1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1876) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1875)
Other information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	George McManus
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The 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings finished the season in fourth place in the National League. After the season, they signed Louisville Grays stars Jim Devlin and George Hall. However, both became involved in a game-fixing scandal that led to the permanent expulsion of the two players (and others) from the league. The Grays and Brown Stockings both folded in the aftermath of the scandal.

Regular season[]

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 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Tricky Nichols Catchers John Clapp		Infielders Joe Battin Art Croft Herman Dehlman Davy Force Mike McGeary T. E. Newell Dickey Pearce		Outfielders Joe Blong Mike Dorgan Jack Gleason Leonidas Lee Harry Little Tom Loftus Patrick McKenna Jack Remsen		Manager George McManus

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	John Clapp	60	255	81	.318	0	34
1B	Herman Dehlman	32	119	22	.185	0	11
2B	Mike McGeary	57	258	65	.252	0	20
3B	Joe Battin	57	226	45	.199	1	22
SS	Davy Force	58	225	59	.262	0	22
OF	Mike Dorgan	60	266	82	.308	0	23
OF	Joe Blong	58	218	47	.216	0	13
OF	Jack Remsen	33	123	32	.260	0	13

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
Art Croft	54	220	51	.232	0	27
Dickey Pearce	8	29	5	.172	0	4
Leonidas Lee	4	18	5	.278	0	0
Harry Little	3	12	2	.167	0	0
Tom Loftus	3	11	2	.182	0	0
Ed McKenna	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Jack Gleason	1	4	1	.250	0	0
T. E. Newell	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
Tricky Nichols	42	350	18	23	2.60	80
Joe Blong	25	187.1	10	9	2.74	51

Relief pitchers[]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Battin	1	0	0	0	4.91	1

References[]

• 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference