1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1876)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1875)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. O. Bishop
Manager(s)	Mase Graffen, George McManus
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The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. They finished the season in a tie for second place, 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings. Although Chicago won the pennant at the end of the season, St. Louis had won its division series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its division series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between the two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1.

Team photograph

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

Lip Pike

1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Roster
Pitchers George Bradley Catchers John Clapp		Infielders Joe Battin Herman Dehlman Denny Mack Mike McGeary Dickey Pearce		Outfielders Joe Blong Ned Cuthbert Lip Pike		Manager Mase Graffen George McManus

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	64	298	91	.305	0	29
1B	Dehlman, HermanHerman Dehlman	64	245	45	.184	0	9
2B	McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	61	276	72	.261	0	30
3B	Battin, JoeJoe Battin	64	283	85	.300	0	46
SS	Mack, DennyDenny Mack	48	180	39	.217	1	7
OF	Cuthbert, NedNed Cuthbert	63	283	70	.247	0	25
OF	Blong, JoeJoe Blong	62	264	62	.235	0	30
OF	Pike, LipLip Pike	63	282	91	.323	1	50

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
Pearce, DickeyDickey Pearce	25	102	21	.206	0	10

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
Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley	64	573	45	19	1.23	103

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
Blong, JoeJoe Blong	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference