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 Athletics 21 7 -- .750
Chicago White Stockings 19 9 2.0 .679
Boston Red Stockings 20 10 2.0 .667
Washington Olympics 15 15 7.0 .500
New York Mutuals 16 17 7.5 .485
Troy Haymakers 13 15 8.0 .464
Fort Wayne Kekiongas 7 12 9.5 .368
Cleveland Forest Citys 10 19 11.5 .345
Rockford Forest Citys 4 21 15.5 .160

Record vs. opponents

1871 National Association Records

Sources:

Team BOS CHI CLE FW NY PHI ROC TRO WSH
Boston — 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–1–1
Chicago 3–1 — 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 3–2
Cleveland 1–3 1–2 — 0–3 3–2 0–3 3–1 2–2 0–3
Fort Wayne 0–2 0–2 3–0 — 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
New York 2–2 1–3 2–3 2–1 — 2–3 3–1 1–3 3–1
Philadelphia 1–3 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 — 3–0 3–0 3–0
Rockford 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–3 — 1–2 0–3
Troy 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 — 2–3–1
Washington 1–3–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 3–0 3–2–1 —

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
C Lennon, BillBill Lennon 12 48 11 .229 0 5
1B Foran, JimJim Foran 19 89 31 .348 1 18
2B Carey, TomTom Carey 19 87 20 .230 0 10
SS Goldsmith, WallyWally Goldsmith 19 88 18 .205 0 12
3B Sellman, FrankFrank Sellman 14 65 15 .231 1 10
OF Donnelly, PetePete Donnelly 9 34 7 .206 0 3
OF Armstrong, RobertRobert Armstrong 12 49 11 .224 0 5
OF Kelly, BillBill Kelly 18 67 15 .224 0 7

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
Mincher, EdEd Mincher 9 36 8 .222 0 5
Hallinan, JimmyJimmy Hallinan 5 25 5 .200 0 2
Deane, HarryHarry Deane 6 22 4 .182 0 2
Quinn, PaddyPaddy Quinn 5 17 4 .235 0 2
Kohler, HenryHenry Kohler 3 12 2 .167 0 1
McDermott, JoeJoe McDermott 2 8 2 .250 0 1
Barrett, BillBill Barrett 1 5 1 .200 0 1
Phelps, NealyNealy Phelps 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Bierman, CharlesCharles Bierman 1 2 0 .000 0 0

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
Mathews, BobbyBobby Mathews 19 169 6 11 5.17 17

References

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