1875 Boston Red Stockings season

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1875  Boston Red Stockings
National Association Champions
League National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark South End Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record71–8 (.899)
League place1st
Owner Nicholas T. Apollonio
Manager Harry Wright (5th Season)
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The 1875 Boston Red Stockings season was the fifth season of the Boston Red Stockings franchise. They won their fourth consecutive National Association championship.

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Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 71–8 to win the pennant by 15 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 62 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 54 wins. Catcher Deacon White (.367), second baseman Ross Barnes (.364), and first baseman Cal McVey (.355) finished 1–2–3 in the league's batting race. McVey paced the circuit with 87 runs batted in, and outfielder Jim O'Rourke had the most home runs, with 6. The Boston offense scored more runs than any other team in the NA. According to the FiveThirtyEight ELO rating system, they are the greatest team of all time.

Harry Wright, Al Spalding, Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

This was the last season of the Association, which dissolved at the end of the year. The Red Stockings club would join the new National League in 1876.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association W L T Pct. GB
Boston Red Stockings 7183.884—
Philadelphia Athletics 53204.71415
Hartford Dark Blues 54283.65318½
St. Louis Brown Stockings 39292.57126½
Philadelphia White Stockings 37312.54328½
Chicago White Stockings 30372.44935
New York Mutuals 30383.44435½
New Haven Elm Citys 740—.14948
Washington Nationals 523—.17940½
St. Louis Red Stockings 415—.21137
Philadelphia Centennials 212—.14336½
Brooklyn Atlantics 242—.04551½
Keokuk Westerns 112—.07737

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records

Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHIHARKEONHNYPHAPHCPWSSLBSLRWSH
Boston —6–08–29–11–05–110–08–2–24–06–0–17–21–06–0
Brooklyn 0–6—0–20–100–02–10–70–70–00–70–20–00–0
Chicago 2–82–0—4–6–14–02–13–31–7–10–03–75–54–00–0
Hartford 1–910–06–4–1—0–08–18–2–24–3–11–04–45–53–04–0
Keokuk 0–10–00–40–0—0–00–10–00–00–00–41–20–0
New Haven 1–51–21–21–80–0—1–50–70–10–41–20–01–4
New York 0–107–03–32–8–21–05–1—3–62–05–20–8–12–00–0
Philadelphia Athletics 2–8–27–07–1–13–4–10–07–06–3—2–18–26–10–05–0
Philadelphia Centennials 0–40–00–00–10–01–00–21–2—0–30–00–00–0
Philadelphia White Stockings 0–6–17–07–34–40–04–02–52–83–0—5–5–11–02–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–72–05–55–54–02–18–0–11–60–05–5–1—2–03–0
St. Louis Red Stockings 0–10–00–40–32–10–00–20–00–00–10–2—2–1
Washington 0–60–00–00–40–04–10–00–50–00–20–31–2—

Roster

1875 Boston Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

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 Deacon White 80371136.367160
1B Cal McVey 82389138.355387
2B Ross Barnes 78393143.364158
SS George Wright 79408136.333261
3B Harry Schafer 5222264.288017
OF Jack Manning 7734894.270146
OF Jim O'Rourke 75358106.296672
OF Andy Leonard 80396127.321174

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tommy Beals 3515541.265016
Juice Latham 167821.269013
Frank Heifer 115014.28005
Harry Wright 141.25000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Spalding 72570.25451.5975
Jack Manning 27144.01622.3834

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Cal McVey 311.0104.911
George Wright 24.0016.750
Frank Heifer 22.10015.430

References

Preceded by National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season
1875		Succeeded by
League Disbands


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