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{{Short description|1877-1878 professional baseball team}}
{{for|the 1884 team appearing in some sources as the Milwaukee Grays|Milwaukee Brewers (1884–1885)}}
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! colspan=2 class="fn org" style="font-size: 125%; text-align: center; background-color: #dcdcdc;margin-bottom:3px;" |Milwaukee Grays
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! style="text-align: center" colspan="2" | Years [[1877 in baseball|1877]]–[[1878 in baseball|1878]]
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! style="text-align: center" colspan="2" | Based in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center" | Major league affiliations
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*[[National League (baseball)|National League]] (1878)
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center" | Minor league affiliations
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*[[League Alliance]] (1877)
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center" | Ballpark
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*[[Eclipse Park (Milwaukee)|Eclipse Park II]]
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center" |Colors
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Gray, white<br>
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center" | Managers
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* [[Jack Chapman]] (1878)
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! colspan=2 style="background-color: #dcdcdc; text-align: center" | Major league titles
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*'''National League pennants'''  '''0'''
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The '''Milwaukee Grays''' were a short-lived baseball team that spent one year, 1878, in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]].

The team was part of the [[League Alliance]], loosely affiliated with the National League, in 1877. It won 19 games and lost 13 (including a 10–7 loss to the [[Chicago White Stockings (1870–89)|Chicago White Stockings]] of the NL), ending up in fourth place. "The team's sharp style and strong hometown support won them a National League berth in 1878."<ref>[http://milwaukeegrays.com/grays.html The 1878 Milwaukee Grays] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714094748/http://milwaukeegrays.com/grays.html |date=2011-07-14}}.</ref>

They won 15 games and lost 45 in 1878, finishing sixth and last in the league. Their home games were played at [[Eclipse Park (Milwaukee)|Eclipse Park II]].

The Grays were managed by former [[Major League Baseball|major league]] [[right fielder]] [[Jack Chapman]], whose nickname was "Death to Flying Things." Their best hitter was [[left fielder]] [[Abner Dalrymple]], who led the team in [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (.354), [[slugging percentage]] (.421), [[run (baseball)|runs]] (52), and [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (10). Their top [[pitcher]] was [[Sam Weaver (baseball)|Sam Weaver]], who was only 12–31 but had the fourth-best [[earned run average|ERA]] in the league, a very low 1.95.

==Legacy==
The club is remembered in the name of a [[vintage base ball]] club. Along with the Milwaukee Cream Citys, the Grays are dedicated to preserving and presenting the rich history of organized baseball in Milwaukee. Current players wear replica uniforms based upon the original uniforms worn back in 1878. The modern-day Milwaukee Grays are a member of the [[Vintage Base Ball Association]].

==See also==
*[[1878 Milwaukee Grays season]]
*[[Milwaukee Grays all-time roster]]
*[[Eclipse Park (Milwaukee)|Eclipse Park]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MLG/ Baseball Reference Team Index]
*[https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1878/PKL_MIL011878.htm 1878 home game log]

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[[Category:Defunct Major League Baseball teams]]
[[Category:History of Milwaukee]]
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[[Category:League Alliance teams]]
[[Category:Defunct baseball teams in Wisconsin]]
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[[Category:1877 establishments in Wisconsin]]