1872 Boston Red Stockings season

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players team season

1872 Boston Red Stockings

National Association Champions
League| National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark| South End Grounds
City| Boston, Massachusetts
Record| 39–8 (.830)
League place| 1st
Owners| John A. Conkey
Managers| Harry Wright

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The 1872 Boston Red Stockings season was the second season of the franchise. They won the National Association championship.

Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 39–8 to win the pennant by 7.5 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started all 48 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 38 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .430 batting average. Harry Wright, Al Spalding, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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1  | Boston Red Stockings (C) | 48  | 39  | 8  | 1  | 521  | 236  | +285  | --
2  | Baltimore Canaries | 58  | 35  | 19  | 4  | 617  | 434  | +183  | 7.5
3  | New York Mutuals | 56  | 34  | 20  | 2  | 523  | 362  | +161  | 8.5
4  | Philadelphia Athletics | 47  | 30  | 14  | 3  | 539  | 349  | +190  | 7.5
5  | Troy Haymakers | 25  | 15  | 10  | 0  | 273  | 191  | +82  | 13
6  | Brooklyn Atlantics | 37  | 9  | 28  | 0  | 237  | 473  | −236  | 25
7  | Cleveland Forest Citys | 22  | 6  | 16  | 0  | 174  | 254  | −80  | 20.5
8  | Middletown Mansfields | 24  | 5  | 19  | 0  | 220  | 348  | −128  | 22.5
9  | Brooklyn Eckfords | 29  | 3  | 26  | 0  | 152  | 413  | −261  | 27
10  | Washington Olympics | 9  | 2  | 7  | 0  | 54  | 140  | −86  | 18
11  | Washington Nationals | 11  | 0  | 11  | 0  | 80  | 190  | −110  | 21

Source: Baseball Reference
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### Record vs. opponents

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1872 National Association Records

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Team  | BAL  | BOS  | BRA  | BRE  | CLE  | MID  | NY  | PHI  | TRO  | WSN  | WSO
Baltimore | — | 0–7 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–4–2 | 4–5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0
Boston | 7–0 | — | 7–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 4–4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics | 1–5 | 1–7 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0
Cleveland | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0
Middletown | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0
New York | 4–5–2 | 2–7 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 6–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0
Philadelphia | 5–4–2 | 4–4–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–6 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0
Troy | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0
Washington Nationals | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2
Washington Olympics | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | —

### Roster

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1872 Boston Red Stockings

Roster
Pitchers

* Albert Spalding
* Harry Wright

|  | Catchers

* Cal McVey

Infielders

* Ross Barnes
* Charlie Gould
* Harry Schafer
* George Wright

|  | Outfielders

* Dave Birdsall
* Andy Leonard
* Fraley Rogers
* Harry Wright

|  | Manager

* Harry Wright

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Cal McVey | 46 | 237 | 76 | .321 | 0 | 41
1B | Charlie Gould | 45 | 212 | 54 | .255 | 0 | 32
2B | Ross Barnes | 45 | 230 | 99 | .430 | 1 | 44
SS | George Wright | 48 | 255 | 86 | .337 | 2 | 35
3B | Harry Schafer | 48 | 226 | 65 | .288 | 1 | 35
OF | Harry Wright | 48 | 208 | 53 | .255 | 0 | 24
OF | Fraley Rogers | 45 | 204 | 56 | .275 | 1 | 28
OF | Andy Leonard | 46 | 241 | 84 | .349 | 2 | 42

#### Other batters

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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

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Dave Birdsall | 16 | 76 | 16 | .211 | 1 | 15

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Al Spalding | 48 | 404.2 | 38 | 8 | 1.85 | 28

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Harry Wright | 7 | 25.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.10 | 1

## References

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* Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
* 1872 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference

Preceded by

Philadelphia Athletics
1871

|  National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season
1872 | Succeeded by

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