1871 Boston Red Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1872

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Cal McVey	21	29	154	153	43	66	9	5	0	43	6	0	1	2	.431	.435	.556	.991	176	85	0	0
2	1B	Charlie Gould	23	31	154	151	38	43	9	2	2	32	6	2	3	1	.285	.299	.411	.709	97	62	1	0
3	2B	Ross Barnes	21	31	170	157	66	63	10	9	0	34	11	6	13	1	.401	.447	.580	1.027	186	91	1	0
4	SS	George Wright	24	16	86	80	33	33	7	5	0	11	9	1	6	1	.413	.453	.625	1.078	200	50	1	0
5	3B	Harry Schafer	24	31	152	149	38	42	7	5	0	28	13	4	3	1	.282	.296	.396	.692	92	59	2	0
6	OF	Fred Cone?	23	19	85	77	17	20	3	1	0	16	12	1	8	2	.260	.329	.325	.654	85	25	1	0
7	OF	Dave Birdsall?	32	29	156	152	51	46	3	3	0	24	6	0	4	4	.303	.321	.362	.682	92	55	1	0
8	OF	Harry Wright	36	31	160	147	42	44	5	2	0	26	7	1	13	2	.299	.356	.361	.717	102	53	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Frank Barrows?	26	18	86	86	13	13	2	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	.151	.151	.198	.349	-3	17	0	0
10	2B	Sam Jackson	22	16	77	76	17	17	5	3	0	11	0	1	1	4	.224	.234	.368	.602	66	28	1	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
11	P	Al Spalding	20	31	152	144	43	39	10	1	1	31	2	0	8	1	.271	.309	.375	.684	91	54	0	0
		Team Totals	25.0	31	1432	1372	401	426	70	37	3	267	73	16	60	19	.310	.339	.422	.761	113	579	8	0
		Rank in 9 NA teams				2	1	1	1	2	6		1	3	1	5	2	2	2	2		1				1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Al Spalding	20	19	10	.655	3.36	31	31	3	22	1	0	257.1	333	272	96	2	38		23		0	11	1279	126	1.442	11.6	0.1	1.3	0.8	0.61
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2	CL	Harry Wright	36	1	0	1.000	6.27	9	0	6	0	0	3	18.2	34	31	13	0	4		0		0	3	105	69	2.036	16.4	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	21.1	20	10	.667	3.55	31	31	9	22	1	3	276.0	367	303	109	2	42		23		0	14	1384	119	1.482	12.0	0.1	1.4	0.8	0.55
		Rank in 9 NA teams		2	7		2				8	1	1	3	6	5	4	1	4		2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Ross Barnes	21	31		247	86	125	36	13	.854	6.81								2B-SS
Frank Barrows	26	18		38	30	1	7	0	.816	1.72								OF-2B
Dave Birdsall	32	34		56	36	9	11	1	.804	1.32	3							OF-C
Fred Cone	23	18		48	39	2	7	0	.854	2.28								OF
Charlie Gould	23	31		385	345	3	37	21	.904	11.23								1B-OF
Sam Jackson	22	16		100	38	43	19	1	.810	5.06								2B-OF-SS
Cal McVey	21	35		137	107	12	18	1	.869	3.40	21							C-OF-3B
Harry Schafer	24	31		187	49	79	59	7	.684	4.13								3B
Al Spalding	20	40		79	14	48	17	2	.785	1.55								P-OF
George Wright	24	16		124	41	62	21	9	.831	6.44								SS-1B
Harry Wright	36	40		67	43	13	11	1	.836	1.40								P-OF-SS
Team Totals	25.1	31		1468	828	397	243	56	.834	3.95	24
Rank in 9 NA teams							1	1	5
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Ross Barnes	21	31	170	24	-3	0	7	1	29	1.6	4	33	2.1	.553	.510	1.8	0.5	26	$		46
Frank Barrows?	26	18	86	-16	0	0	-3	-1	-19	-1.1	2	-17	-0.9	.437	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-14	$		O/4
Dave Birdsall?	32	29	156	-3	1	0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	4	1	0.3	.495	.499	0.3	-0.1	1	$		*O/2
Fred Cone?	23	19	85	-2	2	0	-2	-1	-3	-0.2	2	-1	0.1	.491	.499	0.2	-0.2	1	$		O
Charlie Gould	23	31	154	-2	-0	0	-3	-0	-6	-0.3	4	-2	0.1	.489	.498	0.3	-0.2	1	$		*3/O
Sam Jackson	22	16	77	-6	-1	0	1	0	-6	-0.3	2	-4	-0.1	.479	.498	-0.2	0.1	-5	$		4/O6
Cal McVey	21	29	154	19	1	0	1	2	23	1.3	4	27	1.7	.545	.508	1.7	0.1	26	$		*2/O5
Harry Schafer	24	31	152	-3	-0	0	2	1	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.4	.499	.500	0.3	0.2	1	$		*5
Al Spalding	20	31	152	-2	1	0	-2	3	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.498	.500	0.1	-0.2	4	$1,500		*1/O
George Wright	24	16	86	13	1	0	2	1	17	1.0	2	19	1.2	.560	.506	1.1	0.2	17	$		6/3
Harry Wright	36	31	160	2	1	0	0	-1	2	0.1	4	6	0.6	.505	.501	0.6	-0.1	6	$		*O/16
Team Total	25.0	282	1432	25	3	0	3	3	34	1.7	32	66	5.4	.507	.501	5.5	0.1	63	$1,500
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Al Spalding	20	257.1	31	31	272	9.51	10.13	0.10	0.00	100.0	10.03	20	1.2		-0.2	3.4	27	.538	.507	$1,500
Harry Wright	36	18.2	9	0	31	14.95	10.13	0.11	0.00	100.0	10.01	-10	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-9	.440	.497	$
Team Total	21.1	276.0	40	31	303	9.88	10.13	0.10	0.00	100.0	10.03	10	0.6	1.0	-0.2	3.0	17	.516	.502	$1,500
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1872 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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