1873 Boston Red Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1872 / 1874

43-16, Finished 1st in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wright (43-16)
Scored 739 runs, Allowed 460 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-17

Ballparks: South End Grounds I, Hampden Park Race Track & 23rd Street Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 103

National Association Champs

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1872 / 1874 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Deacon White*	25	60	311	311	79	122	17	8	1	77	19	3	0	2	.392	.392	.508	.900	156	158	1
2	1B	Jim O'Rourke	22	57	295	280	79	98	21	2	1	49	9	5	15	3	.350	.383	.450	.833	138	126	1
3	2B	Ross Barnes	23	60	340	320	125	138	31	11	2	60	43	6	20	2	.431	.465	.616	1.080	207	197	1
4	SS	George Wright	26	59	332	323	99	125	17	7	3	43	9	9	9	2	.387	.404	.511	.914	160	165	0
5	3B	Harry Schafer	26	60	299	296	65	79	12	2	2	42	14	7	3	4	.267	.274	.341	.615	75	101	3
6	OF	Andy Leonard	27	58	302	300	81	96	13	6	0	60	27	9	2	0	.320	.325	.403	.728	107	121	4
7	OF	Bob Addy*	31	31	154	152	37	54	6	3	1	32	6	5	2	1	.355	.364	.454	.818	133	69	0
8	OF	Harry Wright	38	58	274	263	57	68	7	3	2	36	3	2	11	4	.259	.288	.331	.619	77	87	3
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	1B	Jack Manning	19	31	155	154	28	41	4	1	0	21	5	2	1	14	.266	.271	.305	.576	65	47	3
10	OF	Dave Birdsall?	34	3	13	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	-4	1	0
11	1B	Fraley Rogers?	23	2	11	11	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.455	.818	133	5	0
12	2B	Charlie Sweasy	25	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	44	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
13	P	Al Spalding	22	60	326	323	83	106	15	1	1	71	9	0	3	2	.328	.334	.390	.724	107	126	3
		Team Totals	25.8	60	2816	2748	739	933	144	44	13	494	145	48	68	36	.340	.355	.438	.794	126	1204	19
		Rank in 9 NA teams				1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.3	60	2490	2425	656	827	129	43	12	423	136	48	65	34	.341	.358	.445	.803	129	1078	16
		Pitcher Totals	22.0	60	326	323	83	106	15	1	1	71	9	0	3	2	.328	.334	.390	.724	107	126	3
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	22	41	14	.745	2.99	60	54	9	46	1	3	496.2	643	413	165	5	36		50		0	18	2297	115	1.367	11.7	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.39
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	38	2	2	.500	4.12	14	6	5	0	0	4	39.1	65	47	18	0	6		5		1	2	204	84	1.805	14.9	0.0	1.4	1.1	0.83
		Team Totals	23.2	43	16	.729	3.07	60	60	14	46	1	7	536.0	708	460	183	5	42		55		1	20	2501	112	1.399	11.9	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.31
		Rank in 9 NA teams		1	8		4				5	3	1	1	8	7	7	5	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
Bob Addy	31	31		47	30	3	14	0	.702	1.06								OF
Ross Barnes	23	60		470	198	197	75	30	.840	6.58								2B-3B
Dave Birdsall	34	3		5	1	0	4	0	.200	0.33								OF
Andy Leonard	27	60		217	112	54	51	8	.765	2.77								OF-2B-1B-SS
Jack Manning	19	35		346	305	10	31	16	.910	9.00								1B-OF
Jim O'Rourke	22	67		463	394	21	48	25	.896	6.19	5		0	0				1B-OF-C
Fraley Rogers	23	2		28	25	0	3	1	.893	12.50								1B
Harry Schafer	26	60		280	118	80	82	12	.707	3.30								3B-OF
Al Spalding	22	74		188	41	125	22	5	.883	2.24								P-OF
Charlie Sweasy	25	1		7	1	4	2	1	.714	5.00								2B
Deacon White	25	68		330	231	46	53	7	.839	4.07	74		0	0				C-OF
George Wright	26	59		407	89	247	71	17	.826	5.69								SS
Harry Wright	38	72		94	63	15	16	2	.830	1.08								P-OF
Team Totals	26.1	60		2882	1608	802	472	124	.836	4.07	79		0	0
Rank in 9 NA teams							2	1	4
	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 (v2.2): 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
Bob Addy*	31	31	154	7	-2	0	0	-2	3	0.2	5	8	0.6	.506	.501	0.7	-0.1	8			*O
Ross Barnes	23	60	340	52	5	0	6	1	65	4.0	10	75	4.9	.567	.525	4.6	0.4	69	$1,800		*45
Dave Birdsall?	34	3	13	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.2	0	-2	-0.1	.443	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$1,000		/O
Andy Leonard	27	58	302	3	-0	0	-4	-3	-4	-0.3	10	6	0.6	.495	.498	0.9	-0.4	10	$1,400		*O4/36
Jack Manning	19	31	155	-11	-0	0	2	-0	-10	-0.7	5	-5	-0.2	.479	.496	-0.3	0.1	-7	$800		3/O
Jim O'Rourke	22	57	295	17	-1	0	1	-1	16	1.0	10	26	1.9	.518	.506	1.9	0.0	25	$800	Free Agency	*3O2
Fraley Rogers?	23	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	0			/3
Harry Schafer	26	60	299	-13	-2	0	-7	1	-20	-1.4	10	-10	-0.4	.478	.492	0.0	-0.4	-4	$1,200		*5O
Al Spalding	22	60	326	4	2	0	-4	20	23	1.4	10	33	1.4	.524	.509	1.7	-0.3	37	$1,800		*1O
Charlie Sweasy	25	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.481	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$800		/4
Deacon White*	25	60	311	25	2	0	-1	3	29	1.8	10	39	2.7	.531	.511	2.8	0.1	40	$1,500		*2O
George Wright	26	59	332	29	-4	0	10	4	39	2.4	10	49	3.4	.542	.515	2.8	0.9	39	$1,800		*6
Harry Wright	38	58	274	-10	-0	0	-4	-3	-17	-1.2	9	-8	-0.3	.481	.493	0.0	-0.5	-4	$1,800		*O1
Team Total	25.8	540	2816	103	0	0	-2	20	121	7.0	90	211	14.5	.514	.504	15.0	-0.4	213	$14,700
	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 (v2.2): 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	22	496.2	60	54	413	7.48	8.41	-0.03	0.00	100.0	8.44	57	3.8	1.0	-0.9	7.6	144	.563	.523	$1,800
Harry Wright	38	39.1	14	6	47	10.75	8.41	-0.04	0.00	100.0	8.44	-10	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-3	.456	.496	$1,800
Team Total	23.2	536.0	74	60	460	7.72	8.41	-0.03	0.00	100.0	8.44	47	3.2	1.0	-0.9	7.3	141	.543	.510	$3,600
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1872 / 1874 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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