1878 Indianapolis Blues Statistics

Record: 24-36-3, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: John Clapp (24-36-3)

Ballparks: South Street Park, Union Park and Grand Avenue Park

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 89
One-year: Batting - 87, Pitching - 89

Pythagorean W-L: 27-33, 293 Runs, 328 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

May 1, IND vs. CHC
May 4, IND vs. CHC
May 6, IND vs. CHC
May 7, IND vs. MLG
May 9, IND vs. MLG
May 10, IND vs. MLG
May 11, IND vs. MLG
May 14, IND @ CHC
May 16, IND @ CHC
May 20, IND @ CHC
May 21, IND @ MLG
May 23, IND @ MLG
May 25, IND @ MLG
May 28, IND @ CIN
May 30, IND @ CIN

Jun 1, IND @ CIN
Jun 4, IND vs. CIN
Jun 6, IND vs. CIN
Jun 11, IND @ BSN
Jun 13, IND @ BSN
Jun 15, IND @ BSN
Jun 19, IND @ PRO
Jun 20, IND @ PRO
Jun 26, IND vs. CIN
Jun 27, IND vs. CIN
Jun 28, IND vs. CIN
Jun 29, IND vs. CIN

Jul 2, IND @ CIN
Jul 4, IND @ CIN
Jul 5, IND @ CIN
Jul 6, IND @ CIN
Jul 9, IND vs. BSN
Jul 11, IND vs. BSN
Jul 13, IND vs. BSN
Jul 16, IND vs. PRO
Jul 18, IND vs. PRO
Jul 20, IND vs. PRO
Jul 23, IND @ CHC
Jul 25, IND @ CHC
Jul 27, IND @ CHC
Jul 29, IND @ CHC
Jul 30, IND @ CHC
Jul 31, IND @ CHC

Aug 7, IND @ PRO
Aug 8, IND @ PRO
Aug 9, IND @ PRO
Aug 9, IND @ PRO
Aug 10, IND @ PRO
Aug 13, IND @ BSN
Aug 14, IND @ BSN
Aug 17, IND @ BSN
Aug 22, IND vs. PRO
Aug 23, IND vs. PRO
Aug 24, IND vs. PRO
Aug 28, IND @ MLG
Aug 29, IND @ MLG
Aug 31, IND @ MLG

Sep 6, IND vs. MLG
Sep 7, IND vs. MLG
Sep 9, IND vs. MLG
Sep 11, IND vs. BSN
Sep 12, IND vs. BSN
Sep 13, IND vs. BSN

Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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Regular Season

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	Pos	Awards
1	Silver Flint	22	C	1.3	63	256	254	23	57	7	0	0	18	2	15	.224	.230	.252	.482	67	.229	83	64	*2/O
2	Art Croft	23	1B	-0.9	60	227	222	22	35	6	0	0	16	5	23	.158	.176	.185	.361	25	.169	50	41	*3/O
3	Joe Quest	25	2B	-0.2	62	*290*	278	45	57	3	2	0	13	12	24	.205	.238	.230	.468	63	.223	80	64	*4
4	Fred Warner	23	SS	0.6	43	167	165	19	41	4	0	0	10	2	15	.248	.257	.273	.530	84	.246	93	45	6/O
5	Ed Williamson	20	3B	0.8	63	255	250	31	58	10	2	1	19	5	15	.232	.247	.300	.547	89	.257	99	75	*5
6	Orator Shafer*	26	OF	*3.5*	63	279	266	48	90	19	6	0	30	13	20	.338	.369	.455	.824	*184*	.380	*167*	121	*O
7	John Clapp	26	OF	2.1	63	276	263	42	80	10	2	0	29	13	8	.304	.337	.357	.694	141	.332	140	94	*O3/264
8	Russ McKelvy	23	OF	0.3	63	258	253	33	57	4	3	2	36	5	38	.225	.240	.289	.529	83	.236	87	73	*O/1
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	Pos	Awards
9	Candy Nelson*	29	SS	-0.6	19	89	84	12	11	1	0	0	5	5	11	.131	.180	.143	.323	13	.155	42	12	6
10	Jimmy Hallinan*	29	OF	0.1	3	12	12	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.417	.667	128	.290	117	5	/O
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	Pos	Awards
11	The Only Nolan*	22	P	0.6	38	154	152	11	37	8	0	0	16	2	10	.243	.253	.296	.549	90	.258	99	45	1/O
12	Jim McCormick	21	P	-0.2	15	56	56	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.161	.304	5	.149	39	9	1/O
13	Tom Healey	25	P	-0.3	12	45	45	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	14	.178	.178	.200	.378	31	.141	34	9	1/O
	Team Totals			7.0	63	2364	2300	293	542	76	15	3	197	64	197	.236	.256	.286	.542	88	.253	96	657
	Non-Pitcher Totals			6.9		2109	2047	275	489	66	15	3	177	62	171	.239	.261	.290	.551	91	.258	99	594
	Pitcher Totals			0.0		255	253	18	53	10	0	0	20	2	26	.209	.216	.249	.465	61	.213	74	63

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	The Only Nolan	22	13	22	.371	2.57	38	38	0	37	1	0	347.0	357	208	99	1	56		125		0	21	1469	80	2.34	1.190	9.3	0.0	1.5	3.2	2.23
2	SP	Jim McCormick	21	5	8	.385	1.69	14	14	0	12	1	0	117.0	128	47	22	0	15		36		0	4	490	122	2.31	1.222	9.8	0.0	1.2	2.8	2.40
3	SP	Tom Healey	25	6	4	.600	2.22	11	10	1	9	0	1	89.0	98	50	22	1	13		18		0	2	376	93	2.72	1.247	9.9	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.38
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4	RP	Russ McKelvy	23	0	2	.000	2.16	4	1	3	1	0	0	25.0	38	23	6	1	3		3		0	3	121	98	3.18	1.640	13.7	0.4	1.1	1.1	1.00
		Team Totals	22.3	24	36	.400	2.32	63	63	4	59	2	1	578.0	621	328	149	3	87		182		0	30	2456	89	2.43	1.225	9.7	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.09
		Rank in 6 NL teams		5	2		2				3	4	1	1	6	3	5	2	6		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W