1875 Washington Nationals season

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players team season

1875 Washington Nationals

League| National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark| Olympics Grounds
City| Washington D.C.
Managers| Holly Hollingshead, Bill Parks

The Washington Nationals played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1875 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished ninth in the league with a record of 4-23. It is uncertain if this team is related to the 1872 team of the same name or other Washington-based teams of the era. The National Association folded after the completion of the 1875 season.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National Association | W  | L  | T  | GB  | Pct.

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Boston Red Stockings | 71 | 8 | 3 | – | .884
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 20 | 4 | 15.0 | .714
Hartford Dark Blues | 54 | 28 | 3 | 18.5 | .659
St. Louis Brown Stockings | 39 | 29 | 2 | 26.5 | .571
Philadelphia White Stockings | 37 | 31 | 2 | 28.5 | .542
Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 37 | 2 | 35.0 | .449
New York Mutuals | 30 | 38 | 3 | 35.5 | .443
New Haven Elm Citys | 7 | 40 | – | 48.0 | .149
Washington Nationals | 5 | 23 | – | 40.5 | .179
St. Louis Red Stockings | 4 | 15 | – | 37.0 | .211
Philadelphia Centennials | 2 | 12 | – | 36.5 | .143
Brooklyn Atlantics | 2 | 42 | – | 51.5 | .045
Keokuk Westerns | 1 | 12 | – | 37.0 | .077

### Record vs. opponents

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1875 National Association Records

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Team  | BOS  | BR  | CHI  | HAR  | KEO  | NH  | NY  | PHA  | PHC  | PWS  | SLB  | SLR  | WSH
Boston | — | 6–0 | 8–2 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 10–0 | 8–2–2 | 4–0 | 6–0–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 6–0
Brooklyn | 0–6 | — | 0–2 | 0–10 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0
Chicago | 2–8 | 2–0 | — | 4–6–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–7–1 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 0–0
Hartford | 1–9 | 10–0 | 6–4–1 | — | 0–0 | 8–1 | 8–2–2 | 4–3–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 5–5 | 3–0 | 4–0
Keokuk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0
New Haven | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 0–0 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4
New York | 0–10 | 7–0 | 3–3 | 2–8–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | 3–6 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0
Philadelphia Athletics | 2–8–2 | 7–0 | 7–1–1 | 3–4–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 6–3 | — | 2–1 | 8–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 5–0
Philadelphia Centennials | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0
Philadelphia White Stockings | 0–6–1 | 7–0 | 7–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 2–8 | 3–0 | — | 5–5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings | 2–7 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–0–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 5–5–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0
St. Louis Red Stockings | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1
Washington | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | —

### Roster

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1875 Washington Nationals

Roster
Pitchers

* Bill Stearns
* Charles Witherow

Catchers

* Sam Field
* Jim Gilmore
* Bill McCloskey
* Frank Thompson

|  | Infielders

* Art Allison
* Steve Brady
* John Dailey
* Herm Doscher
* Lou Say
* Frank Sellman
* Walter Terry

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Outfielders

* Holly Hollingshead
* John Lowry
* Charlie Mason
* Bill Parks
* Larry Ressler
* Robert Stevens

|  | Managers

* Holly Hollingshead
* Bill Parks

## Player stats

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### Batting

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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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Frank Thompson | 11 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 3
Art Allison | 26 | 112 | 24 | .214 | 0 | 3
Steve Brady | 21 | 91 | 13 | .143 | 0 | 3
John Dailey | 27 | 110 | 20 | .182 | 0 | 13
Herm Doscher | 22 | 81 | 15 | .185 | 0 | 5
Bill Parks | 27 | 111 | 20 | .180 | 0 | 6
Holly Hollingshead | 19 | 81 | 20 | .247 | 0 | 5
Larry Ressler | 27 | 108 | 21 | .194 | 0 | 5
Bill McCloskey | 11 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 4
Lou Say | 11 | 38 | 10 | .263 | 0 | 2
Charlie Mason | 8 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 1
John Lowry | 6 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0
Walter Terry | 6 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2
Sam Field | 5 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1
Jim Gilmore | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0
Robert Stevens | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0
Frank Sellman | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0

### 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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Bill Stearns | 17 | 141.0 | 1 | 14 | 4.02 | 3
Bill Parks | 14 | 106.2 | 4 | 8 | 3.29 | 3
Charles Witherow | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 0

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Charlie Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0

## References

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* 1875 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference

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