7th October 1880
The fans of the Blues are celebrating their second consecutive pennant as their team put together another strong season. The team jumped out to an early lead in April, May and June before then playing steady ball the rest of the year to earn their second pennant. Up next for the Blues is a return match up against the NL's Chicago White Stockings. The fans will be hoping that last season's series loss can be avenged in this years MLB Championship Series.
The team finished the regular season with a 6-3 road win against the Baltimore Orioles followed by a 1-2 home series loss to the St Louis Brown Stockings 1-8, 3-12 and 4-1
The pitching had a solid season. The best starter was Jim McCormick. McCormick has played 3 seasons with the Blues, 2 as the starter. He started 42 games and picked up 23 wins. He pitched 356 innings for 345 hits and 91 earned runs for an ERA of 2.30
The batting was good enough all season to pick up the wins needed to take the pennant. The best batter came in the form of First Baseman Michael Campbell. Campbell had his best season of his career so far as he made 82 starts. He picked up 91 hits from his 337 at bats. These at bats produced 54 runs and 24 RBI's along with an average of .270
Full pitching stats for the season
Full batting stats for the season
The team will now face the MLB Championship Series against the Chicago White Stockings. We will bring you all the news from this series once played. We will also bring you all the off season news once the First Year Draft has been completed.