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1879 Cincinnati Reds Schedule

1878 Season

Record: 43-37-1, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Deacon White (9-9) and Cal McVey (34-28-1)

Ballpark: Avenue Grounds

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

Pythagorean W-L: 42-38, 485 Runs, 464 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

May 1, CIN vs. TRO
May 2, CIN vs. TRO
May 3, CIN vs. TRO
May 6, CIN vs. SYR
May 8, CIN vs. SYR
May 10, CIN vs. SYR
May 13, CIN vs. BSN
May 15, CIN vs. BSN
May 17, CIN vs. BSN
May 20, CIN vs. PRO
May 22, CIN vs. PRO
May 24, CIN vs. PRO
May 28, CIN @ TRO
May 30, CIN @ TRO
May 31, CIN @ TRO

Jun 4, CIN @ SYR
Jun 5, CIN @ SYR
Jun 7, CIN @ SYR
Jun 10, CIN @ PRO
Jun 13, CIN @ PRO
Jun 14, CIN @ PRO
Jun 17, CIN @ BSN
Jun 19, CIN @ BSN
Jun 21, CIN @ BSN
Jun 24, CIN vs. CHC
Jun 25, CIN vs. CHC
Jun 28, CIN @ CHC

Jul 1, CIN @ CHC
Jul 2, CIN @ CHC
Jul 4, CIN vs. SYR
Jul 5, CIN vs. SYR
Jul 8, CIN vs. SYR
Jul 11, CIN vs. BSN
Jul 12, CIN vs. BSN
Jul 14, CIN vs. BSN
Jul 15, CIN vs. PRO
Jul 16, CIN vs. PRO
Jul 17, CIN vs. PRO
Jul 19, CIN vs. TRO
Jul 21, CIN vs. TRO
Jul 25, CIN @ CHC
Jul 26, CIN @ CHC
Jul 28, CIN @ CHC
Jul 30, CIN vs. BUF
Jul 31, CIN vs. BUF

Aug 2, CIN vs. BUF
Aug 9, CIN vs. CHC
Aug 11, CIN vs. CHC
Aug 12, CIN vs. CHC
Aug 15, CIN @ BUF
Aug 19, CIN vs. CLV
Aug 20, CIN vs. CLV
Aug 21, CIN vs. CLV
Aug 22, CIN vs. CLV
Aug 26, CIN vs. BUF
Aug 27, CIN vs. BUF
Aug 28, CIN @ CLV
Aug 29, CIN @ CLV
Aug 30, CIN @ CLV

Sep 1, CIN @ CLV
Sep 3, CIN @ SYR
Sep 4, CIN @ SYR
Sep 5, CIN @ SYR
Sep 6, CIN @ SYR
Sep 8, CIN @ TRO
Sep 10, CIN @ TRO
Sep 11, CIN @ TRO
Sep 12, CIN @ BSN
Sep 13, CIN @ BSN
Sep 15, CIN @ BSN
Sep 17, CIN @ PRO
Sep 18, CIN @ PRO
Sep 19, CIN @ PRO
Sep 22, CIN @ BUF
Sep 23, CIN @ BUF
Sep 24, CIN @ BUF
Sep 25, CIN @ BUF
Sep 26, CIN @ CLV
Sep 27, CIN @ CLV
Sep 29, CIN @ CLV
Sep 30, CIN @ CLV

