1874 Hartford Dark Blues season

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1874  Hartford Dark Blues
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark Hartford Ball Club Grounds
City Hartford, Connecticut
Owner Morgan Bulkeley
Manager Lip Pike
1875  

The Hartford Dark Blues were formed by Morgan Bulkeley and joined the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players for the 1874 season. They finished in seventh place in their debut.

Contents

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

Manager and outfielder Lip Pike Lip Pike Baseball.jpg
Manager and outfielder Lip Pike
1874 Hartford Dark Blues roster
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
Scott Hastings 5224780.324030
Everett Mills 5324469.283019
Bob Addy 5021351.239022
Tom Barlow 3215546.297012
Bill Boyd 2611741.350019
Lip Pike 5223483.355150
Jim Tipper 4519760.305019
Billy Barnie 4519035.184020
Steve Brady 2711837.314014
Orator Shafer 9358.22913
Jack Farrell 3135.38500
Jack Manning 151.20000
Fancy O'Neil 130.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Cherokee Fisher 39322.113232.3225
Bill Stearns 22158.23142.9514

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