The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. Although both St. Louis and Hartford finished the season 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings, the Brown Stockings were officially the third place team as, in 1877, the standings were determined by number of wins, not games behind. As Hartford had 47 wins and St. Louis only had 45, Hartford finished in second and St. Louis finished in third. Nonetheless, St. Louis had won its season series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its season 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 those two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1. According to Stathead, the 1876 Brown Stockings hold the lowest team ERA in MLB history (1.22).[1]
1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis, Missouri |
Owner | C. O. Bishop |
Managers | Mase Graffen, George McManus |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago | 52 | 14 | .788 | — | 25–6 | 27–8 |
Hartford | 47 | 21 | .691 | 6 | 23–9 | 24–12 |
St. Louis | 45 | 19 | .703 | 6 | 24–6 | 21–13 |
Boston | 39 | 31 | .557 | 15 | 19–17 | 20–14 |
Louisville | 30 | 36 | .455 | 22 | 15–16 | 15–20 |
Mutual | 21 | 35 | .375 | 26 | 13–20 | 8–15 |
Athletic | 14 | 45 | .237 | 34½ | 10–24 | 4–21 |
Cincinnati | 9 | 56 | .138 | 42½ | 6–24 | 3–32 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | John Clapp | 64 | 298 | 91 | .305 | 0 | 29 |
1B | Herman Dehlman | 64 | 245 | 45 | .184 | 0 | 9 |
2B | Mike McGeary | 61 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 0 | 30 |
3B | Joe Battin | 64 | 283 | 85 | .300 | 0 | 46 |
SS | Denny Mack | 48 | 180 | 39 | .217 | 1 | 7 |
OF | Ned Cuthbert | 63 | 283 | 70 | .247 | 0 | 25 |
OF | Joe Blong | 62 | 264 | 62 | .235 | 0 | 30 |
OF | Lip Pike | 63 | 282 | 91 | .323 | 1 | 50 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Dickey Pearce | 25 | 102 | 21 | .206 | 0 | 10 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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George Bradley | 64 | 573.0 | 45 | 19 | 1.23 | 103 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Blong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 1.71, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 23, 2021.