1880 Season (84 Games)
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Thursday April 1st 1880
Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 3
Lee Richmond wins his first decision. Rookies Richmond and Sommers drive in a pair of runs.
Blues SP Stearns Out
Thursday, April 1st, 1880: The Cleveland Blues announced this afternoon that starting pitcher Bill Stearns would be out of action for 8 months. He sustained shoulder inflammation playing the Athletics. It happened throwing a pitch.
Ward Guns Down Orioles
Thursday, April 1st, 1880: After his 4-0 shutout win against the Orioles, John Ward said, "I went out there to try and eat up innings and help out our bullpen. I felt I had my good stuff... and it turned out my command was solid and my breaking balls were good."
They were better than good as the Brown Stockings pitcher put up 3 strikeouts, surrendered no walks, allowed 5 hits and kept the bullpen phone quiet all day long.
Red Caps Chill Kelly's Hot Streak
Thursday, April 1st, 1880: Reds catcher King Kelly was one of the hottest hitters in baseball, coming into today's game against Boston with a 23-game hitting streak. However, the Red Caps put a chill in his bat, at least for today, and held him hitless in 5 at-bats during the Boston 4-3 triumph at South End Grounds I.
Sunday April 4th 1880
Philadelphia 13 Cleveland 2
Rookies Richmond and Burns lead Athletics to rout. Tom Burns scores four times and drives in three on a 2-5 day. Lee Richmond scatters seven hits. Levi Meyerle drives in four runs.
Galvin Holds Cincinnati Scoreless
Tuesday, April 6th, 1880: Speaking after the game, the Boston manager said, "Pud Galvin had everything going for him. He changed speeds effectively, stayed down, had a lot of movement... he had it all... masterful."
Galvin held the Cincinnati Reds to 4 hits and fashioned a fine 2-0 shutout. He had no walks and 2 strikeouts in the game.
Wednesday April 7th 1880
Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 4
Athletics sweep Blues on Richmond's performance. Lee scattered eight Blues hits. Charlie Eden drives in three on two hits.
Philadelphia at Baltimore
Friday April 9th 1880
Philadelphia 7 Baltimore 1
Lee Richmond tosses a four hitter. Charlie Eden and Jack Farrell drives in two.
Sunday April 11th 1880
Philadelphia 5 Baltimore 4
Levi Meyerle hits a two run home run and Charlie Eden scores the winning run on a ninth inning error.
Monday April 12th 1880
Philadelphia 4 Baltimore 2
Orioles are the latest victim. Richmond scatters nine hits en route to 5th win of the season. Levi Meyerle and Charlie Eden collect two hits.
Corey Fashions Shutout Against Reds
Tuesday, April 13th, 1880: Fred Corey really wowed everybody at the ballpark with his 5-0 shutout victory over Cincinnati today. The Brooklyn pitcher mystified the Reds in a strong performance. He gave up 4 hits and totaled no walks and 4 strikeouts.
St Louis at Philadelphia
Friday April 16th 1880
St Louis 9 Philadelphia 7
Brown Stockings hand Richmond first loss of the season. Buttercup Dickerson goes 4-5 with two doubles and a triple.
Sunday April 18th 1880
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 1
Al Spalding pitches a five hitter.
Tuesday April 20th 1880
Philadelphia 10 St Louis 7
Tom Burns drives in three and Athletics scores seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Philadelphia at Cleveland
Friday April 23rd 1880
Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 4
Ross Barnes drives in three as Lee Richmond wins his 7th of the season.
Saturday April 24th 1880
Cleveland 11 Philadelphia 3
Blues score eight times in the sixth. Deacon White has three hits and every Blues player hit at least once.
Tuesday April 27th 1880
Philadelphia 5 Cleveland 3 (10)
Dan Brouthers hits his first home run of the season. Tom Burns singles in Lee Richmond and Doc Bushong in the 10th for the win.
Baltimore at Philadelphia
Thursday April 29th 1880
Philadelphia 7 Baltimore 3
Levi Meyerle hits his second home run of the season. Aaron Clapp drives in three runs. Charlie Eden and Dan Brouthers go 3-4.
Standings
| American League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 11 | 2 | .846 | - |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.0 |
| Cleveland Blues | 4 | 9 | .308 | 7.0 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 11 | .154 | 9.0 |
| National League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 10 | 3 | .769 | - |
| Boston Red Caps | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.0 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.0 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 10 | .231 | 7.0 |
Athletics notes
Lee Richmond is named Pitcher and Newcomer of the Month.
9-1 1.70 era and 39 Ks