1879 Syracuse Stars season
After finishing in second place in the International Association in 1878, the Syracuse Stars joined the rival National League for the 1879 baseball season. However, on September 10, with a seventh-place 22–48 record, they folded operations with a handful of games remaining.
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| Managers | Mike Dorgan, Bill Holbert, Jimmy Macullar |
Regular season
Season standings
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Providence Grays | 59 | 25 | 0.702 | — | 34–8 | 25–17 |
| Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30 | 0.643 | 5 | 29–13 | 25–17 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32 | 0.590 | 10 | 23–16 | 23–16 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33 | 0.582 | 10½ | 29–13 | 17–20 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37 | 0.537 | 14 | 21–16 | 22–21 |
| Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55 | 0.329 | 31 | 15–27 | 12–28 |
| Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48 | 0.314 | 30 | 11–22 | 11–26 |
| Troy Trojans | 19 | 56 | 0.253 | 35½ | 12–27 | 7–29 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BOS | BUF | CHI | CIN | CLE | PRV | SYR | TRO | |||||||||
| Boston | — | 9–3 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
| Buffalo | 3–9 | — | 6–6–1 | 7–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 11–1 | |||||||||
| Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 8–1 | 8–3–2 | |||||||||
| Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–7 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–4–1 | 9–2 | |||||||||
| Cleveland | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–7 | 5–6 | |||||||||
| Providence | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 8–4 | — | 10–2 | 10–2 | |||||||||
| Syracuse | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1–8 | 4–8–1 | 7–4 | 2–10 | — | 2–4 | |||||||||
| Troy | 1–11 | 1–11 | 3–8–2 | 2–9 | 6–5 | 2–10 | 4–2 | — | |||||||||
Roster
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Player stats
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Bill Holbert | 59 | 229 | 46 | .201 | 0 | 21 |
| 1B | Hick Carpenter | 65 | 261 | 53 | .203 | 0 | 20 |
| 2B | Jack Farrell | 54 | 241 | 73 | .303 | 1 | 21 |
| 3B | Red Woodhead | 34 | 131 | 21 | .160 | 0 | 2 |
| SS | Jimmy Macullar | 64 | 246 | 52 | .211 | 0 | 13 |
| OF | Mike Mansell | 67 | 242 | 52 | .215 | 1 | 13 |
| OF | Blondie Purcell | 63 | 277 | 72 | .260 | 0 | 25 |
| OF | John Richmond | 62 | 254 | 54 | .213 | 1 | 23 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Mike Dorgan | 59 | 270 | 72 | .267 | 1 | 17 |
| George Creamer | 15 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 3 |
| John McGuinness | 12 | 51 | 15 | .294 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Allen | 11 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
| Kick Kelly | 10 | 36 | 4 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
| George Adams | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Decker | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Osterhout | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Mansell | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Harry McCormick | 54 | 457.1 | 18 | 33 | 2.99 | 96 |
| Blondie Purcell | 22 | 179.2 | 4 | 15 | 3.76 | 28 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Mike Dorgan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8 |
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