1874 Chicago White Stockings season

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1874  Chicago White Stockings
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark 23rd Street Grounds
City Chicago
OwnersGeorge Gage
Managers Fergy Malone, Jimmy Wood
  1871
1875  

The 1874 Chicago White Stockings season was the third season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the second in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the first at 23rd Street Grounds. The White Stockings returned to the league in 1874 after taking two years to recover from the chaos of the Great Chicago Fire. They opened their season on Wednesday May 13 hosting the Philadelphia Athletics and shut them out 4 to 0. They finished fifth in the National Association with a record of 28–31.

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Regular season

Season standings

National Association WLGBPct.
Boston Red Stockings 5218.743
New York Mutuals 42237.5.646
Philadelphia Athletics 332211.5.600
Philadelphia White Stockings 292917.0.500
Chicago White Stockings 283118.5.474
Brooklyn Atlantics 223322.5.400
Hartford Dark Blues 163727.5.302
Baltimore Canaries 93831.5.191

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSBRCHIHARNYPHAPWS
Baltimore 1–91–31–92–31–82–21–4
Boston 9–16–4–17–39–15–58–28–2
Brooklyn 3–14–6–13–45–33–71–63–6
Chicago 9–13–74–34–11–94–33–7
Hartford 3–21–93–51–42–82–54–4
New York 8–15–57–39–18–24–61–5
Philadelphia Athletics 2–22–86–13–45–26–49–1
Philadelphia White Stockings 4–12–86–37–34–45–11–9

Roster

1874 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Fergy Malone 4722356.251028
John Glenn 5523767.283032
Levi Meyerle 53254100.394145
John Peters 5523969.289125
Davy Force 5929492.313026
Fred Treacey 3514828.189012
Ned Cuthbert 5829579.268224
Paul Hines 5927180.295034
Jim Devlin 4520358.286026
Henry Gilroy 8388.21107
Dan Collins 3121.08300
Terry Connell 140.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
George Zettlein 57515.227302.4326
Dan Collins 211.0114.910

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Davy Force 100015.430

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