1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

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1876  St. Louis Brown Stockings
League National League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record45–19 (.703)
League place3rd
Owner C. O. Bishop
Managers Mase Graffen, George McManus
←  1875
1877  →

The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. Although both St. Louis and Hartford finished the season 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings, the Brown Stockings were officially the third place team as, in 1877, the standings were determined by number of wins, not games behind. As Hartford had 47 wins and St. Louis only had 45, Hartford finished in second and St. Louis finished in third. Nonetheless, St. Louis had won its season series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its season series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between those two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1. According to Stathead, the 1876 Brown Stockings hold the lowest single-season team earned run average (ERA) in MLB history (1.22). [1]

Contents

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Team photograph

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 5214.788—25‍–‍627‍–‍8
Hartford Dark Blues 4721.691623‍–‍924‍–‍12
St. Louis Brown Stockings 4519.703624‍–‍621‍–‍13
Boston Red Caps 3931.5571519‍–‍1720‍–‍14
Louisville Grays 3036.4552215‍–‍1615‍–‍20
New York Mutuals 2135.3752613‍–‍208‍–‍15
Philadelphia Athletics 1445.23734½10‍–‍244‍–‍21
Cincinnati Reds 956.13842½6‍–‍243‍–‍32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSCHICINHARLOUNYPHISTL
Boston —1–910–02–85–58–29–14–6
Chicago 9–1—10–06–49–17–17–14–6
Cincinnati 0–100–10—1–92–81–73–52–7
Hartford 8–24–69–1—9–1–14–49–14–6
Louisville 5–51–98–21–9–1—5–3–16–2–14–6
New York 2–81–77–14–43–5–1—3–41–6
Philadelphia 1–91–75–31–92–6–14–3—0–8
St. Louis 6–46–47–26–46–46–18–0—

Roster

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Lip Pike
1876 St. Louis Brown 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 John Clapp 6429891.305029
1B Herman Dehlman 6424545.18409
2B Mike McGeary 6127672.261030
3B Joe Battin 6428385.300046
SS Denny Mack 4818039.21717
OF Ned Cuthbert 6328370.247025
OF Joe Blong 6226462.235030
OF Lip Pike 6328291.323150

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Dickey Pearce 2510221.206010

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
George Bradley 64573.045191.23103

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Joe Blong 10000.000

References

  1. ↑ "Lowest single-season team earned run average in MLB history". Stathead . Archived from the original on July 29, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.


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