1879 Chicago White Stockings Roster by Baseball Almanac

1879 Chicago White Stockings Roster

The 1879 Chicago White Stockings team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1879 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 1879 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1879 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Frank Hankinson

5-11

168

Right

1856-04-29

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Terry Larkin

Unknown

Right

1856-00-00

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Tom Dolan

5-11

185

Right

1855-01-10

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Silver Flint

6-00

180

Right

1855-08-03

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Cap Anson

6-00

227

Right

1852-04-17

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Lew Brown

5-10½

185

Right

1858-02-01

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Herm Doscher

5-10

182

Right

1852-12-20

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John Peters

5-07

180

Right

1850-04-08

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Joe Quest

5-06

150

Right

1852-11-16

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John Stedronsky

Unknown

1850-06-12

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Ned Williamson

5-11

210

Right

1857-10-24

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Abner Dalrymple

5-10½

175

Right

Left

1857-09-09

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George Gore

5-11

195

Right

Left

1857-05-03

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Bill Harbridge

Unknown

162

Left

1855-03-29

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Jack Remsen

5-11

189

Right

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Orator Shafer

5-09

165

Right

Left

1851-10-00

The 1879 Chicago White Stockings played 79 games during the regular season, won 46 games, lost 33 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Lake Front Park I (Park Factors: 106/103) where 67,687 fans witnessed their 1879 White Stockings finish the season with a .582 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 1879 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1879 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1879 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1879 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list:

1879 Chicago White Stockings
Opening Day Starters

Cap Anson
Abner Dalrymple
Silver Flint
George Gore
Terry Larkin
John Peters
Joe Quest
Orator Shafer
Ned Williamson
1879 Chicago White Stockings
Most Games by Position
C Silver Flint (78)
1B Cap Anson (51)
2B Joe Quest (83)
3B Ned Williamson (70)
SS John Peters (83)
LF Abner Dalrymple (66)
CF George Gore (48)
RF Orator Shafer (72)

SP Frank Hankinson

CL Terry Larkin

1879 Chicago White Stockings
Salaries
George Gore $1,900.00

1879 Chicago White Stockings
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1879 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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