1877 Boston Red Caps season

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1877  Boston Red Caps
National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark South End Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record42–18 (.700)
League place1st
Owner Arthur Soden
Manager Harry Wright
←  1876
1878  →

The 1877 Boston Red Caps season was the seventh season of the franchise. Arthur Soden became the new owner of the franchise, who won their first National League pennant.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston 42180.700—27–515–13
Louisville 35250.583720–915–16
Brooklyn Hartfords 31270.5341019–812–19
St. Louis 28320.4671420–108–22
Chicago 26330.44115½17–129–21
Cincinnati 15420.26325½12–183–24

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League record

Sources:
TeamBOSBKNCHICINLOUSTL
Boston —7–5–110–211–18–46–6
Brooklyn 5–7–1—8–47–36–6–15–7
Chicago 2–104–8—8–3–14–88–4
Cincinnati 1–113–73–8–1—5–73–9
Louisville 4–86–6–18–47–5—10–2
St. Louis 6–67–54–89–32–10—

Roster

1877 Boston Red Caps
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 Lew Brown 5822156.253131
1B Deacon White 59266103.387249
2B George Wright 6129080.276035
3B John Morrill 6124273.302028
SS Ezra Sutton 5825374.292039
OF Jim O'Rourke 6126596.362023
OF Andy Leonard 5827278.287027
OF Tim Murnane 3514039.279115

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Harry Schafer 3314139.277013
Harry Wright 140.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tommy Bond 58521.040172.11170
Will White 327.0213.007

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