1871 New York Mutuals season

1871 New York Mutuals
1871 New York Mutuals
Major League affiliations
	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871);
Location
	Union Grounds (since 1868); New York, New York (since 1857);
Other information
Owner(s)	William Cammeyer
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson
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The New York Mutuals baseball team (1857 – 1876)^[1] joined the National Association for the league's debut season in 1871. The Mutuals went 16-17 and finished in fifth place. Pitcher Rynie Wolters led the NA in runs batted in, with 44.

Regular season[]

The 1871 regular playing season stats:^[2]

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics	21	7	--	.750
Chicago White Stockings	19	9	2.0	.679
Boston Red Stockings	20	10	2.0	.667
Washington Olympics	15	15	7.0	.500
New York Mutuals	16	17	7.5	.485
Troy Haymakers	13	15	8.0	.464
Fort Wayne Kekiongas	7	12	9.5	.368
Cleveland Forest Citys	10	19	11.5	.345
Rockford Forest Citys	4	21	15.5	.160

1871 National Association Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	FW	NY	PHI	ROC	TRO	WSH
Boston	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1–1
Chicago	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Cleveland	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–3
Fort Wayne	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
New York	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	3–0	3–0
Rockford	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–3
Troy	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–3–1
Washington	1–3–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0	3–2–1	—

1871 New York Mutuals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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	Charlie Mills	32	146	36	.247	0	22
1B	Joe Start	33	161	58	.360	1	34
2B	Dick Higham	21	94	34	.362	0	9
SS	Dickey Pearce	33	163	44	.270	0	20
3B	Bob Ferguson	33	158	38	.241	0	25
OF	Tom Patterson	32	151	31	.205	0	13
OF	Dave Eggler	33	147	47	.320	0	18
OF	John Hatfield	33	168	43	.256	0	22

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
Charlie Smith	14	72	19	.264	0	5

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rynie Wolters	32	283	16	16	3.43	22
Frank Fleet	1	9	0	1	10.00	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Ferguson	1	1	0	0	27.00	0

^ NY Mutuals Archived February 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine- Retrieved January 8, 2012
^ 1871 stats- Retrieved January 8, 2012

1871 New York Mutuals
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Union Grounds (since 1868) New York, New York (since 1857)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Cammeyer
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson
Next season >