1877 Louisville Grays season

1877 Louisville Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Louisville Baseball Park (since 1876) Louisville, Kentucky (since 1876)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman
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The 1877 Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility player Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life. The team was unable to continue and folded after the season.

Regular season[]

After a spectacular start that included a 27–13 record to begin the season, The Grays mysteriously lost seven games in a row. Players bobbled the ball, seemed to slow between bases, swung suspiciously wide. The result was the Grays lost the pennant.

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 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers Jim Devlin Catchers Pop Snyder		Infielders Bill Craver Joe Gerhardt Bill Hague John Haldeman Juice Latham Harry Little Al Nichols		Outfielders Bill Crowley George Hall Flip Lafferty Orator Shafer		Manager Jack Chapman

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	Pop Snyder	61	248	64	.258	2	28
1B	Juice Latham	59	278	81	.291	0	22
2B	Joe Gerhardt	59	250	76	.304	1	35
3B	Bill Hague	59	263	70	.266	1	24
SS	Bill Craver	57	238	63	.265	0	29
OF	George Hall	61	269	87	.323	0	26
OF	Orator Shafer	61	260	74	.285	3	34
OF	Bill Crowley	61	238	67	.282	1	23

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
Al Nichols	6	19	4	.211	0	0
Flip Lafferty	4	17	1	.059	0	0
John Haldeman	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Harry Little	1	3	0	.000	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
Jim Devlin	61	559	35	25	2.25	141

References[]

• 1877 Louisville Grays season at Baseball Reference