1876 Cincinnati Reds season

1876  Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	Avenue Grounds
City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Managers	Charlie Gould
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The 1876 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's first season of existence, having been formed as part of the brand new National League in 1876. This team was not related (except by name) to the previous Cincinnati Red Stockings National Association team, which had folded in 1870. ^[1]

Regular season

One bright spot for the Reds was the play of Charley Jones, who led the club with a batting average of .286, had the second highest home run total in the league with four, and was among the league leaders in doubles and slugging percentage.

Season summary

The Reds played their first ever game on April 25, 1876, defeating the St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–1 at Avenue Grounds. Wins would be few and far between for the Reds, as after putting up a solid 3–2 record in their opening five games, the Reds would go on an eleven-game losing streak to fall to 3–13. After defeating the Hartford Dark Blues 8–2 to end their losing streak, the Reds would then have a thirteen-game losing streak, and saw their record fall to 4–26. By the time the season was finished, Cincinnati had the worst record in the National League, as they ended the season with a 9–56 record, 42.5 games behind the first place Chicago White Stockings.

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago	52	14	0.788	—	25–6	27–8
Hartford	47	21	0.691	6	23–9	24–12
St. Louis	45	19	0.703	6	24–6	21–13
Boston	39	31	0.557	15	19–17	20–14
Louisville	30	36	0.455	22	15–16	15–20
Mutual	21	35	0.375	26	13–20	8–15
Athletic	14	45	0.237	34½	10–24	4–21
Cincinnati	9	56	0.138	42½	6–24	3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	HAR	LOU	NY	PHI	STL
Boston	—	1–9	10–0	2–8	5–5	8–2	9–1	4–6
Chicago	9–1	—	10–0	6–4	9–1	7–1	7–1	4–6
Cincinnati	0–10	0–10	—	1–9	2–8	1–7	3–5	2–7
Hartford	8–2	4–6	9–1	—	9–1–1	4–4	9–1	4–6
Louisville	5–5	1–9	8–2	1–9–1	—	5–3–1	6–2–1	4–6
New York	2–8	1–7	7–1	4–4	3–5–1	—	3–4	1–6
Philadelphia	1–9	1–7	5–3	1–9	2–6–1	4–3	—	0–8
St. Louis	6–4	6–4	7–2	6–4	6–4	6–1	8–0	—

