1878 Boston Red Stockings Roster

The 1878 Boston Red Stockings team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1878 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 1878 Boston Red Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Boston Red Stockings salary list, a 1878 Boston Red Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Boston Red Stockings primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1878 Boston Red Stockings

Complete Roster  
 
n/a Tommy Bond 5-07½ 160 Right Right 1856-04-02
n/a Pop Snyder 5-11½ 184 Right Right 1854-10-06
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 Ezra Sutton 5-08½ 153 Right Right 1849-09-17
n/a George Wright 5-09½ 150 Right Right 1847-01-28
n/a Andy Leonard 5-07 168 Right Right 1846-06-01
n/a Jack Manning 5-08½ 158 Right Right 1853-12-20
n/a Jim O'Rourke 5-08 185 Right Right 1850-09-01
n/a Harry Schafer 5-09 143 Right Right 1846-08-14


The 1878 Boston Red Stockings played 60 games during the regular season, won 41 games, lost 19 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at South End Grounds I (Park Factors: 108/102) where 48,915 fans witnessed their 1878 Red Stockings finish the season with a .683 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 1878 Boston Red Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Boston Red Stockings salary list, a 1878 Boston Red Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Boston Red Stockings primary starters list:

1878 Boston Red Stockings
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1878 Boston Red Stockings
Most Games by Position

C Pop Snyder (58)
1B John Morrill (59)
2B Jack Burdock (60)
3B Ezra Sutton (59)
SS George Wright (59)
LF Andy Leonard (60)
CF Jack Manning (3)
RF Jack Manning (56)
  
  
CL Tommy Bond


1878 Boston Red Stockings
Salaries

George Wright $1,800.00


1878 Boston Red Stockings
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1878 Boston Red Stockings 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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