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1877 Louisville Grays season

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1877 Louisville Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkLouisville Baseball Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersWalter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
ManagerJack Chapman
← 1876

The 1877 Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility player Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life. The team was unable to continue and folded after the season.

Regular season

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After a spectacular start that included a 27–13 record to begin the season, the Grays mysteriously lost seven games in a row. Players bobbled the ball, seemed to slow between bases, and swung suspiciously wide.[citation needed] The result was that the Grays lost the pennant.

Pitcher Jim Devlin
Second baseman Joe Gerhardt
Right fielder Orator Shafer
Left fielder George Hall
Shortstop Bill Craver

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston 42 18 .700 27‍–‍5 15‍–‍13
Louisville 35 25 .583 7 20‍–‍9 15‍–‍16
Brooklyn Hartfords 31 27 .534 10 19‍–‍8 12‍–‍19
St. Louis 28 32 .467 14 20‍–‍10 8‍–‍22
Chicago 26 33 .441 15½ 17‍–‍12 9‍–‍21
Cincinnati 15 42 .263 25½ 12‍–‍18 3‍–‍24

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team BOS BKN CHI CIN LOU STL
Boston 7–5–1 10–2 11–1 8–4 6–6
Brooklyn 5–7–1 8–4 7–3 6–6–1 5–7
Chicago 2–10 4–8 8–3–1 4–8 8–4
Cincinnati 1–11 3–7 3–8–1 5–7 3–9
Louisville 4–8 6–6–1 8–4 7–5 10–2
St. Louis 6–6 7–5 4–8 9–3 2–10


Roster

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1877 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Pop Snyder 61 248 64 .258 2 28
1B Juice Latham 59 278 81 .291 0 22
2B Joe Gerhardt 59 250 76 .304 1 35
3B Bill Hague 59 263 70 .266 1 24
SS Bill Craver 57 238 63 .265 0 29
OF George Hall 61 269 87 .323 0 26
OF Orator Shafer 61 260 74 .285 3 34
OF Bill Crowley 61 238 67 .282 1 23

Other batters

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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
Al Nichols 6 19 4 .211 0 0
Flip Lafferty 4 17 1 .059 0 0
John Haldeman 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Harry Little 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Devlin 61 559.0 35 25 2.25 141

References

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