Game log

Legend
Reds Win	Reds Loss	Game Postponed

1876 Game Log: 9–56 (Home: 6–24; Away: 3–32)
April: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 25 Brown Stockings 2–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–0 W1 2 April 27 Brown Stockings 5–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–0 W2 3 April 29 White Stockings 5–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–1 L1
May: 1–12 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–10) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 4 May 2 White Stockings 9–15 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–2 L2 5 May 4 Grays 3–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–2 W1 6 May 6 Grays 8–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–3 L1 7 May 10 @ White Stockings 0–6 23rd Street Grounds 5,000 3–4 L2 8 May 11 @ White Stockings 5–9 23rd Street Grounds 3,000 3–5 L3 9 May 13 @ Brown Stockings 0–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–6 L4 10 May 16 @ Brown Stockings 1–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–7 L5 11 May 18 @ Grays 3–9 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 3–8 L6 12 May 20 @ Grays 1–3 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 3–9 L7 13 May 23 @ Red Caps 0–8 South End Grounds N/A 3–10 L8 14 May 25 @ Red Caps 0–4 South End Grounds N/A 3–11 L9 15 May 27 @ Red Caps 5–8 South End Grounds N/A 3–12 L10 16 May 30 @ Dark Blues 0–6 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 3–13 L11
June: 1–12 (Home: 0–5; Away: 1–7) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 17 June 1 @ Dark Blues 8–2 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 4–13 W1 18 June 3 @ Dark Blues 2–7 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 4–14 L1 19 June 6 @ Mutuals 0–2 Union Grounds N/A 4–15 L2 20 June 8 @ Mutuals 5–21 Union Grounds N/A 4–16 L3 21 June 10 @ Mutuals 0–1 Union Grounds N/A 4–17 L4 22 June 14 @ Athletics 5–20 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 4–18 L5 23 June 15 @ Athletics 6–11 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 4–19 L6 24 June 17 @ Athletics 15–23 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 4–20 L7 25 June 20 Red Caps 7–14 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–21 L8 26 June 22 Red Caps 5–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–22 L9 27 June 24 Red Caps 7–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–23 L10 28 June 27 Dark Blues 2–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–24 L11 29 June 27 Dark Blues 6–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–25 L12
July: 2–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 0–6) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 30 July 4 Athletics 3–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–26 L13 31 July 6 Athletics 5–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 5–26 W1 32 July 8 Athletics 7–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–26 W2 33 July 11 Mutuals 2–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–27 L1 34 July 13 Mutuals 6–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–28 L2 35 July 15 Mutuals 6–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–29 L3 36 July 18 @ Brown Stockings 1–5 Sportsman's Park N/A 6–30 L4 37 July 20 @ Brown Stockings 1–9 Sportsman's Park N/A 6–31 L5 38 July 22 @ Brown Stockings 1–5 Sportsman's Park N/A 6–32 L6 39 July 25 @ White Stockings 3–23 23rd Street Grounds N/A 6–33 L7 40 July 27 @ White Stockings 3–17 23rd Street Grounds N/A 6–34 L8 41 July 29 @ White Stockings 2–9 23rd Street Grounds N/A 6–35 L9
August: 1–10 (Home: 1–7; Away: 0–3) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 42 August 1 Brown Stockings 3–19 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–36 L10 43 August 3 Brown Stockings 0–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–37 L11 44 August 8 White Stockings 3–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–38 L12 45 August 10 White Stockings 0–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–39 L13 46 August 12 White Stockings 0–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–40 L14 47 August 15 @ Grays 5–17 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 6–41 L15 48 August 18 @ Grays 1–4 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 6–42 L16 49 August 19 @ Grays 3–6 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 6–43 L17 50 August 22 Grays 0–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–44 L18 51 August 25 Grays 3–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 7–44 W1 52 August 26 Grays 2–3 Avenue Grounds N/A 7–45 L1
September: 2–8 (Home: 0–2; Away: 2–6) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 53 September 5 @ Red Caps 4–17 South End Grounds N/A 7–46 L2 54 September 6 @ Red Caps 3–7 South End Grounds N/A 7–47 L3 55 September 9 (1) @ Dark Blues 4–14 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 7–48 L4 56 September 9 (2) @ Dark Blues 4–8 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 7–49 L5 57 September 12 @ Athletics 3–12 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 7–50 L6 58 September 13 @ Athletics 15–13 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 8–50 W1 59 September 15 @ Mutuals 1–2 Union Grounds N/A 8–51 L1 60 September 16 @ Mutuals 9–6 Union Grounds N/A 9–51 W1 61 September 27 Red Caps 3–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–52 L1 62 September 28 Red Caps 7–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–53 L2
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 63 October 6 Dark Blues 4–7 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–54 L3 64 October 7 Dark Blues 6–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–55 L4 65 October 9 Dark Blues 0–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–56 L5

Roster

1876 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Dory Dean Cherokee Fisher Dale Williams		Catchers Sam Field Dave Pierson Infielders Amos Booth Will Foley Charlie Gould Henry Kessler Charlie Sweasy		Outfielders Bobby Clack Charley Jones Redleg Snyder		Manager Charlie Gould

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Dave Pierson	57	233	55	.236	0	13
1B	Charlie Gould	61	258	65	.252	0	11
2B	Charlie Sweasy	56	225	46	.204	0	10
3B	Will Foley	58	221	50	.226	0	9
SS	Henry Kessler	59	248	64	.258	0	11
OF	Charley Jones	64	276	79	.286	4	38
OF	Redleg Snyder	55	205	31	.151	0	12
OF	Bobby Clack	32	118	19	.161	0	5

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Amos Booth	63	272	71	.261	0	14
Sam Field	4	14	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dory Dean	30	262.2	4	26	3.73	22
Cherokee Fisher	28	229.1	4	20	3.02	29
Dale Williams	9	83.0	1	8	4.23	9
Dave Pierson	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Amos Booth	3	9.2	0	1	9.31	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Gould	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
Bobby Clack	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

1. 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference