1874 NA

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The 1874 season of the National Association was the fourth season of the league.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 Standings 3 League leaders 3.1 Batting 3.2 Pitching 4 Notable events

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Red Stockings	71	52	18	1	.732	-.-	735 (10.35)	415 (5.85)	0.314	0.321	0.410	2.36	0.850
2	New York Mutuals	65	42	23	0	.646	7.5	500 (7.69)	377 (5.80)	0.261	0.271	0.329	2.30	0.847
3	Philadelphia Athletics	55	33	22	0	.600	11.5	441 (8.02)	344 (6.25)	0.286	0.293	0.347	2.55	0.839
4	Philadelphia Whites	58	29	29	0	.500	17.0	476 (8.21)	428 (7.38)	0.284	0.292	0.360	2.95	0.809
5	Chicago White Stockings	59	28	31	0	.475	18.5	418 (7.08)	480 (8.14)	0.281	0.291	0.323	3.24	0.831
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	56	22	33	1	.393	22.5	301 (5.38)	449 (8.02)	0.230	0.241	0.264	3.20	0.822
7	Hartford Dark Blues	53	16	37	0	.302	27.5	371 (7.00)	471 (8.89)	0.274	0.283	0.338	3.54	0.800
8	Baltimore Canaries	47	9	38	0	.191	31.5	227 (4.83)	505 (10.74)	0.244	0.254	0.285	4.31	0.819

[edit] League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

[edit] Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Andy Leonard Harry Schafer Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings Boston Red Stockings Boston Red Stockings	71
At Bats	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	362
Runs Scored	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	91
Hits	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	123
Doubles	Lip Pike	Hartford Dark Blues	22
Triples	George Wright	Boston Red Stockings	15
Home Runs	Jim O'Rourke	Boston Red Stockings	5
Total Bases	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	165
Runs Batted In	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	71
Stolen Bases	Bill Craver Andy Leonard Jim O'Rourke	Philadelphia Whites Boston Red Stockings Boston Red Stockings	11
Caught Stealing	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	7
Walks	Candy Nelson	New York Mutuals	9
Strikeouts	Billy Barnie Johnny Ryan	Hartford Dark Blues Baltimore Canaries	13
Batting Average	Levi Meyerle	Chicago White Stockings	0.394
On-Base Percentage	Levi Meyerle	Chicago White Stockings	0.401
Slugging Percentage	Lip Pike	Hartford Dark Blues	0.504
On-Base plus Slugging	Levi Meyerle	Chicago White Stockings	0.889
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Levi Meyerle	Chicago White Stockings	181

[edit] Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	52
Losses	Tommy Bond	Brooklyn Atlantics	32
Win-Loss Percentage	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	0.765
Appearances	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	71
Games Started	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	69
Complete Games	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	65
Shutouts	Bobby Mathews Al Spalding	New York Mutuals Boston Red Stockings	4
Saves	Harry Wright	Boston Red Stockings	3
Innings Pitched	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	616.1
Hits Allowed	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	753
Home Runs Allowed	Tommy Bond	Brooklyn Atlantics	16
Base-on-Balls Allowed	George Zettlein	Chicago White Stockings	46
Strikeouts	Dan Collins	Chicago White Stockings	18
Balks	17 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Tommy Bond	Brooklyn Atlantics	440
Earned Runs Allowed	Tommy Bond George Zettlein	Brooklyn Atlantics Chicago White Stockings	176
Earned Run Average	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	2.30
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Dick McBride	Philadelphia Athletics	1.115

[edit] Notable events

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