1881 Worcester Ruby Legs Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 32-50
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Worcester Driving Park Grounds
Manager: Mike Dorgan (24-32)
Manager: Harry Stovey (8-18)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
1881 Worcester Ruby Legs RosterTeam Record: 32-50
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Worcester Driving Park Grounds
Manager: Mike Dorgan (24-32)
Manager: Harry Stovey (8-18)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
1881 Worcester Ruby Legs Results
The Worcester Ruby Legs of the National League ended the 1881 season with a record of 32 wins and 50 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Ruby Legs scored 410 runs and allowed 492 runs, most in the circuit. Pete Hotaling drove in 35 runs. Buttercup Dickerson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .316 clip. Lee Richmond recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 3.39 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Mike Dorgan and Harry Stovey coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Richmond | 25 | 26 | .490 | 3.39 | 53 | 52 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 462.3 | 547 | 302 | 174 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1992 |
| Fred Corey | 6 | 15 | .286 | 3.72 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 188.7 | 231 | 127 | 78 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 803 |
| Harry McCormick | 1 | 8 | .111 | 3.56 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 78.3 | 89 | 50 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 339 |
| Billy Taylor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| Totals | 32 | 50 | .390 | 3.54 | 86 | 83 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 737.3 | 882 | 492 | 290 | 11 | 120 | 0 | 196 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 3181 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttercup Dickerson | 80 | 375 | 367 | 48 | 116 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .316 | .331 | .406 | .737 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Hotaling | 77 | 335 | 317 | 51 | 98 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | .309 | .346 | .385 | .731 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Stovey | 75 | 353 | 341 | 57 | 92 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .270 | .295 | .402 | .696 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hick Carpenter | 83 | 350 | 347 | 40 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .216 | .223 | .280 | .502 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Bushong | 76 | 296 | 275 | 35 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 23 | .233 | .287 | .287 | .574 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Creamer | 80 | 320 | 309 | 42 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .207 | .234 | .249 | .484 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Richmond | 61 | 262 | 252 | 31 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .250 | .279 | .278 | .556 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Dorgan | 51 | 228 | 220 | 36 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .277 | .303 | .300 | .603 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Irwin | 50 | 213 | 206 | 27 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .267 | .291 | .325 | .616 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Corey | 51 | 208 | 203 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .222 | .240 | .300 | .541 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candy Nelson | 24 | 108 | 103 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .282 | .315 | .320 | .635 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry McCormick | 12 | 50 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .133 | .220 | .133 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reilley | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 6 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .107 | .107 | .143 | .250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Smith | 11 | 44 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .073 | .136 | .073 | .210 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lip Pike | 5 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asa Stratton | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Quinn | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Flaherty | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 748 | 3214 | 3093 | 410 | 781 | 114 | 31 | 7 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 169 | .253 | .281 | .316 | .597 | 978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 57 | 0 | 497.0 | 578 | 16 | 28 | 26 | .955 | 1.757 | 1.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | 1B | 26 | 0 | 241.0 | 298 | 8 | 15 | 12 | .953 | 11.427 | 11.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Creamer | 2B | 80 | 0 | 715.0 | 230 | 248 | 51 | 39 | .904 | 6.017 | 5.975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Smith | 2B | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 6.261 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hick Carpenter | 3B | 83 | 0 | 737.0 | 141 | 172 | 56 | 14 | .848 | 3.822 | 3.771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Bushong | C | 76 | 0 | 683.0 | 368 | 124 | 44 | 10 | .918 | 6.483 | 6.474 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Hotaling | C | 3 | 0 | 29.0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 5.586 | 6.000 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joseph Quinn | C | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 3.214 | 2.500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reilley | C | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 2.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buttercup Dickerson | OF | 80 | 0 | 714.0 | 153 | 28 | 22 | 6 | .892 | 2.282 | 2.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Hotaling | OF | 74 | 0 | 654.0 | 142 | 21 | 26 | 2 | .862 | 2.243 | 2.203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | OF | 23 | 0 | 216.0 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .873 | 2.000 | 2.087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | OF | 25 | 0 | 209.0 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .827 | 1.852 | 1.720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | OF | 18 | 0 | 159.0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.755 | 1.722 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Smith | OF | 8 | 0 | 76.0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.487 | 2.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Richmond | OF | 11 | 0 | 59.0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .643 | 1.373 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | OF | 5 | 0 | 57.0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 2.368 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lip Pike | OF | 5 | 0 | 51.0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .647 | 1.941 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry McCormick | OF | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.286 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Flaherty | OF | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Richmond | P | 53 | 0 | 462.0 | 18 | 100 | 8 | 3 | .937 | 2.299 | 2.226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | P | 23 | 0 | 189.0 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 2.095 | 1.913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry McCormick | P | 9 | 0 | 78.0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.846 | 1.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Irwin | SS | 50 | 0 | 429.0 | 50 | 155 | 36 | 11 | .851 | 4.301 | 4.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy Nelson | SS | 24 | 0 | 219.0 | 20 | 94 | 13 | 6 | .898 | 4.685 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Corey | SS | 7 | 0 | 69.0 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 5.087 | 5.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | SS | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.800 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asa Stratton | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 755 | 0 | 6642.0 | 2212 | 1086 | 353 | 136 | .903 | 4.469 | 4.368 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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