1879 Cincinnati Reds Roster by Baseball Almanac

1879 Cincinnati Reds Roster

The 1879 Cincinnati Reds team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1879 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1879 Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Cincinnati Reds salary list, a 1879 Cincinnati Reds uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Cincinnati Reds primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Will White

5-09½

175

Right

Both

1854-10-11

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Deacon White

5-11

175

Right

Left

1847-12-07

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Ross Barnes

5-08½

145

Right

1850-05-08

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Mike Burke

6-00

190

Right

1854-00-00

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Will Foley

5-09½

150

Right

1855-11-15

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Joe Gerhardt

6-00

160

Right

1855-02-14

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King Kelly

5-10

170

Right

1857-12-31

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Cal McVey

5-09

170

Right

1849-08-30

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Buttercup Dickerson

5-06

140

Right

Left

1858-10-11

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Pete Hotaling

5-08

166

Right

Left

1856-12-16

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John Magner

5-07½

170

Unknown

0000-00-00

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Jack Neagle

5-06

155

Right

1858-01-02

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Blondie Purcell

5-09½

159

Right

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Harry Wheeler

5-11

165

Right

1858-03-03

The 1879 Cincinnati Reds played 80 games during the regular season, won 43 games, lost 37 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Chester Avenue Grounds (Park Factors: 95/93) where 28,000 fans witnessed their 1879 Reds finish the season with a .538 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1879 Cincinnati Reds Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Cincinnati Reds salary list, a 1879 Cincinnati Reds uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Cincinnati Reds primary starters list:

1879 Cincinnati Reds
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1879 Cincinnati Reds
Most Games by Position
C Deacon White (59)
1B Cal McVey (72)
2B Joe Gerhardt (55)
3B King Kelly (33)
SS Ross Barnes (61)
LF Buttercup Dickerson (81)
CF Pete Hotaling (67)
RF King Kelly (27)

CL Will White

1879 Cincinnati Reds
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1879 Cincinnati Reds
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1879 Cincinnati Reds Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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