1875 Philadelphia Athletics season
1875 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | National Association of Professional Base Ball Players |
Ballpark | Jefferson Street Grounds |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Managers | Dick McBride, Cap Anson |
The 1875 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in second place in the National Association with a record of 53-20. The team played one game in Dover, Delaware, during the season, and otherwise played its home games at Fairview Park Fair Grounds.[1]
The National Association folded after this season, and the Athletics joined the new National League for the 1876 season.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]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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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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Pitchers Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | 60 | 292 | 77 | .264 | 0 | 39 |
1B | Wes Fisler | 58 | 268 | 74 | .276 | 0 | 31 |
2B | Bill Craver | 54 | 260 | 83 | .319 | 2 | 40 |
SS | Davy Force | 77 | 386 | 120 | .311 | 0 | 49 |
3B | Ezra Sutton | 75 | 358 | 116 | .324 | 1 | 59 |
OF | Dave Eggler | 66 | 295 | 89 | .302 | 0 | 33 |
OF | George Hall | 77 | 358 | 107 | .299 | 4 | 62 |
OF | George Bechtel | 35 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 0 | 20 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Cap Anson | 69 | 326 | 106 | .325 | 0 | 58 |
John Richmond | 29 | 125 | 25 | .200 | 0 | 12 |
Adam Rocap | 16 | 69 | 12 | .174 | 0 | 4 |
Al Reach | 3 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
William Coon | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Henry Gilroy | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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 | 60 | 538.0 | 44 | 14 | 2.33 | 27 |
Lon Knight | 13 | 107.0 | 6 | 5 | 2.27 | 15 |
George Bechtel | 4 | 36.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Ezra Sutton | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 0 |