1872 Cleveland Forest Citys season

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1872  Cleveland Forest Citys
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark National Association Grounds
City Cleveland, Ohio
Managers Scott Hastings and Deacon White
←  1871

The Cleveland Forest Citys played their second and final season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished seventh in the league with a record of 6-16. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

Contents

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 Cleveland Forest Citys
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Deacon White 2210937.339022
Joe Simmons 189023.25609
Charlie Sweasy 125716.28106
Jim Holdsworth 2211033.300011
Ezra Sutton 2210730.280010
Scott Hastings 2211545.391016
Art Allison 198723.26408
Charlie Pabor 219219.20707
Jim Carleton 73812.31604
Martin Mullen 140.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Pratt 15105.2295.797
Rynie Wolters 1275.1366.094
Charlie Pabor 218.0114.000

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