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1872 Boston Red Stockings Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1871 / 1873)
39-8, Finished 1st in National Association
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Scored 521 runs, Allowed 236 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 38-9
Manager: Harry Wright (39-8)
Ballpark: South End Grounds I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 97
Won NA Pennant
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1871 / 1873 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 39-8, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First42last on Tuesday, Oct 22, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 160last on Oct 22, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead8last on Tuesday, Oct 22, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind1last on Thursday, May 9, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50031last on Tuesday, Oct 22
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak19Tuesday, May 7 to Thursday, Jul 4
Longest Losing Streak2Saturday, Jul 20 to Saturday, Jul 27, Thursday, Sep 12 to Saturday, Sep 14 and Monday, Oct 7 to Wednesday, Oct 9
Most Runs Allowed17Saturday, Jul 20
Most Runs Scored26Tuesday, Apr 30 and Friday, Aug 2
Longest Game (innings)11Monday, Jun 10 and Monday, Jul 29
Times Shutout by Opponent0 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 39 8 521 236 .830
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 20 2 250 92 .909
Road 19 6 271 144 .760
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 1 0 26 31.000
May 8 1 90 31 .889
June 9 0 121 281.000
July 5 2 95 64 .714
August 8 0 93 311.000
September 3 3 51 46 .500
October 5 2 45 33 .714
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 22 1 304 88 .957
Second Half 17 7 217 148 .708
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 35 8 462 197 .814
ExtraInning 2 0 20 141.000
Shortened 2 0 39 251.000
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 7 1 51 45 .875
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 25 3 408 132 .893
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
ATH 4 4 67 51 .500
BAL 7 0 61 271.000
BRA 7 1 115 41 .875
CLE 4 0 56 221.000
ECK 3 0 48 71.000
MAN 3 0 65 211.000
NAT 1 0 26 31.000
NYU 7 2 51 37 .778
OLY 1 0 8 11.000
TRO 2 1 24 26 .667

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 30 BOS @ NAT W 26 3 1-0 4 1.0 Spalding Stearns +
2 2 Wednesday, May 1 BOS @ OLY W 8 1 2-0 2 0.5 Spalding Brainard 1:50 ++
3 3 Thursday, May 2 BOS @ BAL W 5 4 3-0 1 Tied Spalding Mathews 1:50 +++
4 4 Saturday, May 4 BOS @ ATH L 7 10 3-1 3 1.0 McBride Spalding 2:45 5,000 -
5 5 Tuesday, May 7 BOS @ BRA W 23 3 4-1 3 1.0 Spalding Britt 2:00 200 +
6 6 Wednesday, May 8 BOS @ NYU W 9 2 5-1 2 1.0 Spalding Cummings 1:50 4,000 ++
7 7 Thursday, May 9 BOS @ ECK W 20 0 6-1 2 1.0 Spalding McDermott 1:45 500 +++
8 8 Saturday, May 11 BOS NYU W 4 2 7-1 1 Tied Spalding Cummings 1:45 4,000 ++++
9 9 Saturday, May 18 BOS TRO W 4 2 8-1 1 up 0.5 Spalding Zettlein 1:40 4,000 +++++
10 10 Wednesday, May 29 BOS @ TRO W 10 7 9-1 1 up 0.5 Spalding Zettlein 2:00 2,500 ++++++
11 11 Thursday, Jun 6 BOS BAL W 7 0 10-1 1 up 1.5 Spalding Mathews 1:55 2,000 +++++++
