1878 Chicago White Stockings Roster by Baseball Almanac

1878 Chicago White Stockings Roster

The 1878 Chicago White 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 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1878 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Terry Larkin

Unknown

Right

1856-00-00

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Laurie Reis

5-09

160

Right

Both

1858-11-20

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Bill Harbridge

Unknown

162

Left

1855-03-29

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Phil Powers

5-07

166

Right

1854-07-26

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Bill Traffley

5-11½

185

Right

1859-12-21

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Bob Ferguson

5-09½

149

Right

Both

1845-01-31

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Frank Hankinson

5-11

168

Right

1856-04-29

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Bill McClellan

5-05½

156

Left

Both

1856-03-22

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Al Spalding

6-01

170

Right

1850-09-02

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Joe Start

5-09

165

Left

1842-10-14

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Cap Anson

6-00

227

Right

1852-04-17

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John Cassidy

5-08

168

Left

Right

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Jimmy Hallinan

5-09

172

Left

1849-05-27

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Jack Remsen

5-11

189

Right

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Bill Sullivan

Unknown

1853-07-04

The 1878 Chicago White Stockings played 60 games during the regular season, won 30 games, lost 30 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Lake Front Park I (Park Factors: 107/105) where 58,691 fans witnessed their 1878 White Stockings finish the season with a .500 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 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1878 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list:

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Opening Day Starters

Cap Anson
John Cassidy
Bob Ferguson
Jimmy Hallinan
Frank Hankinson
Bill Harbridge
Terry Larkin
Jack Remsen
Joe Start
1878 Chicago White Stockings
Most Games by Position
C Bill Harbridge (53)
1B Joe Start (61)
2B Bill McClellan (42)
3B Frank Hankinson (57)
SS Bob Ferguson (57)
LF Cap Anson (45)
CF Jack Remsen (56)
RF John Cassidy (60)

CL Terry Larkin

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1878 Chicago White Stockings
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1878 Chicago White 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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