1875_Boston_Red_Stockings_season

1875 Boston Red Stockings
1875 Boston Red Stockings
National Association Champions
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	71–8 (.899)
League place	1st
Owner	Nicholas T. Apollonio
Manager	Harry Wright (5th Season)
	← 1874 1876 →

1875 Boston Red Stockings season

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players team season

The 1875 Boston Red Stockings season was the fifth season of the Boston Red Stockings franchise. They won their fourth consecutive National Association championship.

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Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 71–8 to win the pennant by 15 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 62 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 54 wins. Catcher Deacon White (.367), second baseman Ross Barnes (.364), and first baseman Cal McVey (.355) finished 1–2–3 in the league's batting race. McVey paced the circuit with 87 runs batted in, and outfielder Jim O'Rourke had the most home runs, with 6. The Boston offense scored more runs than any other team in the NA. According to the FiveThirtyEight ELO rating system, they are the greatest team of all time.

Harry Wright, Al Spalding, Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

This was the last season of the Association, which dissolved at the end of the year. The Red Stockings club would join the new National League in 1876.

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National Association	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	71	8	3	–	.884
Philadelphia Athletics	53	20	4	15.0	.714
Hartford Dark Blues	54	28	3	18.5	.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings	39	29	2	26.5	.571
Philadelphia White Stockings	37	31	2	28.5	.542
Chicago White Stockings	30	37	2	35.0	.449
New York Mutuals	30	38	3	35.5	.443
New Haven Elm Citys	7	40	–	48.0	.149
Washington Nationals	5	23	–	40.5	.179
St. Louis Red Stockings	4	15	–	37.0	.211
Philadelphia Centennials	2	12	–	36.5	.143
Brooklyn Atlantics	2	42	–	51.5	.045
Keokuk Westerns	1	12	–	37.0	.077

1875 National Association Records v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	KEO	NH	NY	PHA	PHC	PWS	SLB	SLR	WSH
Boston	—	6–0	8–2	9–1	1–0	5–1	10–0	8–2–2	4–0	6–0–1	7–2	1–0	6–0
Brooklyn	0–6	—	0–2	0–10	0–0	2–1	0–7	0–7	0–0	0–7	0–2	0–0	0–0
Chicago	2–8	2–0	—	4–6–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	1–7–1	0–0	3–7	5–5	4–0	0–0
Hartford	1–9	10–0	6–4–1	—	0–0	8–1	8–2–2	4–3–1	1–0	4–4	5–5	3–0	4–0
Keokuk	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–0
New Haven	1–5	1–2	1–2	1–8	0–0	—	1–5	0–7	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–4
New York	0–10	7–0	3–3	2–8–2	1–0	5–1	—	3–6	2–0	5–2	0–8–1	2–0	0–0
Philadelphia Athletics	2–8–2	7–0	7–1–1	3–4–1	0–0	7–0	6–3	—	2–1	8–2	6–1	0–0	5–0
Philadelphia Centennials	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	0–6–1	7–0	7–3	4–4	0–0	4–0	2–5	2–8	3–0	—	5–5–1	1–0	2–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings	2–7	2–0	5–5	5–5	4–0	2–1	8–0–1	1–6	0–0	5–5–1	—	2–0	3–0
St. Louis Red Stockings	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
Washington	0–6	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–5	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Deacon White	80	371	136	.367	1	60
1B	Cal McVey	82	389	138	.355	3	87
2B	Ross Barnes	78	393	143	.364	1	58
SS	George Wright	79	408	136	.333	2	61
3B	Harry Schafer	52	222	64	.288	0	17
OF	Jack Manning	77	348	94	.270	1	46
OF	Jim O'Rourke	75	358	106	.296	6	72
OF	Andy Leonard	80	396	127	.321	1	74

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Tommy Beals	35	155	41	.265	16
Juice Latham	16	78	21	.269	13
Frank Heifer	11	50	14	.280	5
Harry Wright	1	4	1	.250	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Spalding	72	570.2	54	5	1.59	75
Jack Manning	27	144.0	16	2	2.38	34

1875_Boston_Red_Stockings_season

1875 Boston Red Stockings season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cal McVey	3	11.0	1	0	4.91	1
George Wright	2	4.0	0	1	6.75	0
Frank Heifer	2	2.1	0	0	15.43	0