1872 Philadelphia Athletics season

1872 Philadelphia Athletics
1872 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871);
Location
	Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1871); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1860);
Other information
Manager(s)	Dick McBride
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In its second year in the National Association, the 1872 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in fourth place with a record of 30-14.

Regular season[]

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

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	—

1872 Philadelphia Athletics

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	Fergy Malone	41	213	60	.282	0	39
1B	Denny Mack	47	205	59	.288	0	34
2B	Wes Fisler	47	244	85	.348	0	48
SS	Mike McGeary	47	225	81	.360	0	35
3B	Cap Anson	46	217	90	.415	0	48
OF	Ned Cuthbert	47	260	88	.338	1	47
OF	Fred Treacey	47	236	65	.275	2	31
OF	Levi Meyerle	27	146	48	.329	1	31

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Al Reach	24	118	23	.195	10
Dickie Flowers	3	15	4	.267	4
Count Sensenderfer	1	5	2	.400	1

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dick McBride	47	419.1	30	14	2.85	44

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1872 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1871) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1860)
Other information
Manager(s)	Dick McBride
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