1876 Louisville Grays season

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1876  Louisville Grays
League National League
Ballpark Louisville Baseball Park
City Louisville, Kentucky
OwnersWalter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager Jack Chapman
1877  

The Louisville Grays were formed prior to the 1876 Major League Baseball season and joined the just formed National League as a charter member. They finished in fifth place in their debut season under manager Jack Chapman.

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Regular season

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1876 Louisville Grays

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 52140.78825–627–8
Hartford 47210.691623–924–12
St. Louis 45190.703624–621–13
Boston 39310.5571519–1720–14
Louisville 30360.4552215–1615–20
Mutual 21350.3752613–208–15
Athletic 14450.23734½10–244–21
Cincinnati 9560.13842½6–243–32

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCHICINHARLOUNYPHISTL
Boston 1–910–02–85–58–29–14–6
Chicago 9–110–06–49–17–17–14–6
Cincinnati 0–100–101–92–81–73–52–7
Hartford 8–24–69–19–1–14–49–14–6
Louisville 5–51–98–21–9–15–3–16–2–14–6
New York 2–81–77–14–43–5–13–41–6
Philadelphia 1–91–75–31–92–6–14–30–8
St. Louis 6–46–47–26–46–46–18–0

Roster

1876 Louisville Grays
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 Pop Snyder 5622444.19619
1B Joe Gerhardt 6529276.260218
2B Ed Somerville 6425648.188014
3B Bill Hague 6729478.265122
SS Chick Fulmer 6626773.273129
OF Scott Hastings 6728373.258021
OF Johnny Ryan 6424161.253118
OF Art Allison 3113027.208010

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jack Chapman 176716.23905
Jim Clinton 166522.33800
George Bechtel 145510.18202
Bill Holbert 124311.25605
Dan Collins 7284.14309
John Carbine 7254.16001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Devlin 68622.030351.56122
Jim Clinton 19.0016.001

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Johnny Ryan 10005.631
Frank Pearce 10004.501

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