1879 Providence Grays Roster by Baseball Almanac

1879 Providence Grays Roster

The 1879 Providence Grays 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 Providence Grays Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Providence Grays salary list, a 1879 Providence Grays uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Providence Grays primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Bobby Mathews

5-05½

140

Right

1851-11-21

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John Ward

5-09

165

Right

Left

1860-03-03

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Doug Allison

5-10½

160

Right

1846-07-12

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Lew Brown

5-10½

185

Right

1858-02-01

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Emil Gross

6-00

190

Right

1858-03-03

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Rudy Kemmler

5-11

206

Right

1860-00-00

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Jack Farrell

5-09

165

Right

1857-07-05

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Bill Hague

5-09

164

Right

1852-00-00

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Mike McGeary

5-07

138

Right

1851-02-12

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Joe Start

5-09

165

Left

1842-10-14

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Denny Sullivan

5-09

170

Right

Unknown

1858-06-26

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Bill White

Unknown

1860-10-00

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George Wright

5-09½

150

Right

1847-01-28

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Paul Hines

5-09½

173

Right

1855-03-01

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Dan O'Leary

5-10

165

Unknown

Left

1856-10-22

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Jim O'Rourke

5-08

185

Right

1850-09-01

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Tom York

5-09

165

Unknown

Left

1850-07-13

The 1879 Providence Grays played 84 games during the regular season, won 59 games, lost 25 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Messer Street Grounds (Park Factors: 98/94) where 47,595 fans witnessed their 1879 Grays finish the season with a .702 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 Providence Grays Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Providence Grays salary list, a 1879 Providence Grays uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Providence Grays primary starters list:

1879 Providence Grays
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1879 Providence Grays
Most Games by Position
C Lew Brown (48)
1B Joe Start (65)
2B Mike McGeary (73)
3B Bill Hague (51)
SS George Wright (85)
LF Tom York (81)
CF Paul Hines (85)
RF Bobby Mathews (21)

SP Bobby Mathews

CL John Ward

1879 Providence Grays
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1879 Providence Grays
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1879 Providence Grays 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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