# 1880 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1880 Chicago White Stockings season was the ninth season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the fifth in the National League and the third at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings won the National League championship with a record of 67–17.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 67 | 17 | .798 | — | 37‍–‍5 | 30‍–‍12 |
| Providence Grays | 52 | 32 | .619 | 15 | 31‍–‍12 | 21‍–‍20 |
| Cleveland Blues | 47 | 37 | .560 | 20 | 24‍–‍19 | 23‍–‍18 |
| Troy Trojans | 41 | 42 | .494 | 25½ | 20‍–‍21 | 21‍–‍21 |
| Worcester Worcesters | 40 | 43 | .482 | 26½ | 24‍–‍17 | 16‍–‍26 |
| Boston Red Caps | 40 | 44 | .476 | 27 | 25‍–‍17 | 15‍–‍27 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 24 | 58 | .293 | 42 | 13‍–‍28 | 11‍–‍30 |
| Cincinnati Stars | 21 | 59 | .263 | 44 | 14‍–‍25 | 7‍–‍34 |

### Record vs. opponents

1880 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | PRV | TRO | WOR |
| Boston | — | 9–3–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 4–8 |
| Buffalo | 3–9–1 | — | 1–11 | 5–5–2 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 1–11 | 9–3 |
| Chicago | 9–3 | 11–1 | — | 10–2–1 | 8–4 | 9–3–1 | 10–2 | 10–2 |
| Cincinnati | 5–7 | 5–5–2 | 2–10–1 | — | 3–9 | 2–10 | 1–10 | 3–8 |
| Cleveland | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 3–9 | 9–3 | 6–6–1 |
| Providence | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 3–9–1 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 7–5 | 6–6–1 |
| Troy | 5–7 | 11–1 | 2–10 | 10–1 | 3–9 | 5–7 | — | 5–7 |
| Worcester | 8–4 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 8–3 | 6–6–1 | 6–6–1 | 7–5 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Silver Flint | 74 | 284 | 46 | .162 | 0 | 17 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 86 | 356 | 120 | .337 | 1 | 74 |
| 2B | Joe Quest | 82 | 300 | 71 | .237 | 0 | 27 |
| 3B | Ned Williamson | 75 | 311 | 78 | .251 | 0 | 31 |
| SS | Tom Burns | 85 | 333 | 103 | .309 | 0 | 43 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 86 | 382 | 126 | .330 | 0 | 36 |
| OF | George Gore | 77 | 322 | 116 | .360 | 2 | 47 |
| OF | King Kelly | 84 | 344 | 100 | .291 | 1 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy Beals | 13 | 46 | 7 | .152 | 0 | 3 |
| Tom Poorman | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 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 |
| Larry Corcoran | 63 | 536.1 | 43 | 14 | 1.95 | 268 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 26 | 210.1 | 21 | 3 | 1.75 | 90 |
| Charlie Guth | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Poorman | 2 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| King Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Tom Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |