# 1880 Worcester Worcesters season

The 1880 season was the first for the Worcester Worcesters franchise in the National League, having played 1879 in the National Association. The team finished its initial season with a 40–43 record, good for fifth place. Lee Richmond threw a perfect game on June 12, 1880, the first ever perfect game in Major League Baseball history in a 1–0 victory over the Cleveland Blues. On August 20, they became the first major-league team to be no-hit at home when Pud Galvin of the Buffalo Bisons defeated them, 1–0.

## 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 | Charlie Bennett | 51 | 193 | 44 | .228 | 0 | 18 |
| 1B | Chub Sullivan | 43 | 166 | 43 | .259 | 0 | ? |
| 2B | George Creamer | 85 | 306 | 61 | .199 | 0 | 27 |
| 3B | Art Whitney | 76 | 302 | 67 | .222 | 1 | 36 |
| SS | Arthur Irwin | 85 | 352 | 91 | .259 | 1 | 35 |
| OF | George Wood | 81 | 327 | 80 | .245 | 0 | 28 |
| OF | Lon Knight | 49 | 201 | 48 | .239 | 0 | 21 |
| OF | Harry Stovey | 83 | 355 | 94 | .265 | 6 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Doc Bushong | 41 | 146 | 25 | .171 | 0 | 19 |
| Fred Corey | 41 | 138 | 24 | .174 | 0 | 6 |
| Buttercup Dickerson | 31 | 133 | 39 | .293 | 0 | 20 |
| Jerry Dorgan | 10 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Ellick | 5 | 18 | 1 | .056 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Tobin | 5 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Dignan | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Geer | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McGunnigle | 1 | 4 | 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 | 74 | 590.2 | 32 | 32 | 2.15 | 243 |
| Fred Corey | 25 | 148.1 | 8 | 9 | 2.43 | 47 |
| Tricky Nichols | 2 | 17.2 | 0 | 2 | 4.08 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Stovey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |