1878 Indianapolis Blues Roster

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The 1878 Indianapolis Blues 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 Indianapolis Blues Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Indianapolis Blues salary list, a 1878 Indianapolis Blues uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Indianapolis Blues primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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1878 Indianapolis Blues Roster

A Complete Roster for the 1878 Indianapolis Blues

n/a Tom Healey 5-05½ 155 Right Right 0000-00-00
n/a Jim McCormick 5-10½ 215 Right Right 1856-11-03
n/a The Only Nolan 5-08 171 Right Left 1855-11-07
n/a Silver Flint 6-00 180 Right Right 1855-08-03
n/a Art Croft Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1855-01-23
n/a Candy Nelson 5-06 145 Right Left 1849-03-14
n/a Joe Quest 5-06 150 Right Right 1852-11-16
n/a Fred Warner 5-07 155 Right Right 1855-01-07
n/a Ned Williamson 5-11 210 Right Right 1857-10-24
n/a John Clapp 5-07 194 Right Right 1851-07-15
n/a Jimmy Hallinan 5-09 172 Left Left 1849-05-27
n/a Russ McKelvy Unknown Unknown Right Right 1854-09-08
n/a Orator Shafer 5-09 165 Right Left 1851-10-04
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The 1878 Indianapolis Blues played 60 games during the regular season, won 24 games, lost 36 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at South Street Park (Park Factors: 87/88) where 12,000 fans witnessed their 1878 Blues finish the season with a .400 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 Indianapolis Blues Opening Day starters list, a 1878 Indianapolis Blues salary list, a 1878 Indianapolis Blues uniform number breakdown and a 1878 Indianapolis Blues primary starters list:

1878 Indianapolis Blues
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available

1878 Indianapolis Blues
Most Games by Position

C Silver Flint (59)
1B Art Croft (51)
2B Joe Quest (62)
3B Ned Williamson (63)
SS Fred Warner (41)
LF John Clapp (44)
CF Russ McKelvy (62)
RF Orator Shafer (63)
  
SP The Only Nolan
  
CL Tom Healey

1878 Indianapolis Blues
Salaries

No Salary Data Available

1878 Indianapolis Blues
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1878 Indianapolis Blues 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)?