Season Summary

1879 MLB Season Schedule

Team Win/Loss Splits

Team Game-by-Game Schedule

Team Game-by-Game Schedule
Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
1	Thursday, May 1	CIN		TRO	W	7	5		1-0	1	Tied							`+`
2	Friday, May 2	CIN		TRO	W	10	1		2-0	1	Tied							`++`
3	Saturday, May 3	CIN		TRO	W	13	12		3-0	1	up 0.5							`+++`
4	Tuesday, May 6	CIN		SYR	W	7	6		4-0	1	Tied							`++++`
5	Thursday, May 8	CIN		SYR	W	5	2		5-0	1	Tied							`+++++`
6	Saturday, May 10	CIN		SYR	L	6	7		5-1	2	1.0							`-`
7	Tuesday, May 13	CIN		BSN	L	2	3		5-2	3	1.0							`--`
8	Thursday, May 15	CIN		BSN	L	2	13		5-3	3	2.0							`---`
9	Saturday, May 17	CIN		BSN	W	7	4		6-3	3	2.0							`+`
10	Tuesday, May 20	CIN		PRO	L	5	11		6-4	3	3.0							`-`
11	Thursday, May 22	CIN		PRO	L	9	10		6-5	3	4.0							`--`
12	Saturday, May 24	CIN		PRO	L	1	17		6-6	4	5.0							`---`
13	Wednesday, May 28	CIN	@	TRO	L	6	20		6-7	5	6.0							`----`
14	Friday, May 30	CIN	@	TRO	W	4	2		7-7	3	6.0							`+`
15	Saturday, May 31	CIN	@	TRO	W	6	2		8-7	3	6.0							`++`
Gm#	June	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
16	Wednesday, Jun 4	CIN	@	SYR	W	6	5		9-7	3	5.5							`+++`	1879-06-03 (Rain)
17	Thursday, Jun 5	CIN	@	SYR	L	1	10		9-8	3	6.5							`-`
18	Saturday, Jun 7	CIN	@	SYR	L	3	9		9-9	4	7.0							`--`
19	Tuesday, Jun 10	CIN	@	PRO	L	1	6		9-10	5	7.5							`---`
20	Friday, Jun 13	CIN	@	PRO	L	6	19		9-11	5	9.0							`----`	1879-06-12 (Rain)
21	Saturday, Jun 14	CIN	@	PRO	L	3	4		9-12	5	9.0							`-----`
22	Tuesday, Jun 17	CIN	@	BSN	L	6	9		9-13	6	10.0							`------`
23	Thursday, Jun 19	CIN	@	BSN	L	0	6		9-14	6	11.0							`-------`
24	Saturday, Jun 21	CIN	@	BSN	W	15	13		10-14	6	11.0							`+`
25	Tuesday, Jun 24	CIN		CHC	W	4	1		11-14	5	10.0							`++`
26	Wednesday, Jun 25	CIN		CHC	L	3	7		11-15	5	11.0							`-`
27	Saturday, Jun 28	CIN	@	CHC	L	1	5		11-16	5	12.0						2,500	`--`
Gm#	July	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
28	Tuesday, Jul 1	CIN	@	CHC	W	7	5		12-16	5	11.0							`+`	1879-06-30 (Unknown reason)
29	Wednesday, Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W	9	8		13-16	5	10.0							`++`
30	Friday, Jul 4	CIN		SYR	W	9	1		14-16	5	9.0							`+++`
31	Saturday, Jul 5	CIN		SYR	W	9	5		15-16	5	9.0							`++++`
32	Tuesday, Jul 8	CIN		SYR	L	1	6		15-17	5	10.0							`-`
33	Friday, Jul 11	CIN		BSN	L	2	11		15-18	5	11.5							`--`
34	Saturday, Jul 12	CIN		BSN	W	4	3		16-18	5	10.5							`+`
35	Monday, Jul 14	CIN		BSN	L	4	8		16-19	5	11.0							`-`	1879-07-10 (Rain)
36	Tuesday, Jul 15	CIN		PRO	W	9	0		17-19	5	11.0							`+`
37	Wednesday, Jul 16	CIN		PRO	L	3	5		17-20	5	12.0							`-`
38	Thursday, Jul 17	CIN		PRO	W	8	4		18-20	5	12.0							`+`
39	Saturday, Jul 19	CIN		TRO	W	7	6		19-20	5	11.0							`++`
40	Monday, Jul 21	CIN		TRO	W	10	0		20-20	5	10.5							`+++`
41	Friday, Jul 25	CIN	@	CHC	L	3	6		20-21	5	11.5							`-`	1879-07-24 (Unknown reason)
42	Saturday, Jul 26	CIN	@	CHC	W	11	8		21-21	5	10.5							`+`
