1874 Hartford Dark Blues season

1874 Hartford Dark Blues
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Hartford Ball Club Grounds
City	Hartford, Connecticut
Owner	Morgan Bulkeley
Manager	Lip Pike

The Hartford Dark Blues were formed by Morgan Bulkeley and joined the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players for the 1874 season. They finished in seventh place in their debut.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
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

1874 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Manager and outfielder Lip Pike

1874 Hartford Dark Blues roster
Roster
Pitchers Cherokee Fisher Bill Stearns		Catchers Scott Hastings Infielders Bob Addy Tom Barlow Bill Boyd Steve Brady Jack Manning Everett Mills		Outfielders Billy Barnie Jack Farrell Fancy O'Neil Lip Pike Orator Shafer Jim Tipper		Manager Lip Pike

Player stats

Batting

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
Scott Hastings	52	247	80	.324	0	30
Everett Mills	53	244	69	.283	0	19
Bob Addy	50	213	51	.239	0	22
Tom Barlow	32	155	46	.297	0	12
Bill Boyd	26	117	41	.350	0	19
Lip Pike	52	234	83	.355	1	50
Jim Tipper	45	197	60	.305	0	19
Billy Barnie	45	190	35	.184	0	20
Steve Brady	27	118	37	.314	0	14
Orator Shafer	9	35	8	.229	1	3
Jack Farrell	3	13	5	.385	0	0
Jack Manning	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Fancy O'Neil	1	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Cherokee Fisher	39	322.1	13	23	2.32	25
Bill Stearns	22	158.2	3	14	2.95	14

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.
• 1874 Hartford Dark Blues season at Baseball Reference