1874 Hartford Dark Blues season

1874 Hartford Dark Blues
Ballpark	Hartford Ball Club Grounds
City	Hartford, Connecticut
Owners	Morgan Bulkeley
Managers	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

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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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