1881 Worcester Worcesters season

1881 Worcester Worcesters
League	National League
Ballpark	Worcester Driving Park Grounds
City	Worcester, Massachusetts
Record	32–50 (.390)
League place	8th
Managers	Mike Dorgan, Harry Stovey

The 1881 Worcester Worcesters finished with a 32–50 record, last place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	56	28	0.667	—	32–10	24–18
Providence Grays	47	37	0.560	9	23–20	24–17
Buffalo Bisons	45	38	0.542	10½	25–16	20–22
Detroit Wolverines	41	43	0.488	15	23–19	18–24
Troy Trojans	39	45	0.464	17	24–18	15–27
Boston Red Caps	38	45	0.458	17½	19–22	19–23
Cleveland Blues	36	48	0.429	20	20–22	16–26
Worcester Worcesters	32	50	0.390	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	—

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	Doc Bushong	76	275	64	.233	0	21
1B	Harry Stovey	75	341	92	.270	2	30
2B	George Creamer	80	309	64	.207	0	25
3B	Hick Carpenter	83	347	75	.216	2	31
SS	Arthur Irwin	50	206	55	.267	0	24
OF	Buttercup Dickerson	80	367	116	.316	1	31
OF	Pete Hotaling	77	317	98	.309	1	35
OF	Fred Corey	51	203	45	.222	0	10

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
Mike Dorgan	51	220	61	.277	0	18
Candy Nelson	24	103	29	.282	1	15
Pop Smith	11	41	3	.073	0	2
Billy Taylor	6	28	3	.107	0	2
Lip Pike	5	18	2	.111	0	0
Charlie Reilley	2	8	3	.375	0	1
Joe Quinn	2	7	1	.143	0	1
Asa Stratton	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Martin Flaherty	1	2	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
Lee Richmond	53	462.1	25	26	3.39	156
Fred Corey	23	188.2	6	15	3.72	33
Harry McCormick	9	78.1	1	8	3.56	7
Billy Taylor	1	8.0	0	1	7.88	0

References

• 1881 Worcester Worcesters season at Baseball Reference