Burdock	73	282	67	.238	1	24
3B	Ezra Sutton	83	333	97	.291	0	31
SS	Ross Barnes	69	295	80	.271	0	17
OF	Joe Hornung	83	324	78	.241	2	25
OF	Bill Crowley	72	279	71	.254	0	31
OF	Fred Lewis	27	114	25	.219	0	9

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
Pat Deasley	43	147	45	.238	0	8
John Richmond	27	98	27	.276	1	12
Bobby Mathews	19	71	12	.169	0	4
George Wright	7	25	5	.200	0	0
Joe Quinn	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Sam Wright	1	4	1	.250	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 Whitney	66	552.1	31	33	2.48	162
John Fox	17	124.1	6	8	3.33	30
Tommy Bond	3	25.1	0	3	4.26	2

Other 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
Bobby Mathews	5	23.0	1	0	2.35	5

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
John Morrill	3	0	1	1	6.35	0

References

• 1881 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference