1873 Philadelphia White Stockings season

The Philadelphia White Stockings played their first season in 1873 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished second in the league with a record of 36-17.

1873 Philadelphia White Stockings
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Managers	Fergy Malone, Jimmy Wood

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	43	16	–	.729
Philadelphia White Stockings	36	17	4.0	.679
Baltimore Canaries	34	22	7.5	.607
New York Mutuals	29	24	11.0	.547
Philadelphia Athletics	28	23	11.0	.549
Brooklyn Atlantics	17	37	23.5	.205
Washington Blue Legs	8	31	25.0	.205
Elizabeth Resolutes	2	21	23.0	.087
Baltimore Marylands	0	6	16.5	.000

Record vs. opponents

1873 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BC	BM	BOS	BR	EL	NY	PHA	PWS	WSH
Baltimore Canaries	—	4–0	2–7–1	7–2	3–0	6–3	3–4	3–6	6–0
Baltimore Marylands	0–4	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2
Boston	7–2–1	0–0	—	8–1	4–1	6–3	4–5	5–4	9–0
Brooklyn	2–7	0–0	1–8	—	3–1	2–7	4–5–1	2–7	3–2
Elizabeth	0–3	0–0	1–4	1–3	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	0–1
New York	3–6	0–0	3–6	7–2	4–0	—	4–5	4–4	4–1
Philadelphia Athletics	4–3	0–0	5–4	5–4–1	2–0	5–4	—	1–8	6–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	6–3	0–0	4–5	7–2	4–0	4–4	8–1	—	3–2
Washington	0–6	2–0	0–9	2–3	1–0	1–4	0–6	2–3	—

Roster

1873 Philadelphia Whites
Roster
Pitchers George Zettlein Catchers Fergy Malone		Infielders Bob Addy Jim Devlin Chick Fulmer Denny Mack Levi Meyerle Jimmy Wood		Outfielders George Bechtel Ned Cuthbert Johnny Ryan Fred Treacey		Managers Fergy Malone Jimmy Wood

Player stats

Batting

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
Fergy Malone	53	259	75	.290	0	41
Denny Mack	48	205	60	.293	0	19
Jimmy Wood	42	209	67	.321	0	27
Chick Fulmer	49	236	66	.280	1	35
Levi Meyerle	48	238	83	.349	3	59
Fred Treacey	51	243	62	.255	1	31
George Bechtel	53	258	63	.244	1	39
Ned Cuthbert	51	279	77	.276	2	34
Jim Devlin	23	99	24	.242	0	10
Bob Addy	10	51	16	.314	0	10
Johnny Ryan	2	8	2	.250	0	1

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
George Zettlein	51	460.0	36	15	2.86	29
George Bechtel	3	16.0	0	2	4.50	0

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
Chick Fulmer	2	0	0	0	3.60	0

References

• 1873 Philadelphia Whites season at Baseball Reference