1875 Hartford Dark Blues season

1875 Hartford Dark Blues
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1874)
Location
Hartford Ball Club Grounds (since 1874)
Hartford, Connecticut (since 1874)
Other information
Owner(s)	Morgan Bulkeley
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson
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In their second season in the National Association, the 1875 Hartford Dark Blues finished in third place. They were managed by starting third baseman Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.

The Dark Blues, with future Hall of Famers Candy Cummings and Tommy Bond, had the best pitching staff in baseball. Cummings won 35 games, and the 19-year-old Bond finished second in league ERA at 1.56.

Following the season, they were one of the NA teams chosen to join the new National League.

Regular season

The 1875 Hartford Dark Blues

Season standings

National Association	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	71	8	3	--	.884
Philadelphia Athletics	53	20	4	15.0	.714
Hartford Dark Blues	54	28	3	18.5	.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings	39	29	2	26.5	.571
Philadelphia White Stockings	37	31	2	28.5	.542
Chicago White Stockings	30	37	2	35.0	.449
New York Mutuals	30	38	3	35.5	.443
New Haven Elm Citys	7	40	-	48.0	.149
Washington Nationals	5	23	-	40.5	.179
St. Louis Red Stockings	4	15	-	37.0	.211
Philadelphia Centennials	2	12	-	36.5	.143
Brooklyn Atlantics	2	42	-	51.5	.045
Keokuk Westerns	1	12	-	37.0	.077

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	KEO	NH	NY	PHA	PHC	PWS	SLB	SLR	WSH
Boston	—	6–0	8–2	9–1	1–0	5–1	10–0	8–2–2	4–0	6–0–1	7–2	1–0	6–0
Brooklyn	0–6	—	0–2	0–10	0–0	2–1	0–7	0–7	0–0	0–7	0–2	0–0	0–0
Chicago	2–8	2–0	—	4–6–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	1–7–1	0–0	3–7	5–5	4–0	0–0
Hartford	1–9	10–0	6–4–1	—	0–0	8–1	8–2–2	4–3–1	1–0	4–4	5–5	3–0	4–0
Keokuk	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–0
New Haven	1–5	1–2	1–2	1–8	0–0	—	1–5	0–7	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–4
New York	0–10	7–0	3–3	2–8–2	1–0	5–1	—	3–6	2–0	5–2	0–8–1	2–0	0–0
Philadelphia Athletics	2–8–2	7–0	7–1–1	3–4–1	0–0	7–0	6–3	—	2–1	8–2	6–1	0–0	5–0
Philadelphia Centennials	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	0–6–1	7–0	7–3	4–4	0–0	4–0	2–5	2–8	3–0	—	5–5–1	1–0	2–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings	2–7	2–0	5–5	5–5	4–0	2–1	8–0–1	1–6	0–0	5–5–1	—	2–0	3–0
St. Louis Red Stockings	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
Washington	0–6	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–5	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Roster

1875 Hartford Dark Blues
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bond Candy Cummings Catchers Doug Allison Bill Harbridge Paddy Quinn		Infielders Jack Burdock Tom Carey Bob Ferguson Everett Mills		Outfielders Art Allison Steve Brady Charley Jones Jack Remsen Tom York		Manager Bob Ferguson

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
1B	Mills, EverettEverett Mills
2B	Burdock, JackJack Burdock
3B	Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson	85	366	88	.240	0	43
SS	Carey, TomTom Carey
OF	Remsen, JackJack Remsen
OF	York, TomTom York
OF	Allison, ArtArt Allison

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cummings, CandyCandy Cummings	48	417	35	12	1.60	8
Bond, TommyTommy Bond	40	352	19	16	1.56	8

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

League leaders

Tommy Bond

• #2 in NA in ERA (1.56)

Candy Cummings

• #3 in NA in wins (35)
• #3 in NA in ERA (1.60)

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
• 1875 Hartford Dark Blues season at Baseball Reference