1871 Washington Olympics season

1871 Washington Olympics
Ballpark	Olympics Grounds
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	Nick Young

The Washington Olympics played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished fourth in the league with a record of 15-15.

Regular season

Cabinet card of the 1871 Washington Olympics

Record vs. opponents

1871 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	FW	NY	PHI	ROC	TRO	WSH
Boston	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1–1
Chicago	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Cleveland	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–3
Fort Wayne	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
New York	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	3–0	3–0
Rockford	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–3
Troy	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–3–1
Washington	1–3–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0	3–2–1	—

Roster

1871 Washington Olympics
Roster
Pitchers Asa Brainard Bill Stearns		Catchers Doug Allison Infielders Davy Force Andy Leonard Everett Mills Frank Norton Charlie Sweasy Fred Waterman Warren White		Outfielders Tommy Beals Harry Berthrong Henry Burroughs John Glenn George Hall		Manager Nick Young

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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	Doug Allison	27	133	44	.331	2	27
1B	Everett Mills	32	157	43	.274	1	24
2B	Andy Leonard	31	148	43	.291	0	30
SS	Davy Force	32	162	45	.278	0	29
3B	Fred Waterman	32	158	50	.316	0	17
OF	John Glenn	26	120	37	.308	0	21
OF	George Hall	32	136	40	.294	2	17
OF	Harry Berthrong	17	73	17	.233	0	8

Other batters

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
Henry Burroughs	12	63	15	.238	1	14
Tommy Beals	10	36	7	.194	0	1
Charlie Sweasy	5	19	4	.211	0	4
Warren White	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Frank Norton	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Asa Brainard	30	264	12	15	4.50	13
Bill Stearns	2	18	2	0	2.50	0

References

• 1871 Washington Olympics season at Baseball Reference