1873 Philadelphia Athletics season

1873 Philadelphia Athletics
1873 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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The 1873 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in fifth place in the National Association with a record of 28-23. First baseman Cap Anson batted .398 and was second in the league batting race.

Regular season[]

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
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

1873 National Association Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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	—

1873 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	John Clapp	45	204	62	.304	1	27
1B	Cap Anson	52	254	101	.398	0	36
2B	Wes Fisler	44	218	75	.344	1	41
SS	Mike McGeary	52	275	83	.302	0	31
3B	Ezra Sutton	51	243	81	.333	0	34
OF	Tim Murnane	41	176	39	.222	1	10
OF	John McMullin	52	227	62	.273	0	28
OF	Cherokee Fisher	51	253	66	.261	1	37

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
Count Sensenderfer	20	86	24	.279	8
Al Reach	16	73	16	.219	9
Joe Battin	1	5	3	.600	2

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	46	382.2	24	19	3.34	25
John McMullin	1	8	1	0	2.25	2

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cherokee Fisher	13	84.1	3	4	1.81	14

1873 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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