43	Monday, Jul 28	CIN	@	CHC	W	5	2		22-21	5	9.5							`++`
44	Wednesday, Jul 30	CIN		BUF	L	5	7		22-22	5	10.5							`-`
45	Thursday, Jul 31	CIN		BUF	L	3	5		22-23	5	11.5							`--`
Gm#	August	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
46	Saturday, Aug 2	CIN		BUF	L	5	9		22-24	5	12.5							`---`
47	Saturday, Aug 9	CIN		CHC	W	11	6		23-24	5	11.0							`+`
48	Monday, Aug 11	CIN		CHC	W	5	1		24-24	5	10.0							`++`
49	Tuesday, Aug 12	CIN		CHC	W	5	0		25-24	5	9.0							`+++`
50	Friday, Aug 15	CIN	@	BUF	L	9	10		25-25	5	9.5							`-`
51	Tuesday, Aug 19	CIN		CLV	W	2	1		26-25	5	9.5							`+`
52	Wednesday, Aug 20	CIN		CLV	W	9	5		27-25	5	9.5							`++`
53	Thursday, Aug 21	CIN		CLV	L	3	7		27-26	5	9.5							`-`
54	Friday, Aug 22	CIN		CLV	W	15	1		28-26	5	9.0							`+`	1879-08-05 (Rain)
55	Tuesday, Aug 26	CIN		BUF	L	0	4		28-27	5	11.0							`-`
56	Wednesday, Aug 27	CIN		BUF	W	5	2		29-27	5	10.5							`+`	1879-08-23 (Rain)
57	Thursday, Aug 28	CIN	@	CLV	L	6	7		29-28	5	11.5							`-`
58	Friday, Aug 29	CIN	@	CLV	W	9	3		30-28	5	10.5							`+`	1879-08-06 (Rain; Site change)
59	Saturday, Aug 30	CIN	@	CLV	L	3	10		30-29	5	11.5							`-`
Gm#	September	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled
60	Monday, Sep 1	CIN	@	CLV	W	4	2		31-29	5	11.0							`+`
61	Wednesday, Sep 3	CIN	@	SYR	T	2	2		31-29	5	11.5							`+`
62	Thursday, Sep 4	CIN	@	SYR	W	6	2		32-29	5	11.5							`++`
63	Friday, Sep 5	CIN	@	SYR	W	18	2		33-29	5	11.0							`+++`
64	Saturday, Sep 6	CIN	@	SYR	W	6	0		34-29	5	11.0							`++++`
65	Monday, Sep 8	CIN	@	TRO	W	11	5		35-29	5	11.0							`+++++`
66	Wednesday, Sep 10	CIN	@	TRO	L	4	9		35-30	5	11.5							`-`
67	Thursday, Sep 11	CIN	@	TRO	W	10	1		36-30	5	11.0							`+`	1879-09-09 (Rain)
68	Friday, Sep 12	CIN	@	BSN	L	1	4		36-31	5	12.0							`-`
69	Saturday, Sep 13	CIN	@	BSN	W	7	5		37-31	5	11.0							`+`
70	Monday, Sep 15	CIN	@	BSN	W	5	3		38-31	5	11.0							`++`
71	Wednesday, Sep 17	CIN	@	PRO	L	2	6		38-32	5	12.0							`-`
72	Thursday, Sep 18	CIN	@	PRO	L	4	5		38-33	5	13.0							`--`	1879-09-20 (Unknown reason)
73	Friday, Sep 19	CIN	@	PRO	L	5	15		38-34	5	14.0							`---`
74	Monday, Sep 22	CIN	@	BUF	L	0	3		38-35	5	14.5							`----`	1879-08-14 (Unknown reason)
75	Tuesday, Sep 23	CIN	@	BUF	L	7	12		38-36	5	14.5							`-----`	1879-09-26 (Schedule change)
76	Wednesday, Sep 24	CIN	@	BUF	W	8	5		39-36	5	14.0							`+`	1879-09-27 (Schedule change)
77	Thursday, Sep 25	CIN	@	BUF	W	10	2		40-36	5	14.0							`++`	1879-09-29 (Schedule change)
78	Friday, Sep 26	CIN	@	CLV	W	6	2		41-36	5	14.0							`+++`	1879-09-23 (Schedule change)
79	Saturday, Sep 27	CIN	@	CLV	W	15	4		42-36	5	13.0							`++++`	1879-09-24 (Schedule change)
80	Monday, Sep 29	CIN	@	CLV	W	13	1		43-36	5	13.0							`+++++`	1879-09-25 (Schedule change)
81	Tuesday, Sep 30	CIN	@	CLV	L	6	9		43-37	5	14.0							`-`	1879-08-07 (Rain; Site change)
Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp	W/L	R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak	Orig. Scheduled