1872 Washington Olympics season

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1872  Washington Olympics
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark Olympics Grounds
City Washington, D.C.
Managers Nick Young
←  1871

The Washington Olympics played their final season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished 10th in the league with a record of 2-7.

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 Washington Olympics
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Nick Young

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Frank Sellman 94210.23801
Clipper Flynn 9409.22502
Tommy Beals 93611.30605
Wally Goldsmith 94110.24405
Fred Waterman 94517.37806
Val Robinson 7306.20004
George Heubel 5233.13001
John Glenn 9396.15403
Bob Reach 282.25000
Henry Burroughs 271.14300
Dick Hurley 270.00000
Bill Barrett 140.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Asa Brainard 979.0276.381

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