1875 Hartford Dark Blues season

1875 Hartford Dark Blues
Ballpark	Hartford Ball Club Grounds
City	Hartford, Connecticut
Owners	Morgan Bulkeley
Managers	Bob Ferguson

In their second season in the National Association, the 1875 Hartford Dark Blues finished in third place. They were managed by starting third baseman Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.

The Dark Blues, with future Hall of Famers Candy Cummings and Tommy Bond, had the best pitching staff in baseball. Cummings won 35 games, and the 19-year-old Bond finished second in league ERA at 1.56.

Following the season, they were one of the NA teams chosen to join the new National League.

Regular season

The 1875 Hartford Dark Blues

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	KEO	NH	NY	PHA	PHC	PWS	SLB	SLR	WSH
Boston	—	6–0	8–2	9–1	1–0	5–1	10–0	8–2–2	4–0	6–0–1	7–2	1–0	6–0
Brooklyn	0–6	—	0–2	0–10	0–0	2–1	0–7	0–7	0–0	0–7	0–2	0–0	0–0
Chicago	2–8	2–0	—	4–6–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	1–7–1	0–0	3–7	5–5	4–0	0–0
Hartford	1–9	10–0	6–4–1	—	0–0	8–1	8–2–2	4–3–1	1–0	4–4	5–5	3–0	4–0
Keokuk	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–0
New Haven	1–5	1–2	1–2	1–8	0–0	—	1–5	0–7	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–4
New York	0–10	7–0	3–3	2–8–2	1–0	5–1	—	3–6	2–0	5–2	0–8–1	2–0	0–0
Philadelphia Athletics	2–8–2	7–0	7–1–1	3–4–1	0–0	7–0	6–3	—	2–1	8–2	6–1	0–0	5–0
Philadelphia Centennials	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	0–6–1	7–0	7–3	4–4	0–0	4–0	2–5	2–8	3–0	—	5–5–1	1–0	2–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings	2–7	2–0	5–5	5–5	4–0	2–1	8–0–1	1–6	0–0	5–5–1	—	2–0	3–0
St. Louis Red Stockings	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
Washington	0–6	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–5	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Roster

1875 Hartford Dark Blues
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bond Candy Cummings Catchers Doug Allison Bill Harbridge Paddy Quinn		Infielders Jack Burdock Tom Carey Bob Ferguson Everett Mills		Outfielders Art Allison Steve Brady Charley Jones Jack Remsen Tom York		Manager Bob Ferguson

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
1B	Everett Mills
2B	Jack Burdock
3B	Bob Ferguson	85	366	88	.240	0	43
SS	Tom Carey
OF	Jack Remsen
OF	Tom York
OF	Art Allison

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Candy Cummings	48	417	35	12	1.60	8
Tommy Bond	40	352	19	16	1.56	8

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob Ferguson	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

League leaders

Tommy Bond

• #2 in NA in ERA (1.56)

Candy Cummings

• #3 in NA in wins (35)
• #3 in NA in ERA (1.60)

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1875 Hartford Dark Blues season at Baseball Reference