1872_Baltimore_Canaries_season

1872 Baltimore Canaries
1872 Baltimore Canaries
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Newington Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Managers	Bill Craver, Everett Mills
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1872 Baltimore Canaries season

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players team season

The Baltimore Canaries played their first season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished second in the league with a record of 35–19. Outfielder Lip Pike led the NA in home runs, with 7, and runs batted in, with 60. Pitcher Bobby Mathews paced the circuit in strikeouts. Baltimore's other pitcher, Cherokee Fisher, led in earned run average.

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Several of the team's players were later suspended from baseball for fixing games; Bill Craver, George Hall, and Dick Higham were banned for life.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	RF	RA	RD	GB
1	Boston Red Stockings (C)	48	39	8	1	521	236	+285	—
2	Baltimore Canaries	58	35	19	4	617	434	+183	7.5
3	New York Mutuals	56	34	20	2	523	362	+161	8.5
4	Philadelphia Athletics	47	30	14	3	539	349	+190	7.5
5	Troy Haymakers	25	15	10	0	273	191	+82	13
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	37	9	28	0	237	473	−236	25
7	Cleveland Forest Citys	22	6	16	0	174	254	−80	20.5
8	Middletown Mansfields	24	5	19	0	220	348	−128	22.5
9	Brooklyn Eckfords	29	3	26	0	152	413	−261	27
10	Washington Olympics	9	2	7	0	54	140	−86	18
11	Washington Nationals	11	0	11	0	80	190	−110	21

1872 National Association Records v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BRA	BRE	CLE	MID	NY	PHI	TRO	WSN	WSO
Baltimore	—	0–7	5–1	5–1	4–1	4–0	5–4–2	4–5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0
Boston	7–0	—	7–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	7–2	4–4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics	1–5	1–7	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords	1–5	0–3	2–2	—	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–5	0–3	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Middletown	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0
New York	4–5–2	2–7	6–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	—	6–3	3–2	1–0	1–0
Philadelphia	5–4–2	4–4–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–6	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
Troy	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–0
Washington Nationals	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–2
Washington Olympics	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Craver	35	178	50	.281	0	24
1B	Everett Mills	55	266	79	.297	0	34
2B	Tom Carey	42	196	57	.291	2	27
SS	John Radcliff	56	297	86	.290	1	44
3B	Davy Force	19	95	41	.432	0	14
OF	Tom York	51	250	66	.264	0	40
OF	Lip Pike	56	285	85	.298	7	60
OF	George Hall	53	250	84	.336	1	37

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dick Higham	50	245	84	.343	2	37
Cherokee Fisher	46	225	52	.231	1	36
Scott Hastings	13	62	19	.306	0	4

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Mathews	49	406.0	25	18	3.19	57
Cherokee Fisher	19	110.0	10	1	1.80	20

1872 Baltimore Canaries season