1874 Philadelphia Athletics season

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players team season

1874 Philadelphia Athletics

League| National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark| Jefferson Street Grounds
City| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Manager| Dick McBride

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The 1874 Philadelphia Athletics finished in third place in the National Association with a record of 33-22. Dick McBride pitched all of the team's innings and led the league with a 1.64 earned run average.

## Regular season

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1874 Philadelphia Athletics

### Season standings

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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

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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

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1874 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster
Pitchers

* Dick McBride

|  | Catchers

* John Clapp
* Tom Miller

Infielders

* Cap Anson
* Joe Battin
* Wes Fisler
* Mike McGeary
* Ezra Sutton

|  | Outfielders

* Count Gedney
* John McMullin
* Tim Murnane
* Al Reach
* Count Sensenderfer

|  | Manager

* Dick McBride

## 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 | John Clapp | 39 | 165 | 48 | .291 | 3 | 19
1B | Wes Fisler | 37 | 180 | 59 | .328 | 0 | 22
2B | Joe Battin | 51 | 226 | 52 | .230 | 0 | 27
SS | Mike McGeary | 54 | 271 | 87 | .321 | 0 | 22
3B | Ezra Sutton | 55 | 243 | 71 | .292 | 0 | 28
OF | Cap Anson | 55 | 260 | 87 | .335 | 0 | 37
OF | Count Gedney | 54 | 222 | 61 | .275 | 1 | 34
OF | John McMullin | 55 | 260 | 90 | .346 | 2 | 32

#### 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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Tim Murnane | 21 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 0 | 11
Al Reach | 14 | 55 | 7 | .127 | 0 | 2
Count Sensenderfer | 5 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 2
Tom Miller | 4 | 16 | 8 | .500 | 0 | 5

### 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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Dick McBride | 55 | 487.0 | 33 | 22 | 1.64 | 37

## References

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* 1874 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference

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