1873 Boston Red Stockings season
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1873 National Association Champion | |
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Record | 43–16 (.729) |
League place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Charles H. Porter |
Manager(s) | Harry Wright |
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The 1873 Boston Red Stockings season was the 3rd season of the franchise. They won their second consecutive National Association championship.
Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 43–16 to win the pennant by 4 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 54 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 41 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .431 batting average, and catcher Deacon White topped the circuit with 77 runs batted in.
Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first baseman Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
National Association | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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Boston Red Stockings | 43 | 16 | -- | .729 |
Philadelphia White Stockings | 36 | 17 | 4.0 | .679 |
Baltimore Canaries | 34 | 22 | 7.5 | .607 |
New York Mutuals | 29 | 24 | 11.0 | .547 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 23 | 11.0 | .549 |
Brooklyn Atlantics | 17 | 37 | 23.5 | .205 |
Washington Blue Legs | 8 | 31 | 25.0 | .205 |
Elizabeth Resolutes | 2 | 21 | 23.0 | .087 |
Baltimore Marylands | 0 | 6 | 16.5 | .000 |
Record vs. opponents[]
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Team | BC | BM | BOS | BR | EL | NY | PHA | PWS | WSH | ||||||||
Baltimore Canaries | — | 4–0 | 2–7–1 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 6–0 | ||||||||
Baltimore Marylands | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | ||||||||
Boston | 7–2–1 | 0–0 | — | 8–1 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 9–0 | ||||||||
Brooklyn | 2–7 | 0–0 | 1–8 | — | 3–1 | 2–7 | 4–5–1 | 2–7 | 3–2 | ||||||||
Elizabeth | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | ||||||||
New York | 3–6 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 4–0 | — | 4–5 | 4–4 | 4–1 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Athletics | 4–3 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 5–4–1 | 2–0 | 5–4 | — | 1–8 | 6–0 | ||||||||
Philadelphia White Stockings | 6–3 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 8–1 | — | 3–2 | ||||||||
Washington | 0–6 | 2–0 | 0–9 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 2–3 | — |
Roster[]
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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 |
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C | Deacon White | 60 | 311 | 122 | .392 | 1 | 77 |
1B | Jim O'Rourke | 57 | 280 | 98 | .350 | 1 | 49 |
2B | Ross Barnes | 60 | 320 | 138 | .431 | 2 | 60 |
SS | George Wright | 59 | 323 | 125 | .387 | 3 | 43 |
3B | Harry Schafer | 60 | 296 | 79 | .267 | 2 | 42 |
OF | Bob Addy | 31 | 152 | 54 | .355 | 1 | 32 |
OF | Harry Wright | 58 | 263 | 38 | .259 | 2 | 36 |
OF | Andy Leonard | 58 | 300 | 96 | .320 | 0 | 60 |
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 |
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Jack Manning | 31 | 154 | 41 | .266 | 0 | 21 |
Dave Birdsall | 3 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
Fraley Rogers | 2 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 3 |
Charlie Sweasy | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Al Spalding | 60 | 496.2 | 41 | 14 | 2.99 | 50 |
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 |
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Harry Wright | 14 | 39.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.12 | 5 |
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.
- 1873 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference
- Boston Red Stockings seasons
- 1873 in baseball
- 1873 National Association season
- 1873 in sports in Massachusetts
- 19th century in Boston
- Atlanta Braves season stubs
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