1875 Boston Red Stockings season

1875 Boston Red Stockings
National Association Champions
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record71–8 (.899)
League place1st
OwnerNicholas T. Apollonio
ManagerHarry Wright (5th 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.

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.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association W L T Pct. GB
Boston Red Stockings 71 8 3 .884 —
Philadelphia Athletics 53 20 4 .714 15
Hartford Dark Blues 54 28 3 .653 18½
St. Louis Brown Stockings 39 29 2 .571 26½
Philadelphia White Stockings 37 31 2 .543 28½
Chicago White Stockings 30 37 2 .449 35
New York Mutuals 30 38 3 .444 35½
New Haven Elm Citys 7 40 — .149 48
Washington Nationals 5 23 — .179 40½
St. Louis Red Stockings 4 15 — .211 37
Philadelphia Centennials 2 12 — .143 36½
Brooklyn Atlantics 2 42 — .045 51½
Keokuk Westerns 1 12 — .077 37

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI HAR KEO NH NY PHA PHC PWS SLB SLR WSH
Boston —6–08–29–11–05–110–08–2–24–06–0–17–21–06–0
Brooklyn 0–6—0–20–100–02–10–70–70–00–70–20–00–0
Chicago 2–82–0—4–6–14–02–13–31–7–10–03–75–54–00–0
Hartford 1–910–06–4–1—0–08–18–2–24–3–11–04–45–53–04–0
Keokuk 0–10–00–40–0—0–00–10–00–00–00–41–20–0
New Haven 1–51–21–21–80–0—1–50–70–10–41–20–01–4
New York 0–107–03–32–8–21–05–1—3–62–05–20–8–12–00–0
Philadelphia Athletics 2–8–27–07–1–13–4–10–07–06–3—2–18–26–10–05–0
Philadelphia Centennials 0–40–00–00–10–01–00–21–2—0–30–00–00–0
Philadelphia White Stockings 0–6–17–07–34–40–04–02–52–83–0—5–5–11–02–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–72–05–55–54–02–18–0–11–60–05–5–1—2–03–0
St. Louis Red Stockings 0–10–00–40–32–10–00–20–00–00–10–2—2–1
Washington 0–60–00–00–40–04–10–00–50–00–20–31–2—

Roster

1875 Boston Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CDeacon White80371136.367160
1BCal McVey82389138.355387
2BRoss Barnes78393143.364158
SSGeorge Wright79408136.333261
3BHarry Schafer5222264.288017
OFJack Manning7734894.270146
OFJim O'Rourke75358106.296672
OFAndy Leonard80396127.321174

Other batters

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
Tommy Beals3515541.265016
Juice Latham167821.269013
Frank Heifer115014.28005
Harry Wright141.25000

Pitching

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
Al Spalding72570.25451.5975
Jack Manning27144.01622.3834

Relief 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
Cal McVey311.0104.911
George Wright24.0016.750
Frank Heifer22.10015.430

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1875 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference


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