1872 Boston Red Stockings season

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1872  Boston Red Stockings
National Association Champions
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark South End Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record39–8 (.830)
League place1st
Owners John A. Conkey
Managers Harry Wright
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The 1872 Boston Red Stockings season was the second season of the franchise. They won the National Association championship.

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Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 39–8 to win the pennant by 7.5 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started all 48 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 38 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .430 batting average. Harry Wright, Al Spalding, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Regular season

Season standings

PosTeam
PldWLTRFRARDGB
1 Boston Red Stockings (C)483981521236+285—
2 Baltimore Canaries 5835194617434+1837.5
3 New York Mutuals 5634202523362+1618.5
4 Philadelphia Athletics 4730143539349+1907.5
5 Troy Haymakers 2515100273191+8213
6 Brooklyn Atlantics 379280237473−23625
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 226160174254−8020.5
8 Middletown Mansfields 245190220348−12822.5
9 Brooklyn Eckfords 293260152413−26127
10 Washington Olympics 927054140−8618
11 Washington Nationals 11011080190−11021
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Records

Sources:
TeamBALBOSBRABRECLEMIDNYPHITROWSNWSO
Baltimore —0–75–15–14–14–05–4–24–5–23–03–02–0
Boston 7–0—7–13–04–03–07–24–4–12–11–01–0
Brooklyn Atlantics 1–51–7—2–21–12–12–60–40–20–00–0
Brooklyn Eckfords 1–50–32–2—0–10–20–50–50–30–00–0
Cleveland 1–40–41–11–0—0–11–20–30–11–01–0
Middletown 0–40–31–22–01–0—0–40–20–41–00–0
New York 4–5–22–76–25–02–14–0—6–33–21–01–0
Philadelphia 5–4–24–4–14–05–03–02–03–6—2–01–01–0
Troy 0–31–22–03–01–04–02–30–2—1–01–0
Washington Nationals 0–30–10–00–00–10–10–10–10–1—0–2
Washington Olympics 0–20–10–00–00–10–00–10–10–12–0—

Roster

1872 Boston Red 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 Cal McVey 4623776.321041
1B Charlie Gould 4521254.255032
2B Ross Barnes 4523099.430144
SS George Wright 4825586.337235
3B Harry Schafer 4822665.288135
OF Harry Wright 4820853.255024
OF Fraley Rogers 4520456.275128
OF Andy Leonard 4624184.349242

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dave Birdsall 167616.211115

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Spalding 48404.23881.8528

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Harry Wright 725.2102.101

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References

Preceded by National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season
1872		Succeeded by


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