1877 Louisville Grays season

1877 Louisville Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Louisville Baseball Park (since 1876)
Louisville, Kentucky (since 1876)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman
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The 1877 Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility player Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life. The team was unable to continue and folded after the season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Caps	42	18	0.700	—	27–5	15–13
Louisville Grays	35	25	0.583	7	20–9	15–16
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	0.534	10	19–8	12–19
St. Louis Brown Stockings	28	32	0.467	14	20–10	8–22
Chicago White Stockings	26	33	0.441	15½	17–12	9–21
Cincinnati Reds	15	42	0.263	25½	12–18	3–24

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	LOU	STL
Boston	—	7–5–1	10–2	11–1	8–4	6–6
Brooklyn	5–7–1	—	8–4	7–3	6–6–1	5–7
Chicago	2–10	4–8	—	8–3–1	4–8	8–4
Cincinnati	1–11	3–7	3–8–1	—	5–7	3–9
Louisville	4–8	6–6–1	8–4	7–5	—	10–2
St. Louis	6–6	7–5	4–8	9–3	2–10	—

Roster

1877 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers Jim Devlin Catchers Pop Snyder		Infielders Bill Craver Joe Gerhardt Bill Hague John Haldeman Juice Latham Harry Little Al Nichols		Outfielders Bill Crowley George Hall Flip Lafferty Orator Shafer		Manager Jack Chapman

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	Snyder, PopPop Snyder	61	248	64	.258	2	28
1B	Latham, JuiceJuice Latham	59	278	81	.291	0	22
2B	Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt	59	250	76	.304	1	35
3B	Hague, BillBill Hague	59	263	70	.266	1	24
SS	Craver, BillBill Craver	57	238	63	.265	0	29
OF	Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall	61	269	87	.323	0	26
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	61	260	74	.285	3	34
OF	Crowley, BillBill Crowley	61	238	67	.282	1	23

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
Nichols, AlAl Nichols	6	19	4	.211	0	0
Lafferty, FlipFlip Lafferty	4	17	1	.059	0	0
Haldeman, JohnJohn Haldeman	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Little, HarryHarry Little	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
Devlin, JimJim Devlin	61	559	35	25	2.25	141

References

• 1877 Louisville Grays season at Baseball Reference