1876 Boston Red Caps season

1876 Boston Red Caps
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	39–31 (.557)
League place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Nicholas T. Apollonio
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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With the dissolution of the National Association, the Boston team joined the brand new National League. The team name was changed to the Boston Red Caps to avoid confusion with the new Cincinnati Red Stockings team. Some of the players from the previous year's team defected to other ballclubs, so the team finished further down in the standings this season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	52	14	0.788	—	25–6	27–8
Hartford Dark Blues	47	21	0.691	6	23–9	24–12
St. Louis Brown Stockings	45	19	0.703	6	24–6	21–13
Boston Red Caps	39	31	0.557	15	19–17	20–14
Louisville Grays	30	36	0.455	22	15–16	15–20
New York Mutuals	21	35	0.375	26	13–20	8–15
Philadelphia Athletics	14	45	0.237	34½	10–24	4–21
Cincinnati Reds	9	56	0.138	42½	6–24	3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	HAR	LOU	NY	PHI	STL
Boston	—	1–9	10–0	2–8	5–5	8–2	9–1	4–6
Chicago	9–1	—	10–0	6–4	9–1	7–1	7–1	4–6
Cincinnati	0–10	0–10	—	1–9	2–8	1–7	3–5	2–7
Hartford	8–2	4–6	9–1	—	9–1–1	4–4	9–1	4–6
Louisville	5–5	1–9	8–2	1–9–1	—	5–3–1	6–2–1	4–6
New York	2–8	1–7	7–1	4–4	3–5–1	—	3–4	1–6
Philadelphia	1–9	1–7	5–3	1–9	2–6–1	4–3	—	0–8
St. Louis	6–4	6–4	7–2	6–4	6–4	6–1	8–0	—

Roster

1876 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers Joe Borden Foghorn Bradley Dick McBride Tricky Nichols		Catchers Lew Brown Infielders John Morrill Tim Murnane Harry Schafer George Wright Sam Wright		Outfielders Andy Leonard Jack Manning Tim McGinley Jim O'Rourke Bill Parks Frank Whitney Harry Wright		Manager Harry Wright

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	Brown, LewLew Brown	45	195	41	.210	2	21
1B	Murnane, TimTim Murnane	69	308	87	.282	2	34
2B	Morrill, JohnJohn Morrill	66	278	73	.263	0	26
3B	Schafer, HarryHarry Schafer	70	286	72	.252	0	35
SS	Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	70	335	100	.299	1	34
OF	O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	70	312	102	.327	2	43
OF	Manning, JackJack Manning	70	288	76	.264	2	25
OF	Leonard, AndyAndy Leonard	64	303	85	.281	0	27

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
Whitney, FrankFrank Whitney	34	139	33	.237	0	15
McGinley, TimTim McGinley	9	40	6	.150	0	2
Wright, SamSam Wright	2	8	1	.125	0	0
Parks, BillBill Parks	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Wright, HarryHarry Wright	1	3	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
Borden, JoeJoe Borden	29	218.1	11	12	2.89	34
Bradley, FoghornFoghorn Bradley	22	173.1	9	10	2.49	16
McBride, DickDick McBride	4	33	0	4	2.73	2
Nichols, TrickyTricky Nichols	1	9	1	0	1.00	0

Other 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
Manning, JackJack Manning	34	197.1	18	5	2.14	24

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

• 1876 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference