1874 Boston Red Stockings season
1874 Boston Red Stockings | |
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National Association Champions | |
League | National Association of Professional Base Ball Players |
Ballpark | South End Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 52–18 (.743) |
League place | 1st |
Owner | Charles H. Porter |
Manager | Harry Wright |
The 1874 Boston Red Stockings season was the fourth season of the franchise. They won their third consecutive National Association championship.
Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 52–18 to win the pennant by 7.5 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 69 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 52 wins. Outfielder Cal McVey led the league with 71 runs batted in, and he paced the Boston offense which scored more runs than any other team.
Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first baseman Jim O'Rourke, catcher Deacon White, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]National Association | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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Boston Red Stockings | 52 | 18 | – | .743 |
New York Mutuals | 42 | 23 | 7.5 | .646 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 22 | 11.5 | .600 |
Philadelphia White Stockings | 29 | 29 | 17.0 | .500 |
Chicago White Stockings | 28 | 31 | 18.5 | .474 |
Brooklyn Atlantics | 22 | 33 | 22.5 | .400 |
Hartford Dark Blues | 16 | 37 | 27.5 | .302 |
Baltimore Canaries | 9 | 38 | 31.5 | .191 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | HAR | NY | PHA | PWS | |||||||||
Baltimore | — | 1–9 | 1–3 | 1–9 | 2–3 | 1–8 | 2–2 | 1–4 | |||||||||
Boston | 9–1 | — | 6–4–1 | 7–3 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 8–2 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 3–1 | 4–6–1 | — | 3–4 | 5–3 | 3–7 | 1–6 | 3–6 | |||||||||
Chicago | 9–1 | 3–7 | 4–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–9 | 4–3 | 3–7 | |||||||||
Hartford | 3–2 | 1–9 | 3–5 | 1–4 | — | 2–8 | 2–5 | 4–4 | |||||||||
New York | 8–1 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 9–1 | 8–2 | — | 4–6 | 1–5 | |||||||||
Philadelphia Athletics | 2–2 | 2–8 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 6–4 | — | 9–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia White Stockings | 4–1 | 2–8 | 6–3 | 7–3 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 1–9 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Deacon White | 70 | 352 | 106 | .301 | 3 | 52 |
1B | Jim O'Rourke | 70 | 331 | 104 | .314 | 5 | 61 |
2B | Ross Barnes | 51 | 259 | 88 | .340 | 0 | 39 |
SS | George Wright | 60 | 313 | 103 | .329 | 2 | 44 |
3B | Harry Schafer | 71 | 327 | 87 | .266 | 1 | 45 |
OF | George Hall | 47 | 222 | 64 | .288 | 1 | 34 |
OF | Cal McVey | 70 | 343 | 123 | .359 | 3 | 71 |
OF | Andy Leonard | 71 | 339 | 106 | .313 | 0 | 50 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Harry Wright | 40 | 184 | 58 | .315 | 2 | 27 |
Tommy Beals | 19 | 97 | 19 | .196 | 0 | 17 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Spalding | 71 | 617.1 | 52 | 16 | 1.92 | 31 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Harry Wright | 6 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.16 | 0 |
References
[edit]- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1874 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference