1871 Chicago White Stockings season

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1871  Chicago White Stockings
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark Union Base-Ball Grounds
City Chicago
Record19–9 (.679)
League place2nd
OwnersGeorge Gage
Managers Jimmy Wood
  1870
1874  

The 1871 Chicago White Stockings season was the second season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the first in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the first at Union Base-Ball Grounds.

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With the debut of the first professional baseball league, the National Association, the Chicago franchise joined up as the "White Stockings." The team went 19–9 and finished second in the league standings. Pitcher George Zettlein started all 28 of Chicago's games and led the NA with a 2.73 earned run average.

Near the end of the season, the team lost its stadiums and equipment when the Great Chicago Fire hit the city. The team was able to finish out the season on the road, but had to drop out of the league while the city attempted to recover. The team would not resurface until 1874.

Regular season

Cabinet card of the 1871 Chicago White Stockings 1871ChicagoWhiteStocking.jpg
Cabinet card of the 1871 Chicago White Stockings

Season standings

PosTeamPldWLTRFRARDPCTGB
1 Philadelphia Athletics (C)282170376266+110.750
2 Chicago White Stockings 281990302241+61.6792
3 Boston Red Stockings 3120101401303+98.6612
4 Washington Olympics 3215152310303+7.5007
5 New York Mutuals 331617030231311.4857.5
6 Troy Haymakers 291315135136211.4668
7 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 197120137243106.3689.5
8 Cleveland Forest Citys 291019024934192.34511.5
9 Rockford Forest Citys 25421023128756.16015.5
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCHICLEFWNYPHIROCTROWSH
Boston 1–33–12–02–23–13–03–23–1–1
Chicago 3–12–12–03–12–33–01–13–2
Cleveland 1–31–20–33–20–33–12–20–3
Fort Wayne 0–20–23–01–20–21–11–11–2
New York 2–21–32–32–12–33–11–33–1
Philadelphia 1–33–23–02–03–23–03–03–0
Rockford 0–30–31–31–11–30–31–20–3
Troy 2–31–12–21–13–10–32–12–3–1
Washington 1–3–12–33–02–11–30–33–03–2–1

Roster

1871 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Charlie Hodes 2813036.277225
1B Bub McAtee 2613537.274010
2B Jimmy Wood 2813551.378129
SS Ed Duffy 2612128.231015
3B Ed Pinkham 249525.263117
OF Tom Foley 188422.262013
OF Fred Treacey 2512442.339433
OF Joe Simmons 2712928.217017

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Marshall King 2010121.208216
Mike Brannock 3141.07100

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
George Zettlein 28240.21892.7322

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ed Pinkham 310.1103.480

References