1881 Boston Red Caps Roster by Baseball Almanac

1881 Boston Red Caps Roster

The 1881 Boston Red Caps team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1881 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 1881 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1881 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1881 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1881 Boston Red Caps primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Tommy Bond

5-07½

160

Right

1856-04-02

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John Fox

Unknown

1859-02-07

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Jim Whitney

6-02

172

Right

Left

1857-11-10

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Pat Deasley

5-08½

154

Right

1857-11-17

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Pop Snyder

5-11½

184

Right

1854-10-06

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Ross Barnes

5-08½

145

Right

1850-05-08

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Jack Burdock

5-09½

158

Right

1852-04-00

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John Morrill

5-10½

155

Right

1855-02-19

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Joe Quinn

Unknown

0000-00-00

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Ezra Sutton

5-08½

153

Right

1849-09-17

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George Wright

5-09½

150

Right

1847-01-28

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Sam Wright

5-07½

146

Right

1848-11-25

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Bill Crowley

5-07½

159

Right

1857-04-08

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Joe Hornung

5-08½

164

Right

1857-06-12

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Fred Lewis

5-10½

194

Right

Both

1858-10-13

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Bobby Mathews

5-05½

140

Right

1851-11-21

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John Richmond

5-09

170

Right

Unknown

1855-03-05

The 1881 Boston Red Caps played 83 games during the regular season, won 38 games, lost 45 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at South End Grounds I (Park Factors: 95/96) where 34,343 fans witnessed their 1881 Red Caps finish the season with a .458 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 1881 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1881 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1881 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1881 Boston Red Caps primary starters list:

1881 Boston Red Caps
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1881 Boston Red Caps
Most Games by Position
C Pop Snyder (60)
1B John Morrill (74)
2B Jack Burdock (72)
3B Ezra Sutton (81)
SS Ross Barnes (63)
LF Joe Hornung (83)
CF Bill Crowley (47)
RF Bill Crowley (26)

SP John Fox
SP Jim Whitney

CL Bobby Mathews

1881 Boston Red Caps
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1881 Boston Red Caps
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1881 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)?

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