1875 Philadelphia Athletics season

1875 Philadelphia Athletics
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Manager(s) Dick McBride, Cap Anson
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The 1875 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in second place in the National Association with a record of 53-20. The team played one game in Dover, Delaware, during the season, and otherwise played its home games at Fairview Park Fair Grounds.[1] The National Association folded after this season, and the Athletics joined the new National League for the 1876 season.

Regular season

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

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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 Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp 60 292 77 .264 0 39
1B Fisler, WesWes Fisler 58 268 74 .276 0 31
2B Craver, BillBill Craver 54 260 83 .319 2 40
SS Force, DavyDavy Force 77 386 120 .311 0 49
3B Sutton, EzraEzra Sutton 75 358 116 .324 1 59
OF Eggler, DaveDave Eggler 66 295 89 .302 0 33
OF Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall 77 358 107 .299 4 62
OF Bechtel, GeorgeGeorge Bechtel 35 164 46 .280 0 20

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
Anson, CapCap Anson 69 326 106 .325 0 58
Richmond, JohnJohn Richmond 29 125 25 .200 0 12
Rocap, AdamAdam Rocap 16 69 12 .174 0 4
Reach, AlAl Reach 3 14 4 .286 0 1
Coon, WilliamWilliam Coon 4 12 2 .167 0 1
Gilroy, Gilroy 2 6 1 .167 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
McBride, DickDick McBride 60 538 44 14 2.33 27
Knight, LonLon Knight 13 107 6 5 2.27 15
Bechtel, GeorgeGeorge Bechtel 4 36 1 0 2.50 3

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
Sutton, EzraEzra Sutton 2 6 0 0 10.50 0

References

  1. ↑ Retrosheet

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