12 12 Saturday, Jun 8 BOS @ BAL W 15 2 11-1 1 up 2.0 Spalding Mathews 2:00 ++++++++
13 13 Monday, Jun 10 BOS @ NYU W 3 2 11 12-1 1 up 2.5 Spalding Cummings 1:50 4,000 +++++++++
14 14 Wednesday, Jun 12 BOS ATH W 13 4 13-1 1 up 3.5 Spalding McBride 2:05 6,000 ++++++++++
15 15 Saturday, Jun 15 BOS MAN W 24 3 14-1 1 up 3.5 Spalding Bentley 2:05 300 +++++++++++
16 16 Monday, Jun 17 BOS BRA W 6 4 15-1 1 up 3.5 Spalding Britt 1:30 3,500 ++++++++++++
17 17 Tuesday, Jun 18 BOS BRA W 20 6 16-1 1 up 4.0 Spalding Britt 1:45 500 +++++++++++++
18 18 Thursday, Jun 20 BOS ECK W 24 4 17-1 1 up 4.5 Spalding Malone 2:00 500 ++++++++++++++
19 19 Saturday, Jun 22 BOS BAL W 9 3 18-1 1 up 4.5 Spalding Mathews 1:50 1,000 +++++++++++++++
20 20 Monday, Jul 1 BOS CLE W 17 0 19-1 1 up 5.0 Spalding Pratt 2:15 800 ++++++++++++++++
21 21 Tuesday, Jul 2 BOS CLE W 9 8 20-1 1 up 5.5 Spalding Wolters 1:50 300 +++++++++++++++++
22 22 Wednesday, Jul 3 BOS @ MAN W 16 6 21-1 1 up 6.0 Spalding Buttery 2:00 ++++++++++++++++++
23 23 Thursday, Jul 4 BOS @ MAN W 25 12 8 22-1 1 up 6.0 Spalding Buttery 1:35 +++++++++++++++++++
24 24 Saturday, Jul 20 BOS TRO L 10 17 22-2 1 up 6.0 Zettlein Spalding 2:15 1,000 -
25 25 Saturday, Jul 27 BOS @ ATH L 1 9 22-3 1 up 5.0 McBride Spalding 2:05 6,000 --
26 26 Monday, Jul 29 BOS @ BRA W 17 12 11 23-3 1 up 5.5 Spalding Britt 2:50 1,000 +
27 27 Friday, Aug 2 BOS BRA W 26 3 24-3 1 up 5.5 Spalding Britt 1:50 1,000 ++
28 28 Saturday, Aug 3 BOS BRA W 8 1 25-3 1 up 6.0 Spalding Britt 1:35 500 +++
29 29 Saturday, Aug 10 BOS NYU W 9 3 26-3 1 up 5.5 Spalding Cummings 1:50 2,000 ++++
30 30 Tuesday, Aug 13 BOS @ NYU W 4 2 27-3 1 up 5.5 Spalding Cummings 1:40 3,000 +++++
31 31 Wednesday, Aug 14 BOS @ BRA W 12 6 28-3 1 up 6.0 Spalding Britt 2:00 ++++++
32 32 Saturday, Aug 17 BOS @ CLE W 18 7 29-3 1 up 6.5 Spalding Pratt 2:10 1,200 +++++++
33 33 Monday, Aug 19 BOS @ CLE W 12 7 30-3 1 up 6.5 Spalding Wolters 1:50 300 ++++++++
34 34 Saturday, Aug 31 BOS NYU W 4 2 31-3 1 up 7.0 Spalding Cummings 1:45 2,000 +++++++++
35 35 Thursday, Sep 5 BOS ATH W 16 4 32-3 1 up 7.0 Spalding McBride 2:05 2,000 ++++++++++
36 36 Saturday, Sep 7 BOS @ NYU L 5 11 32-4 1 up 6.0 Cummings Spalding 1:50 3,000 -
37 37 Monday, Sep 9 BOS @ ATH T 5 5 9 32-4 1 up 6.0 2:15 4,000 -
38 38 Wednesday, Sep 11 BOS @ BAL W 8 7 33-4 1 up 7.0 Wright Mathews 2:15 +
39 39 Thursday, Sep 12 BOS @ NYU L 2 3 33-5 1 up 6.0 Cummings Spalding 1:30 2,500 -
40 40 Saturday, Sep 14 BOS @ ATH L 4 6 33-6 1 up 5.0 McBride Spalding 2:15 3,000 --
41 41 Saturday, Sep 21 BOS NYU W 11 10 34-6 1 up 5.5 Spalding Cummings 2:10 2,000 +
42 42 Wednesday, Oct 2 BOS BAL W 8 3 35-6 1 up 6.5 Spalding Mathews 2:00 1,000 ++
43 43 Friday, Oct 4 BOS ATH W 10 8 36-6 1 up 7.5 Spalding McBride 2:10 1,500 +++
44 44 Saturday, Oct 5 BOS ATH W 10 0 37-6 1 up 7.5 Spalding McBride 1:45 2,500 ++++
45 45 Monday, Oct 7 BOS ATH L 1 5 37-7 1 up 7.0 McBride Spalding 1:50 1,500 -
46 46 Wednesday, Oct 9 BOS @ BRA L 3 6 37-8 1 up 6.5 Britt Spalding 1:45 --
47 47 Saturday, Oct 12 BOS @ BAL W 9 8 6 38-8 1 up 7.5 Wright Mathews 2:10 600 +
48 48 Tuesday, Oct 22 BOS @ ECK W 4 3 39-8 1 up 8.0 Spalding Zettlein 1:20 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1871 / 1873 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits