1876 Chicago White Stockings season

1876 Chicago White Stockings
1876 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
23rd Street Grounds (since 1874) Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Hulbert
Manager(s)	Albert Spalding
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The 1876 Chicago White Stockings season was the 5th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 1st in the National League and the 3rd at 23rd Street Grounds. The White Stockings, as one of the founding members of the new National League, won the NL's initial championship during this season with a record of 52–14.

Regular season

The 1876 Chicago White Stockings

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	52	14	0.788	—	25–6	27–8
Hartford Dark Blues	47	21	0.691	6	23–9	24–12
St. Louis Brown Stockings	45	19	0.703	6	24–6	21–13
Boston Red Caps	39	31	0.557	15	19–17	20–14
Louisville Grays	30	36	0.455	22	15–16	15–20
New York Mutuals	21	35	0.375	26	13–20	8–15
Philadelphia Athletics	14	45	0.237	34½	10–24	4–21
Cincinnati Reds	9	56	0.138	42½	6–24	3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	HAR	LOU	NY	PHI	STL
Boston	—	1–9	10–0	2–8	5–5	8–2	9–1	4–6
Chicago	9–1	—	10–0	6–4	9–1	7–1	7–1	4–6
Cincinnati	0–10	0–10	—	1–9	2–8	1–7	3–5	2–7
Hartford	8–2	4–6	9–1	—	9–1–1	4–4	9–1	4–6
Louisville	5–5	1–9	8–2	1–9–1	—	5–3–1	6–2–1	4–6
New York	2–8	1–7	7–1	4–4	3–5–1	—	3–4	1–6
Philadelphia	1–9	1–7	5–3	1–9	2–6–1	4–3	—	0–8
St. Louis	6–4	6–4	7–2	6–4	6–4	6–1	8–0	—

Roster

1876 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Al Spalding Catchers Deacon White		Infielders Cap Anson Ross Barnes Cal McVey John Peters		Outfielders Bob Addy Fred Andrus Oscar Bielaski John Glenn Paul Hines		Manager Albert Spalding

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	Deacon White	66	303	104	.343	1	60
1B	Cal McVey	63	308	107	.347	1	53
2B	Ross Barnes	66	322	138	.429	1	59
3B	Cap Anson	66	309	110	.356	2	59
SS	John Peters	66	316	111	.351	1	47
OF	Paul Hines	64	305	101	.331	2	59
OF	John Glenn	66	276	84	.304	0	32
OF	Bob Addy	32	142	40	.282	0	16

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
Oscar Bielaski	32	139	29	.209	0	10
Fred Andrus	8	36	11	.306	0	2

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
Albert Spalding	61	528.2	47	12	1.75	39

Other 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
Cal McVey	11	59.1	5	2	1.52	9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Deacon White	1	0	0	1	0.00	3
Ross Barnes	1	0	0	0	20.25	0
John Peters	1	0	0	1	0.00	0

References

• 1876 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference