1872 Philadelphia Athletics season

1872 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1871)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1860)
Other information
Manager(s)	Dick McBride
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In its second year in the National Association, the 1872 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in fourth place with a record of 30-14.

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Dick McBride		Catchers Fergy Malone Infielders Cap Anson Wes Fisler Dickie Flowers Denny Mack Mike McGeary Al Reach		Outfielders Ned Cuthbert Levi Meyerle Count Sensenderfer Fred Treacey		Manager Dick McBride

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	Malone, FergyFergy Malone	41	213	60	.282	0	39
1B	Mack, DennyDenny Mack	47	205	59	.288	0	34
2B	Fisler, WesWes Fisler	47	244	85	.348	0	48
SS	McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	47	225	81	.360	0	35
3B	Anson, CapCap Anson	46	217	90	.415	0	48
OF	Cuthbert, NedNed Cuthbert	47	260	88	.338	1	47
OF	Treacey, FredFred Treacey	47	236	65	.275	2	31
OF	Meyerle, LeviLevi Meyerle	27	146	48	.329	1	31

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
Reach, AlAl Reach	24	118	23	.195	0	10
Flowers, DickieDickie Flowers	3	15	4	.267	0	4
Sensenderfer, CountCount Sensenderfer	1	5	2	.400	0	1

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
McBride, DickDick McBride	47	419.1	30	14	2.85	44

References

• 1872 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference