1871 Washington Olympics season

1871 Washington Olympics
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Olympics Grounds (since 1871)
Washington, D.C. (since 1871)
Other information
Manager(s)	Nick Young
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The Washington Olympics played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished fourth in the league with a record of 15-15.

Regular season

Cabinet card of the 1871 Washington Olympics

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 Washington Olympics
Roster
Pitchers Asa Brainard Bill Stearns		Catchers Doug Allison Infielders Davy Force Andy Leonard Everett Mills Frank Norton Charlie Sweasy Fred Waterman Warren White		Outfielders Tommy Beals Harry Berthrong Henry Burroughs John Glenn George Hall		Manager Nick Young

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	Allison, DougDoug Allison	27	133	44	.331	2	27
1B	Mills, EverettEverett Mills	32	157	43	.274	1	24
2B	Leonard, AndyAndy Leonard	31	148	43	.291	0	30
SS	Force, DavyDavy Force	32	162	45	.278	0	29
3B	Waterman, FredFred Waterman	32	158	50	.316	0	17
OF	Glenn, JohnJohn Glenn	26	120	37	.308	0	21
OF	Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall	32	136	40	.294	2	17
OF	Berthrong, HarryHarry Berthrong	17	73	17	.233	0	8

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
Burroughs, HenryHenry Burroughs	12	63	15	.238	1	14
Beals, TommyTommy Beals	10	36	7	.194	0	1
Sweasy, CharlieCharlie Sweasy	5	19	4	.211	0	4
White, WarrenWarren White	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Norton, FrankFrank Norton	1	1	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
Brainard, AsaAsa Brainard	30	264	12	15	4.50	13
Stearns, BillBill Stearns	2	18	2	0	2.50	0

References

• 1871 Washington Olympics season at Baseball Reference