1871 Washington Olympics

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

15-15, Finished 4th in National Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Nick Young (15-15)
Scored 310 runs, Allowed 303 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 15-15

Ballparks: Olympic Grounds, Lincoln Park Grounds & Madison Avenue Grounds ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106

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1872 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	15-15, Final Rank:4, GB: 7.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	6.5	last on Wednesday, Aug 16, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	4	last on Monday, Jul 10
Most Games under .500	2	last on Friday, May 19
Longest Winning Streak	5	Saturday, May 20 to Tuesday, Jun 13
Longest Losing Streak	5	Monday, Jul 17 to Wednesday, Aug 16
Most Runs Allowed	20	Friday, May 5
Most Runs Scored	32	Friday, Jul 7
Times Shutout by Opponent	0
Times Opponent Shutout	0

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	15	15	310	303	.500
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	8	6	166	120	.571
Road	7	9	144	183	.438
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	5	4	96	101	.556
June	4	3	63	55	.571
July	3	3	84	68	.500
August	2	3	43	38	.400
September	1	2	24	41	.333

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	12	8	225	195	.600
Second Half	3	7	85	108	.300
Extra-Innings
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
9-Inning Games	15	13	295	274	.536
Shortened	0	2	15	29	.000
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	1	1	17	17	.500
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	7	9	164	158	.438

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
ATH	0	3	11	31	.000
BOS	1	3	35	43	.250
CHI	2	3	48	46	.400
CLE	3	0	41	20	1.000
KEK	2	1	53	31	.667
NYU	1	3	31	53	.250
ROK	3	0	35	24	1.000
TRO	3	2	56	55	.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	OLY		BOS	L	18	20		0-1	8	1.0	Spalding	Brainard		2:25	D	5,000	`-`
2	2	Saturday, May 13	OLY	@	CLE	W	12	8		1-1	3	1.5	Brainard	Pratt		2:30	D	1,200	`+`
3	3	Monday, May 15	OLY	@	KEK	L	6	12		1-2	6	2.0	Mathews	Brainard		2:20	D		`-`
4	4	Tuesday, May 16	OLY	@	CHI	L	4	14		1-3	8	3.0	Zettlein	Brainard		1:57	D	5,000	`--`
5	5	Wednesday, May 17	OLY	@	ROK	W *V	12	15		2-3	7	2.5				2:15	D		`+`
6	6	Friday, May 19	OLY	@	CHI	L	7	9		2-4	7	3.5	Zettlein	Brainard		1:50	D	5,000	`-`
7	7	Saturday, May 20	OLY	@	CLE	W	13	9		3-4	5	3.0	Brainard	Pratt		3:00	D		`+`
8	8	Monday, May 22	OLY	@	TRO	W	14	5		4-4	5	3.0	Brainard	McMullin		3:20	D	1,000	`++`
9	9	Wednesday, May 24	OLY	@	BOS	T	4	4		4-4	5	3.0				2:10	D	3,000	`++`
10	10	Saturday, May 27	OLY	@	BOS	W	6	5		5-4	3	2.5	Brainard	Spalding		2:00	D	3,000	`+++`
11	11	Friday, Jun 2	OLY		TRO	W	11	8		6-4	3	2.5	Brainard	McMullin		2:05	D	1,150	`++++`
12	12	Tuesday, Jun 13	OLY		CHI	W	13	3		7-4	2	0.5	Brainard	Zettlein		2:05	D	3,000	`+++++`
13	13	Saturday, Jun 17	OLY		ATH	L	4	11		7-5	5	1.0	McBride	Brainard		2:15	D	800	`-`
14	14	Wednesday, Jun 21	OLY	@	ATH	L	2	10		7-6	4	2.5	McBride	Brainard		2:15	D	2,500	`--`
15	15	Thursday, Jun 22	OLY	@	NYU	L	4	12		7-7	6	3.5	Wolters	Brainard		1:55	D	3,500	`---`
16	16	Monday, Jun 26	OLY		CLE	W	16	3		8-7	5	2.5	Stearns	Pratt		1:55	D	2,000	`+`
17	17	Friday, Jun 30	OLY	@	CHI	W	13	8		9-7	4	2.5	Stearns	Zettlein		2:00	D	6,000	`++`
18	18	Tuesday, Jul 4	OLY		BOS	L	3	7		9-8	4	4.0	Spalding	Brainard		1:45	D	5,500	`-`
19	19	Friday, Jul 7	OLY		KEK	W	32	12		10-8	4	3.5	Brainard	Mathews			D		`+`
20	20	Saturday, Jul 8	OLY		KEK	W	15	7		11-8	4	3.0	Brainard	Mathews		2:00	D	1,000	`++`
21	21	Monday, Jul 10	OLY		NYU	W	16	13		12-8	3	2.5	Brainard	Wolters		2:25	D		`+++`
22	22	Monday, Jul 17	OLY	@	NYU	L	9	16		12-9	3	3.0	Wolters	Brainard		2:20	D	1,500	`-`
23	23	Thursday, Jul 27	OLY	@	TRO	T	3	3	7	12-9	4	4.5				1:30	D	2,000	`-`
24	24	Friday, Jul 28	OLY		TRO	L	6	10		12-10	5	5.0	McMullin	Brainard		2:10	D	1,500	`--`
25	25	Friday, Aug 4	OLY		ATH	L	5	10	7	12-11	4	6.0	McBride	Brainard		1:50	D	2,000	`---`
26	26	Tuesday, Aug 8	OLY		BOS	L	4	7		12-12	5	6.0	Spalding	Brainard		2:00	D	1,500	`----`
27	27	Wednesday, Aug 16	OLY	@	CHI	L	11	12		12-13	6	6.5	Zettlein	Brainard		2:15	D	5,500	`-----`
28	28	Friday, Aug 25	OLY		ROK	W	5	2		13-13	6	6.0	Brainard	Fisher		2:00	D	500	`+`
29	29	Saturday, Aug 26	OLY		ROK	W	18	7		14-13	6	5.5	Brainard	Fisher		2:30	D		`++`
30	30	Friday, Sep 22	OLY	@	NYU	L	2	12		14-14	5	5.5	Wolters	Brainard		1:40	D	450	`-`
31	31	Wednesday, Sep 27	OLY	@	TRO	L	7	16	7	14-15	6	6.0	McMullin	Brainard		2:00	D		`--`
32	32	Friday, Sep 29	OLY	@	TRO	W	15	13		15-15	5	5.5	Brainard	McMullin		2:40	D		`+`
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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