1872 Boston Red Stockings season

1872 Boston Red Stockings
1872 National Association Champions
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	39–8 (.830)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	John A. Conkey
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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The 1872 Boston Red Stockings season was the 2nd season of the franchise. They won the National Association championship.

Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 39–8 to win the pennant by 7.5 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started all 48 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 38 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .430 batting average. Harry Wright, Al Spalding, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	39	8	--	.830
Baltimore Canaries	35	19	7.5	.648
New York Mutuals	34	20	8.5	.630
Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	7.5	.682
Troy Haymakers	15	10	13.0	.600
Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	25.0	.243
Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	20.5	.273
Middletown Mansfields	5	19	22.5	.208
Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	27.0	.103
Washington Olympics	2	7	18.0	.222
Washington Nationals	0	11	21.0	.000

Record vs. opponents[]

1872 National Association Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Team	BAL	BOS	BRA	BRE	CLE	MID	NY	PHI	TRO	WSN	WSO
Baltimore	—	0–7	5–1	5–1	4–1	4–0	5–4–2	4–5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0
Boston	7–0	—	7–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	7–2	4–4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics	1–5	1–7	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords	1–5	0–3	2–2	—	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–5	0–3	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Middletown	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0
New York	4–5–2	2–7	6–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	—	6–3	3–2	1–0	1–0
Philadelphia	5–4–2	4–4–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–6	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
Troy	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–0
Washington Nationals	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–2
Washington Olympics	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

Roster[]

1872 Boston Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Albert Spalding Harry Wright		Catchers Cal McVey Infielders Ross Barnes Charlie Gould Harry Schafer George Wright		Outfielders Dave Birdsall Andy Leonard Fraley Rogers Harry Wright		Manager Harry Wright

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	Cal McVey	46	237	76	.321	0	41
1B	Charlie Gould	45	212	54	.255	0	32
2B	Ross Barnes	45	230	99	.430	1	44
SS	George Wright	48	255	86	.337	2	35
3B	Harry Schafer	48	226	65	.288	1	35
OF	Harry Wright	48	208	53	.255	0	24
OF	Fraley Rogers	45	204	56	.275	1	28
OF	Andy Leonard	46	241	84	.349	2	42

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
Dave Birdsall	16	76	16	.211	1	15

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
Al Spalding	48	404.2	38	8	1.85	28

Relief 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
Harry Wright	7	25.2	1	0	2.10	1

References[]

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1872 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference

Preceded by Philadelphia Athletics 1871

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season 1872

Succeeded by Boston Red Stockings 1873