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1871 Boston Red Stockings

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

20-10, Finished 3rd in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wright (20-10)
Scored 401 runs, Allowed 303 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 19-11

Ballparks: South End Grounds I & Union Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99

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1872 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	20-10, Final Rank:3, GB: 2.0
Days in First	2	last on Tuesday, May 9, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	8	last on May 12, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	0.5	last on Tuesday, May 9, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	5	last on Thursday, Aug 3, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	10	last on Saturday, Oct 7
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	6	Saturday, Sep 2 to Wednesday, Sep 27
Longest Losing Streak	3	Friday, Jun 2 to Saturday, Jun 17
Most Runs Allowed	29	Tuesday, May 16
Most Runs Scored	31	Saturday, Sep 2
Times Shutout by Opponent	0
Times Opponent Shutout	1

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	20	10	401	303	.667
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	11	5	223	165	.688
Road	9	5	178	138	.643
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	5	2	99	91	.714
June	1	4	53	53	.200
July	4	1	71	39	.800
August	2	2	53	39	.500
September	6	1	100	68	.857
October	2	0	25	13	1.000

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	10	7	223	183	.588
Second Half	10	3	178	120	.769
Extra-Innings
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
9-Inning Games	18	10	358	290	.643
Shortened	2	0	43	13	1.000
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	1	3	35	37	.250
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	7	4	189	117	.636

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
ATH	3	1	59	49	.750
CHI	1	3	29	36	.250
CLE	3	1	59	33	.750
KEK	2	0	51	9	1.000
NYU	2	2	36	41	.500
OLY	3	1	43	35	.750
ROK	3	0	57	33	1.000
TRO	3	2	67	67	.600

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Friday, May 5	BOS	@	OLY	W	20	18		1-0	1	Tied	Spalding	Brainard		2:25	D	5,000	`+`
2	2	Tuesday, May 9	BOS	@	TRO	W	9	5		2-0	1	up 0.5	Spalding	McMullin		2:25	D	3,250	`++`
3	3	Tuesday, May 16	BOS		TRO	L	14	29		2-1	2	1.5	McMullin	Spalding			D	2,500	`-`
4	4	Saturday, May 20	BOS		ATH	W	11	8		3-1	2	1.5	Spalding	McBride	Wright	2:35	D	2,500	`+`
5	5	Wednesday, May 24	BOS		OLY	T	4	4		3-1	2	2.0				2:10	D	3,000	`+`
6	6	Saturday, May 27	BOS		OLY	L	5	6		3-2	3	2.5	Brainard	Spalding		2:00	D	3,000	`-`
7	7	Monday, May 29	BOS		ROK	W	25	11		4-2	3	2.0	Spalding	Fisher		3:00	D	500	`+`
8	8	Tuesday, May 30	BOS		ROK	W	11	10		5-2	2	1.5	Spalding	Mack		2:55	D	500	`++`
9	9	Friday, Jun 2	BOS		CHI	L	14	16		5-3	3	2.5	Pinkham	Spalding		2:40	D	2,500	`-`
10	10	Wednesday, Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L	7	8		5-4	6	1.5	Pratt	Spalding		2:15	D	500	`--`
11	11	Saturday, Jun 17	BOS		NYU	L	3	9		5-5	6	2.0	Wolters	Spalding		1:45	D	3,000	`---`
12	12	Wednesday, Jun 21	BOS		KEK	W	21	0		6-5	4	2.5	Spalding	Mathews		2:00	D	700	`+`
13	13	Monday, Jun 26	BOS	@	ATH	L	8	20		6-6	6	3.0	McBride	Spalding		2:30	D	4,500	`-`
14	14	Tuesday, Jul 4	BOS	@	OLY	W	7	3		7-6	4	4.0	Spalding	Brainard		1:45	D	5,500	`+`
15	15	Friday, Jul 7	BOS	@	CHI	L	1	7		7-7	5	4.5	Zettlein	Spalding		1:40	D	5,000	`-`
16	16	Monday, Jul 10	BOS	@	ROK	W	21	12		8-7	5	4.0	Spalding	Fisher	Wright	2:45	D	2,000	`+`
17	17	Wednesday, Jul 12	BOS	@	KEK	W	30	9		9-7	5	3.5	Spalding	Mathews			D		`++`
18	18	Thursday, Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	W	12	8		10-7	4	3.0	Spalding	Pratt		1:55	D	2,500	`+++`
19	19	Thursday, Aug 3	BOS	@	TRO	L	12	13		10-8	3	5.0	McMullin	Spalding		2:30	D	2,500	`-`
20	20	Monday, Aug 7	BOS	@	ATH	W	23	7		11-8	3	4.5	Spalding	McBride		2:30	D	3,000	`+`
21	21	Tuesday, Aug 8	BOS	@	OLY	W	7	4		12-8	3	4.0	Spalding	Brainard		2:00	D	1,500	`++`
22	22	Tuesday, Aug 22	BOS	@	NYU	L	11	15		12-9	3	4.5	Wolters	Spalding		2:15	D	2,500	`-`
23	23	Saturday, Sep 2	BOS		CLE	W	31	10	8	13-9	3	4.0	Spalding	Pratt	Wright	2:50	D	1,200	`+`
24	24	Tuesday, Sep 5	BOS		CHI	W	6	3		14-9	3	3.0	Spalding	Zettlein		2:00	D	4,000	`++`
25	25	Saturday, Sep 9	BOS		ATH	W	17	14		15-9	3	2.5	Spalding	Bechtel		2:55	D	4,500	`+++`
26	26	Wednesday, Sep 13	BOS		TRO	W	20	17		16-9	3	2.0	Wright	McMullin		2:40	D	1,200	`++++`
27	27	Saturday, Sep 16	BOS		NYU	W	9	7		17-9	3	1.5	Spalding	Wolters		2:15	D	2,000	`+++++`
28	28	Wednesday, Sep 27	BOS	@	CLE	W	9	7		18-9	3	1.0	Spalding	Pratt		2:05	D		`++++++`
29	29	Friday, Sep 29	BOS	@	CHI	L	8	10		18-10	3	1.5	Zettlein	Spalding		2:20	D	7,000	`-`
30	30	Wednesday, Oct 4	BOS		NYU	W	13	10		19-10	3	1.0	Spalding	Wolters		2:10	D	3,000	`+`
31	31	Saturday, Oct 7	BOS		TRO	W	12	3	7	20-10	3	0.5	Spalding	McMullin		2:15	D	1,000	`++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1872 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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