The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world.
Champions [edit]
National Association final standings [edit]
Statistical leaders [edit]
Notable seasons [edit]
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Events [edit]
January–March [edit]
- March 4 – At its annual convention being held in Cleveland, the NA adopts a rule change to allow the use of the wrist in the pitching delivery.
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July–September [edit]
- July 6 – Sporting a 22–1 record, Harry Wright takes the Boston Red Stockings on vacation to an island in Boston Harbor.
- July 9 – The Brooklyn Eckfords commit 13 errors in their 15–3 loss to the Troy Haymakers. It is the fewest errors committed by the 0–11 Eckfords in a game thus far this season.
- July 23 – Despite a winning record, the Troy Haymakers disband due to financial problems. Half of the Haymaker's roster will move to the Brooklyn Eckfords, which saves them from dropping out of the NA.
- July 26 – In an emergency meeting, the NA revises their scheduling requirements from 5 to 9 games versus each opponent competing for the championship. This is in response to the number of teams that have disbanded and comes 3 days after the first-division Troy Haymakers had called it quits.
- August 13 – The Middletown Mansfields announce that they have disbanded the club and drop out of the NA.
- August 19 – The Cleveland Forest Citys disband their club after a loss to the Boston Red Stockings. This drops the number of teams still playing in the NA to 6.
- September 1 – Al Thake, left-fielder batting .295 for the Brooklyn Atlantics, drowns in New York harbor after falling from a fishing boat. Thake is the first active major league ballplayer to die. (But Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in winter.)
October–December [edit]
Births [edit]
Deaths [edit]
Abbreviations
| Date |
Individual's death date |
| Name |
Individual's name |
| Age |
Age at death |
| Cause |
Cause of death |
| Cemetery |
Place individual is interred |
| City/State |
City and state of burial |
| Seasons |
Seasons in which individual appeared |
| Teams |
Teams the individual played for or managed |
References [edit]
- General
- Ryczek, William J. (1992). Blackguards and Red Stockings; A History of Baseball's National Association 1871–1875. Wallingford, CT: Colebrook Press ISBN 0-9673718-0-5
- Nemec, David (1997). The Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball. New York: Donald I. Fine Books ISBN 1-55611-500-8
- Specific
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