1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas season

1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas
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Manager(s) Bill Lennon, Harry Deane
     

The Fort Wayne Kekiongas played their first and only season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished seventh in the league with a record of 7-12.

First game

The honor of playing the first game of the newly organized National Association of Professional Baseball Players was decided by coin flip.

Bobby Mathews, 5'5", 140 lbs, and 20 years old, hurled a 2-0 shutout for the Kekiongas. Deacon White, catcher for the Cleveland Forest Citys got 3 hits in 4 at-bats; the other Cleveland players only shared 2 hits among them. Deacon White scored the first hit, the first extra-base hit (a double) and was the first to hit into a double-play.

The game was rained out in the top of the 9th inning. Attendance was 200.

Bobby Mathews, who went on to play five seasons each in the National Association, National League, and American Association, is the only player ever to pitch 100 games or to win at least 50 in three different major leagues. He is credited with inventing the spitball and the out-curve. Deacon White was another historic player, ending his 22-year career as playing owner of Buffalo's Brotherhood team.

Regular season

Picture of the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas

Season standings

National Association W L GB Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics217--.750
Chicago White Stockings1992.0.679
Boston Red Stockings20102.0.667
Washington Olympics15157.0.500
New York Mutuals16177.5.485
Troy Haymakers13158.0.464
Fort Wayne Kekiongas7129.5.368
Cleveland Forest Citys101911.5.345
Rockford Forest Citys42115.5.160

Record vs. opponents

1871 National Association Records

Sources:
Team BOS CHI CLE FW NY PHI ROC TRO WSH
Boston —1–33–12–02–23–13–03–23–1–1
Chicago 3–1—2–12–03–12–33–01–13–2
Cleveland 1–31–2—0–33–20–33–12–20–3
Fort Wayne 0–20–23–0—1–20–21–11–11–2
New York 2–21–32–32–1—2–33–11–33–1
Philadelphia 1–33–23–02–03–2—3–03–03–0
Rockford 0–30–31–31–11–30–3—1–20–3
Troy 2–31–12–21–13–10–32–1—2–3–1
Washington 1–3–12–33–02–11–30–33–03–2–1—

Roster

1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CBill Lennon124811.22905
1BJim Foran198931.348118
2BTom Carey198720.230010
SSWally Goldsmith198818.205012
3BFrank Sellman146515.231110
OFPete Donnelly9347.20603
OFRobert Armstrong124911.22405
OFBill Kelly186715.22407

Other batters

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
Ed Mincher9368.22205
Jimmy Hallinan5255.20002
Harry Deane6224.18202
Paddy Quinn5174.23502
Henry Kohler3122.16701
Joe McDermott282.25001
Bill Barrett151.20001
Nealy Phelps130.00000
Charles Bierman120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobby Mathews191696115.1717

References

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