1874 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1874 throughout the world.

Overview of the events of 1874 in baseball

Years in baseball

* ← 1871
* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877 →

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1874 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
* Sumo
* Cricket
* 1873–74
* 1874
* 1874–75
* Cycling
* Dance sports
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1873–74
* 1874–75
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

## Champions

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* National Association: Boston Base Ball Club

## National Association final 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

## Statistical leaders

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National Association

Type | Name | Stat |
AVG | Levi Meyerle CHI | .394 |
HR | Jim O'Rourke BOS | 5 |
RBI | Cal McVey BOS | 71 |
Wins | Al Spalding BOS | 52 |
ERA | Dick McBride PHI | 1.64 |
Strikeouts | Bobby Mathews NYM | 101 |

## Notable seasons

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* Boston Red Stockings pitcher Al Spalding has a record of 52–16, leading the NA with 52 wins and 617.1 innings pitched. He has a 1.92 earned run average and a 111 ERA+.[1][2]
* Chicago White Stockings second baseman Levi Meyerle leads the NA with a .394 batting average, a .889 OPS, and a 183 OPS+. He has 65 runs scored and 45 runs batted in.[3][4]

## Events

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### January–March

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* January 29 – Albert Spalding arrives in England to set up a tour for the Boston and Athletic Clubs to demonstrate American baseball to the English.

### April–June

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* May 5 – Tommy Bond makes his professional debut, throwing a 4-hitter and defeating Lord Baltimore.
* May 6 – Dick McBride of Athletic throws a 1-hitter in a win against crosstown rival Philadelphia.
* May 13 – The Chicago Club plays the first professional game in Chicago by a Chicago team since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The "White Stockings" win 4–0 over Athletic before 4,000 fans.
* June 18 – Playing without suspended pitcher George Zettlein, the Chicagos are humiliated by Mutual 38-1. The Mutuals collect 33 hits, but are outdone by Chicago defensive miscues as they commit 36 errors in the game.

### July–September

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* July 10 – Jimmy Wood, player-manager for several teams in the NA, has his right leg amputated above the knee due to infection. Wood would be re-hired by Chicago to replace Fergy Malone and be on the bench managing 5 weeks after the amputation.
* July 16 – The Boston and Athletic Clubs depart from Philadelphia for England for their baseball exhibition tour.
* September 9 – John Radcliff is dismissed from the Philadelphia Club after umpire William McLean testified that Radcliff had offered him $175 to fix a game.
* September 9 – Boston and Athletic return from their England trip, arriving in New York.

### October–December

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* October 20 – The Boston Base Ball Club win their 3rd consecutive pennant with a 14–7 victory over Athletic of Philadelphia.

## Births

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* January 14 – Jack Taylor
* January 22 – Jay Hughes
* February 1 – Harry Bemis
* February 22 – Bill Klem
* February 23 – Billy Lauder
* February 24 – Honus Wagner
* March 12 – Charles Weeghman
* March 16 – Bill Duggleby
* March 18 – Nixey Callahan
* March 24 – Roy Thomas
* April 7 – John Ganzel
* April 8 – Bert Myers
* May 8 – Eddie Boyle
* June 5 – Jack Chesbro
* June 5 – Frank Huelsman
* June 20 – Win Mercer
* June 26 – Topsy Hartsel
* July 8 – Jay Parker
* July 9 – Jack Powell
* July 13 – William G. Bramham
* July 14 – Jesse Tannehill
* September 5 – Nap Lajoie
* September 17 – Willie Sudhoff
* September 21 – Grant "Home Run" Johnson
* October 12 – Jimmy Burke
* October 15 – Emil Frisk
* October 19 – Tom McCreery
* October 31 – Harry Smith

## Deaths

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* April 9 – Charlie Mills, age 29, catcher for the 1871 New York Mutuals.

## References

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1. ^ "1874 National Association Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
2. ^ "Al Spalding Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
3. ^ "1874 National Association Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
4. ^ "Levi Meyerle Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.

## External links

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* 1874 season at Baseball-Reference.com
* Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
* Retrosheet.org

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