1874 Boston Red Stockings season

1874 Boston Red Stockings

National Association Champions
League| National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark| South End Grounds
City| Boston, Massachusetts
Record| 52–18 (.743)
League place| 1st
Owner| Charles H. Porter
Manager| Harry Wright

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The 1874 Boston Red Stockings season was the fourth season of the franchise. They won their third consecutive National Association championship.

Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 52–18 to win the pennant by 7.5 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 69 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 52 wins. Outfielder Cal McVey led the league with 71 runs batted in, and he paced the Boston offense which scored more runs than any other team.

Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first baseman Jim O'Rourke, catcher Deacon White, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

## Regular season[edit]

Team photograph

### Season standings[edit]

National Association | W  | L  | GB  | Pct.

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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

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1874 National Association Records

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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 | —

### Roster[edit]

1874 Boston Red Stockings

Roster
Pitchers

* Al Spalding
* Harry Wright

Catchers

* Deacon White

|  | Infielders

* Ross Barnes
* Tommy Beals
* Jim O'Rourke
* Harry Schafer
* George Wright

|  | Outfielders

* George Hall
* Andy Leonard
* Cal McVey
* Harry Wright

|  | Manager

* Harry Wright

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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 | Deacon White | 70 | 352 | 106 | .301 | 3 | 52
1B | Jim O'Rourke | 70 | 331 | 104 | .314 | 5 | 61
2B | Ross Barnes | 51 | 259 | 88 | .340 | 0 | 39
SS | George Wright | 60 | 313 | 103 | .329 | 2 | 44
3B | Harry Schafer | 71 | 327 | 87 | .266 | 1 | 45
OF | George Hall | 47 | 222 | 64 | .288 | 1 | 34
OF | Cal McVey | 70 | 343 | 123 | .359 | 3 | 71
OF | Andy Leonard | 71 | 339 | 106 | .313 | 0 | 50

#### Other batters[edit]

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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Harry Wright | 40 | 184 | 58 | .315 | 2 | 27
Tommy Beals | 19 | 97 | 19 | .196 | 0 | 17

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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 | 71 | 617.1 | 52 | 16 | 1.92 | 31

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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 | 6 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 2.16 | 0

## References[edit]

* 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.
* 1874 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference

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Boston Red Stockings
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|  National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season
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