1877 Cincinnati Reds season

1877 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Avenue Grounds (since 1876) Cincinnati (since 1876)
Other information
Manager(s)	Lip Pike, Bob Addy, Jack Manning
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The 1877 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth and last in the National League with a record of 15–42, 25½ games behind the Boston Red Caps.^[1]

Regular season[]

After finishing dead last in the National League in the 1876 season, the Reds attempted to improve their club by signing Lip Pike, who spent the previous season with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Pike was also named the manager of the team. Some other off-season additions included Bob Addy, who spent the previous season with the Chicago White Stockings, Jack Manning of the Boston Red Caps, and a couple of new pitchers with Candy Cummings, who had a 16–8 record with a 1.67 ERA with the Hartford Dark Blues joining the team, as well as Bobby Mathews, who had a 21–34 record with New York Mutuals in 1876.

Charley Jones had another solid season for the Reds, hitting .310 with two homers and a team high 36 RBI. Manning had solid year, hitting .317, as he had a team high 80 hits while tying Jones with a team high 36 RBI. Pike hit .298 with a teah high four home runs, and added 23 RBI. On the mound, rookie Bobby Mitchell came up late in the season, and was very impressive, leading Cincinnati with six victories with a team best 3.51 in twelve games.

Season summary[]

The Reds got off to another terrible start, as they had a 3–11 start to the season, and Pike stepped down as the manager. Bob Addy took over as player manager; however, he too saw very few wins as Cincinnati went 5–19 during his managerial stint. Jack Manning then finished the year as player-manager, going 7–12, as the Reds had a 15–42 record, once again finishing in the National League cellar, 25.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

Season standings[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston	42	18	0.700	—	27–5	15–13
Louisville	35	25	0.583	7	20–9	15–16
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	0.534	10	19–8	12–19
St. Louis	28	32	0.467	14	20–10	8–22
Chicago	26	33	0.441	15½	17–12	9–21
Cincinnati	15	42	0.263	25½	12–18	3–24

Record vs. opponents[]

1877 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	BKN	CHI	CIN	LOU	STL
Boston	—	7–5–1	10–2	11–1	8–4	6–6
Brooklyn	5–7–1	—	8–4	7–3	6–6–1	5–7
Chicago	2–10	4–8	—	8–3–1	4–8	8–4
Cincinnati	1–11	3–7	3–8–1	—	5–7	3–9
Louisville	4–8	6–6–1	8–4	7–5	—	10–2
St. Louis	6–6	7–5	4–8	9–3	2–10	—

Roster[]

1877 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Candy Cummings Bobby Mathews Bobby Mitchell Catchers Scott Hastings Nat Hicks Henry Kessler George Miller Harry Smith		Infielders Amos Booth Will Foley Charlie Gould Jimmy Hallinan Jack Manning Levi Meyerle Billy Redmond Chub Sullivan		Outfielders Bob Addy Ned Cuthbert Charley Jones Lip Pike Johnny Ryan		Manager Bob Addy Jack Manning Lip Pike

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	Scott Hastings	20	71	10	.141	0	3
1B	Charlie Gould	24	91	25	.275	0	13
2B	Lip Pike	58	262	78	.298	4	23
3B	Will Foley	56	216	41	.190	0	18
SS	Jack Manning	57	252	80	.317	0	36
OF	Bob Addy	57	245	68	.278	0	31
OF	Charley Jones	55	232	72	.310	2	36
OF	Ned Cuthbert	12	56	10	.179	0	2

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
Amos Booth	44	157	27	.172	0	13
Levi Meyerle	27	107	35	.327	0	15
Jimmy Hallinan	16	73	27	.370	0	7
George Miller	11	37	6	.162	0	3
Harry Smith	10	36	9	.250	0	3
Nat Hicks	8	32	6	.188	0	3
Chub Sullivan	8	32	8	.250	0	4
Johnny Ryan	6	26	4	.154	0	2
Henry Kessler	6	20	2	.100	0	0
Billy Redmond	3	12	3	.250	0	3

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
Candy Cummings	19	155.2	5	14	4.34	11
Bobby Mathews	15	129.1	3	12	4.04	9
Bobby Mitchell	12	100	6	5	3.51	41

Other 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
Amos Booth	12	86	1	7	3.56	18
Jack Manning	10	44	0	4	6.95	6

References[]