1880 Boston Red Caps Roster

The 1880 Boston Red Caps team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1880 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 1880 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1880 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1880 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1880 Boston Red Caps primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1880 Boston Red Caps

Complete Roster  
 

n/a Tommy Bond 5-07½ 160 Right Right 1856-04-02
n/a Curry Foley 5-10 160 Left Unknown 1856-01-14
n/a John Bergh Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1857-10-08
n/a Phil Powers 5-07 166 Right Right 1854-07-26
n/a Denny Sullivan 5-09 170 Right Unknown 1858-06-26
n/a Sam Trott 5-09 190 Left Left 0000-00-00
n/a Jack Burdock 5-09½ 158 Right Right 1852-04-00
n/a John Morrill 5-10½ 155 Right Right 1855-02-19
n/a John Richmond 5-09 170 Right Unknown 1855-03-05
n/a Ezra Sutton 5-08½ 153 Right Right 1849-09-17
n/a George Wright 5-09½ 150 Right Right 1847-01-28
n/a Steve Dignan Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1859-05-16
n/a Sadie Houck 5-07 151 Right Right 0000-00-00
n/a Charley Jones 5-11½ 202 Right Right 1850-04-30
n/a Jack Leary 5-11 186 Left Unknown 1857-07-00
n/a Dan O'Leary 5-10 165 Unknown Left 1856-10-22
n/a Jim O'Rourke 5-08 185 Right Right 1850-09-01
n/a John O'Rourke 6-00 190 Left Left 1849-08-23
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The 1880 Boston Red Caps played 84 games during the regular season, won 40 games, lost 44 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at South End Grounds I (Park Factors: 97/96) where 34,000 fans witnessed their 1880 Red Caps finish the season with a .476 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 1880 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1880 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1880 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1880 Boston Red Caps primary starters list:

1880 Boston Red Caps
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1880 Boston Red Caps
Most Games by Position

C Phil Powers (37)
1B John Morrill (46)
2B Jack Burdock (86)
3B John Morrill (40)
SS Ezra Sutton (39)
LF Charley Jones (66)
CF John O'Rourke (78)
RF Curry Foley (35)
  
SP Curry Foley
  
CL Tommy Bond


1880 Boston Red Caps
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1880 Boston Red Caps
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1880 Boston Red Caps 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)?