1878 Boston Red Caps Roster by Baseball Almanac

1878 Boston Red Caps Roster

The 1878 Boston Red Caps 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 Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1878 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1878 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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Pop Snyder

5-11½

184

Right

1854-10-06

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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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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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Andy Leonard

5-07

168

Right

1846-06-01

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Jack Manning

5-08½

158

Right

1853-12-20

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Jim O'Rourke

5-08

185

Right

1850-09-01

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Harry Schafer

5-09

143

Right

1846-08-14

The 1878 Boston Red Caps 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 Caps 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 Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1878 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Boston Red Caps primary starters list:

1878 Boston Red Caps
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1878 Boston Red Caps
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 Caps
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1878 Boston Red Caps
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1878 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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