1st August 1879
The fans of the Red Caps continued to see their favourites struggle to find any form during July. The team picked up only 4 wins from the 12 games played. This has left them sitting bottom of the NL table, 9 games behind the leading Cincinnati Reds.
The batting had a hit and miss month as they scored 58 runs. The star with the hot bat was First Baseman Charley Jones. Jones had an excellent month with the bat as he started all 12 games. He went to bat 47 times and claimed 20 hits. These hits produced 9 runs and 6 RBI's for an average of .426. The NL voters decided that he was worthy of this months NL Batter of the Month award.
The pitching was a mixed bag all month. Tommy Bond was again the best of the starters as he picked up 3 wins from 6 starts. He pitched 56 innings, giving up 61 hits and 15 earned runs for an ERA of 2.41. The team gave up 66 runs in July.
Bill Craver fractured a Rib during the month and was ruled out for 5 weeks.
The team picked up Bobby Clack from the Brooklyn Atlantics through the waiver system.
The NL All Star squad waas selected and the following players got the nod. Pitchers Tommy Bond and Jack Neagle and First Baseman Charley Jones,
The player that started the NL's 6-7 loss was Charley Jones
Full pitching stats for July
Full batting stats for July
The team played 12 games during July
Lost final game of road trip to Cincinnati Reds 4-6
1-2 at home to the Brooklyn Atlantics 7-3, 5-8 and 1-8
0-3 on road to the Chicago White Stockings 8-9, 4-5 and 2-4
2-1 at home to the Cincinnati Reds 3-2, 5-8 and 8-7
Went 1-1 to start the road trip to the Brooklyn Atlantics 1-4 and 10-2
The team will be facing 14 opponents in August. We will give you a full review of these games next month