1874 Boston Red Stockings

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1873 / 1875

52-18, Finished 1st in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Wright (52-18)
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 415 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-18

Ballparks: South End Grounds I & Worcester Driving Park Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 100

National Association Champs

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1873 / 1875 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*	26	70	357	352	75	106	5	7	3	52	1	1	5	0	.301	.311	.381	.692	116	134	5	0
2	1B	Jim O'Rourke	23	70	335	331	82	104	15	8	5	61	11	2	4	5	.314	.322	.453	.776	141	150	2	0
3	2B	Ross Barnes	24	51	267	259	72	88	12	4	0	39	8	7	8	2	.340	.360	.417	.777	143	108	1	0
4	SS	George Wright	27	60	318	313	76	103	10	15	2	44	2	0	5	6	.329	.340	.476	.816	153	149	1	0
5	3B	Harry Schafer	27	71	328	327	69	87	10	2	1	45	2	4	1	5	.266	.268	.318	.586	83	104	1	0
6	OF	George Hall*	25	47	223	222	58	64	10	8	1	34	2	0	1	0	.288	.291	.419	.710	120	93	0	0
7	OF	Cal McVey	24	70	344	343	91	123	21	6	3	71	5	0	1	3	.359	.360	.481	.842	162	165	1	0
8	OF	Andy Leonard	28	71	341	339	68	106	18	4	0	50	11	3	2	2	.313	.317	.389	.706	120	132	3	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	Harry Wright	39	40	188	184	44	58	4	2	2	27	1	0	4	3	.315	.330	.391	.721	125	72	0	0
10	UT	Tommy Beals	23	19	97	97	20	19	3	4	0	17	0	1	0	2	.196	.196	.309	.505	56	30	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
11	P	Al Spalding	23	71	365	362	80	119	13	1	0	54	2	1	3	0	.329	.334	.370	.704	121	134	1	0
		Team Totals	26.0	71	3163	3129	735	977	121	61	17	494	45	19	34	28	.312	.320	.406	.726	126	1271	15	0
		Rank in 8 NA teams				1	1	1	1	1	1		1	2	2	8	1	1	1	1		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	23	52	16	.765	1.92	71	69	2	65	4	0	617.1	755	402	132	1	19		31			18	2784	111	1.254	11.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.63
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	39	0	2	.000	2.16	6	2	4	0	0	3	16.2	24	13	4	0	4		0			0	78	103	1.680	13.0	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	23.4	52	18	.743	1.93	71	71	6	65	4	3	634.0	779	415	136	1	23		31			18	2862	110	1.265	11.1	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.35
		Rank in 8 NA teams		1	8		3				1	1	1	1	8	3	6	1	3		6
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	24	52		385	161	167	57	31	.852	6.31								2B-OF
Tommy Beals	23	21		85	35	35	15	2	.824	3.33								2B-OF
George Hall	25	47		111	85	5	21	2	.811	1.91								OF
Andy Leonard	28	73		247	129	74	44	13	.822	2.78								OF-SS-2B
Cal McVey	24	80		187	130	16	41	0	.781	1.83	7							OF-C
Jim O'Rourke	23	70		813	755	12	46	40	.943	10.96								1B
Harry Schafer	27	72		396	136	175	85	17	.785	4.32								3B-SS
Al Spalding	23	77		218	43	143	32	3	.853	2.42								P-OF
Deacon White	26	80		383	273	40	70	2	.817	3.91	25							C-OF-1B
George Wright	27	61		359	97	198	64	23	.822	4.84								SS-3B
Harry Wright	39	46		85	58	13	14	3	.835	1.54								P-OF
Team Totals	26.1	71		3269	1902	878	489	136	.850	4.09	32
Rank in 8 NA teams							4	1	1
	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	24	51	267	15	-2	0	9	1	22	1.6	8	30	2.5	.532	.510	1.9	0.7	21	$1,800		*4/O
Tommy Beals	23	19	97	-6	-1	0	2	-0	-5	-0.4	3	-2	-0.1	.480	.498	-0.2	0.1	-4	$500		4/O
George Hall*	25	47	223	5	0	0	0	-3	2	0.1	7	9	0.9	.504	.501	0.9	-0.2	9	$500		*O
Andy Leonard	28	71	341	8	1	0	-1	-2	6	0.3	11	16	1.5	.506	.503	1.6	-0.3	17	$1,400		*O46
Cal McVey	24	70	344	25	1	0	3	-2	27	1.9	11	38	3.1	.528	.512	2.9	0.0	35	$1,500		*O2
Jim O'Rourke	23	70	335	14	1	0	1	0	17	1.1	10	27	2.3	.517	.507	2.3	0.1	26	$800	Free Agency	*3
Harry Schafer	27	71	328	-8	-2	0	5	2	-2	-0.2	10	8	0.9	.498	.499	0.6	0.5	3	$1,200		*5/6
Al Spalding	23	71	365	11	0	0	-2	14	23	1.6	11	34	1.6	.523	.510	1.8	-0.2	36	$1,800		*1/O
Deacon White*	26	70	357	7	-0	0	1	2	10	0.7	11	22	1.9	.511	.505	1.9	0.2	20	$1,800		*2O/3
George Wright	27	60	318	18	1	0	2	4	25	1.8	10	35	2.9	.530	.511	2.8	0.4	33	$1,800		*6/5
Harry Wright	39	40	188	6	0	0	-3	-1	2	0.1	6	8	0.8	.504	.501	1.0	-0.4	11	$1,800		*O/1
Team Total	26.0	640	3163	96	-1	0	17	16	127	8.7	98	226	18.3	.514	.505	17.5	1.1	209	$14,900
	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	23	617.1	71	69	402	5.86	6.96	0.24	0.00	97.0	6.52	48	3.7	1.0	-0.6	9.2	90	.552	.523	$1,800
Harry Wright	39	16.2	6	2	13	7.02	6.96	0.24	0.00	97.0	6.52	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	0	.490	.500	$1,800
Team Total	23.4	634.0	77	71	415	5.89	6.96	0.24	0.00	97.0	6.52	48	3.6	1.0	-0.6	9.3	91	.547	.511	$3,600
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1873 / 1875 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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