1872 Baltimore Canaries season

1872 Baltimore Canaries
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1872)
Location
Newington Park (since 1872)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1872)
Other information
Manager(s)	Bill Craver, Everett Mills
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The Baltimore Canaries played their first season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished second in the league with a record of 35-19. Outfielder Lip Pike led the NA in home runs, with 7, and runs batted in, with 60. Pitcher Bobby Mathews paced the circuit in strikeouts. Baltimore's other pitcher, Cherokee Fisher, led in earned run average.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	39	8	--	.830
Baltimore Canaries	35	19	7.5	.648
New York Mutuals	34	20	8.5	.630
Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	7.5	.682
Troy Haymakers	15	10	13.0	.600
Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	25.0	.243
Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	20.5	.273
Middletown Mansfields	5	19	22.5	.208
Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	27.0	.103
Washington Olympics	2	7	18.0	.222
Washington Nationals	0	11	21.0	.000

Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BRA	BRE	CLE	MID	NY	PHI	TRO	WSN	WSO
Baltimore	—	0–7	5–1	5–1	4–1	4–0	5–4–2	4–5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0
Boston	7–0	—	7–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	7–2	4–4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics	1–5	1–7	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords	1–5	0–3	2–2	—	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–5	0–3	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Middletown	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0
New York	4–5–2	2–7	6–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	—	6–3	3–2	1–0	1–0
Philadelphia	5–4–2	4–4–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–6	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
Troy	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–0
Washington Nationals	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–2
Washington Olympics	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

Roster

1872 Baltimore Canaries
Roster
Pitchers Bobby Mathews Cherokee Fisher		Catchers Bill Craver Scott Hastings Dick Higham Infielders Tom Carey Davy Force Everett Mills John Radcliff		Outfielders George Hall Lip Pike Tom York		Manager Bill Craver Everett Mills

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	Craver, BillBill Craver	35	178	50	.281	0	24
1B	Mills, EverettEverett Mills	55	266	79	.297	0	34
2B	Carey, TomTom Carey	42	196	57	.291	2	27
SS	Radcliff, JohnJohn Radcliff	56	297	86	.290	1	44
3B	Force, DavyDavy Force	19	95	41	.432	0	14
OF	York, TomTom York	51	250	66	.264	0	40
OF	Pike, LipLip Pike	56	285	85	.298	7	60
OF	Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall	53	250	84	.336	1	37

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
Higham, DickDick Higham	50	245	84	.343	2	37
Fisher, CherokeeCherokee Fisher	46	225	52	.231	1	36
Hastings, ScottScott Hastings	13	62	19	.306	0	4

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	49	406	25	18	3.19	57
Fisher, CherokeeCherokee Fisher	19	110	10	1	1.80	20

References

• 1872 Baltimore Canaries season at Baseball Reference