1875 Boston Red Stockings season

1875 Boston Red Stockings
1875 National Association Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 71–8 (.899)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Nicholas T. Apollonio
Manager(s) Harry Wright
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The 1875 Boston Red Stockings season was the fifth season of the franchise. They won their fourth consecutive National Association championship.

Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 71–8 to win the pennant by 15 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 62 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 54 wins. Catcher Deacon White (.367), second baseman Ross Barnes (.364), and first baseman Cal McVey (.355) finished 1–2–3 in the league's batting race. McVey paced the circuit with 87 runs batted in, and outfielder Jim O'Rourke had the most home runs, with 6. The Boston offense scored more runs than any other team in the NA. According to the FiveThirtyEight ELO rating system, they are the greatest team of all time.

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

This was the last season of the Association, which dissolved at the end of the year. The Red Stockings club would join the new National League in 1876.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association W L T GB Pct.
Boston Red Stockings7183--.884
Philadelphia Athletics5320415.0.714
Hartford Dark Blues5428318.5.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings3929226.5.571
Philadelphia White Stockings3731228.5.542
Chicago White Stockings3037235.0.449
New York Mutuals3038335.5.443
New Haven Elm Citys740-48.0.149
Washington Nationals523-40.5.179
St. Louis Red Stockings415-37.0.211
Philadelphia Centennials212-36.5.143
Brooklyn Atlantics242-51.5.045
Keokuk Westerns112-37.0.077

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI HAR KEO NH NY PHA PHC PWS SLB SLR WSH
Boston —6–08–29–11–05–110–08–2–24–06–0–17–21–06–0
Brooklyn 0–6—0–20–100–02–10–70–70–00–70–20–00–0
Chicago 2–82–0—4–6–14–02–13–31–7–10–03–75–54–00–0
Hartford 1–910–06–4–1—0–08–18–2–24–3–11–04–45–53–04–0
Keokuk 0–10–00–40–0—0–00–10–00–00–00–41–20–0
New Haven 1–51–21–21–80–0—1–50–70–10–41–20–01–4
New York 0–107–03–32–8–21–05–1—3–62–05–20–8–12–00–0
Philadelphia Athletics 2–8–27–07–1–13–4–10–07–06–3—2–18–26–10–05–0
Philadelphia Centennials 0–40–00–00–10–01–00–21–2—0–30–00–00–0
Philadelphia White Stockings 0–6–17–07–34–40–04–02–52–83–0—5–5–11–02–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–72–05–55–54–02–18–0–11–60–05–5–1—2–03–0
St. Louis Red Stockings 0–10–00–40–32–10–00–20–00–00–10–2—2–1
Washington 0–60–00–00–40–04–10–00–50–00–20–31–2—

Roster

1875 Boston Red Stockings
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
CDeacon White80371136.367160
1BCal McVey82389138.355387
2BRoss Barnes78393143.364158
SSGeorge Wright79408136.333261
3BHarry Schafer5222264.288017
OFJack Manning7734894.270146
OFJim O'Rourke75358106.296672
OFAndy Leonard80396127.321174

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
Tommy Beals3515541.265016
Juice Latham167821.269013
Frank Heifer115014.28005
Harry Wright141.25000

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
Al Spalding72570.25451.5975
Jack Manning271441622.3834

Relief 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
Cal McVey311104.911
George Wright24016.750
Frank Heifer22.10015.430

References

  • 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.
  • 1875 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference
Preceded by
Boston Red Stockings
1874		 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season
1875		 Succeeded by
League Disbands


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