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The 1878 Boston Red Caps season was the eighth season of the franchise. The Red Caps won their second straight National League pennant.

Regular season edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Caps	41	19	0.683	—	23–7	18–12
Cincinnati Reds	37	23	0.617	4	25–8	12–15
Providence Grays	33	27	0.550	8	17–13	16–14
Chicago White Stockings	30	30	0.500	11	17–18	13–12
Indianapolis Blues	24	36	0.400	17	10–17	14–19
Milwaukee Grays	15	45	0.250	26	7–18	8–27

1878 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	IND	MIL	PRV
Boston	—	8–4	6–6	10–2	11–1	6–6
Chicago	4–8	—	2–10	8–4	10–2	6–6–1
Cincinnati	6–6	10–2	—	4–8–1	8–4	9–3
Indianapolis	2–10	4–8	8–4–1	—	8–4–1	2–10–1
Milwaukee	1–11	2–10	4–8	4–8–1	—	4–8
Providence	6–6	6–6–1	3–9	10–2–1	8–4	—

1878 Boston Red Caps

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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
C	Pop Snyder	60	226	48	.212	0	14
1B	John Morrill	60	233	56	.240	0	23
2B	Jack Burdock	60	246	64	.260	0	25
3B	Ezra Sutton	60	239	54	.226	1	29
SS	George Wright	59	267	60	.225	0	12
OF	Andy Leonard	60	262	68	.260	0	16
OF	Jack Manning	60	248	63	.254	0	23
OF	Jim O'Rourke	60	255	71	.278	1	29

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
Harry Schafer	2	8	1	.125	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tommy Bond	59	532.2	40	19	2.06	182

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Manning	3	11.1	1	0	14.29	2