1871 New York Mutuals season

1871 New York Mutuals
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Union Grounds (since 1868)
New York, New York (since 1857)
Other information
Owner(s)	William Cammeyer
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson
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The New York Mutuals baseball team (1857 – 1876)^[1] joined the National Association for the league's debut season in 1871. The Mutuals went 16-17 and finished in fifth place. Pitcher Rynie Wolters led the NA in runs batted in, with 44.

Regular season

The 1871 regular playing season stats:^[2]

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 New York Mutuals
Roster
Pitchers Frank Fleet Rynie Wolters		Catchers Charlie Mills Infielders Bob Ferguson Dick Higham Dickey Pearce Charlie Smith Joe Start		Outfielders Dave Eggler John Hatfield Tom Patterson		Manager Bob Ferguson

Player stats

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	Mills, CharlieCharlie Mills	32	146	36	.247	0	22
1B	Start, JoeJoe Start	33	161	58	.360	1	34
2B	Higham, DickDick Higham	21	94	34	.362	0	9
SS	Pearce, DickeyDickey Pearce	33	163	44	.270	0	20
3B	Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson	33	158	38	.241	0	25
OF	Patterson, TomTom Patterson	32	151	31	.205	0	13
OF	Eggler, DaveDave Eggler	33	147	47	.320	0	18
OF	Hatfield, JohnJohn Hatfield	33	168	43	.256	0	22

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
Smith, CharlieCharlie Smith	14	72	19	.264	0	5

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
Wolters, RynieRynie Wolters	32	283	16	16	3.43	22
Fleet, FrankFrank Fleet	1	9	0	1	10.00	0

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
Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson	1	1	0	0	27.00	0

References

1. NY Mutuals- Retrieved January 8, 2012
2. 1871 stats- Retrieved January 8, 2012

External links

• 1871 Mutuals at Baseball Reference