1874 Philadelphia Athletics season

1874 Philadelphia Athletics
1874 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 1874 Philadelphia Athletics finished in third place in the National Association with a record of 33-22. Dick McBride pitched all of the team's innings and led the league with a 1.64 earned run average.

Regular season[]

1874 Philadelphia Athletics

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	52	18	--	.743
New York Mutuals	42	23	7.5	.646
Philadelphia Athletics	33	22	11.5	.600
Philadelphia White Stockings	29	29	17.0	.500
Chicago White Stockings	28	31	18.5	.474
Brooklyn Atlantics	22	33	22.5	.400
Hartford Dark Blues	16	37	27.5	.302
Baltimore Canaries	9	38	31.5	.191

1874 National Association Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	NY	PHA	PWS
Baltimore	—	1–9	1–3	1–9	2–3	1–8	2–2	1–4
Boston	9–1	—	6–4–1	7–3	9–1	5–5	8–2	8–2
Brooklyn	3–1	4–6–1	—	3–4	5–3	3–7	1–6	3–6
Chicago	9–1	3–7	4–3	—	4–1	1–9	4–3	3–7
Hartford	3–2	1–9	3–5	1–4	—	2–8	2–5	4–4
New York	8–1	5–5	7–3	9–1	8–2	—	4–6	1–5
Philadelphia Athletics	2–2	2–8	6–1	3–4	5–2	6–4	—	9–1
Philadelphia White Stockings	4–1	2–8	6–3	7–3	4–4	5–1	1–9	—

1874 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	39	165	48	.291	3	19
1B	Wes Fisler	37	180	59	.328	0	22
2B	Joe Battin	51	226	52	.230	0	27
SS	Mike McGeary	54	271	87	.321	0	22
3B	Ezra Sutton	55	243	71	.292	0	28
OF	Cap Anson	55	260	87	.335	0	37
OF	Count Gedney	54	222	61	.275	1	34
OF	John McMullin	55	260	90	.346	2	32

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
Tim Murnane	21	82	17	.207	11
Al Reach	14	55	7	.127	2
Count Sensenderfer	5	16	3	.188	2
Tom Miller	4	16	8	.500	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
Dick McBride	55	487	33	22	1.64	37

1874 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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