7th October 1881
The fans of the Red Caps had to suffer through a very bad year for their team as they managed to win less than a third of the games played. The team finished with a record of 27-57 to be the worst in all baseball. The season started off with a winning month at 7-6 in April but then just went down hill from their. Their terrible May and August months with only 3 wins in each summed up how bad the team were.
The regular season finished on a down for the fans as well as they team lost all 4 of their final regular season games. They lost 2-4 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings before losing a home series 0-3 to the Cincinnati Reds 1-3, 2-4 and 1-4
there were not really any stars in the side at all as all the players had their bad periods during the month.
The best batter in a group of bad batters was Left Fielder Buttercup Dickerson. Dickerson started 53 of the 68 games he played prior to injury finishing his season. He picked up 66 hits from 223 at bats to score 19 runs and 16 RBI's for an average of .296
The pitching also had a tough year with neither starter getting above 15 wins. The best pitcher from the starters was Tommy Bond. Bond worked tirelessly through 347 innings in 42 games to pick up 14 wins. He gave up 379 hits and 96 earned runs for an ERA of 2.49
Full season pitching stats
Full season batting stats
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