1877 Boston Red Caps | |
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National League Champions | |
League | National League |
Ballpark | South End Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 42–18 (.700) |
League place | 1st |
Owner | Arthur Soden |
Manager | Harry Wright |
The 1877 Boston Red Caps season was the seventh season of the franchise. Arthur Soden became the new owner of the franchise, who won their first National League pennant.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston | 42 | 18 | 0.700 | — | 27–5 | 15–13 |
Louisville | 35 | 25 | 0.583 | 7 | 20–9 | 15–16 |
Brooklyn Hartfords | 31 | 27 | 0.534 | 10 | 19–8 | 12–19 |
St. Louis | 28 | 32 | 0.467 | 14 | 20–10 | 8–22 |
Chicago | 26 | 33 | 0.441 | 15½ | 17–12 | 9–21 |
Cincinnati | 15 | 42 | 0.263 | 25½ | 12–18 | 3–24 |
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Team | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | LOU | STL | |||||||||||
Boston | — | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 6–6 | |||||||||||
Brooklyn | 5–7–1 | — | 8–4 | 7–3 | 6–6–1 | 5–7 | |||||||||||
Chicago | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 8–3–1 | 4–8 | 8–4 | |||||||||||
Cincinnati | 1–11 | 3–7 | 3–8–1 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 | |||||||||||
Louisville | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 10–2 | |||||||||||
St. Louis | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 2–10 | — |
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Lew Brown | 58 | 221 | 56 | .253 | 1 | 31 |
1B | Deacon White | 59 | 266 | 103 | .387 | 2 | 49 |
2B | George Wright | 61 | 290 | 80 | .276 | 0 | 35 |
3B | John Morrill | 61 | 242 | 73 | .302 | 0 | 28 |
SS | Ezra Sutton | 58 | 253 | 74 | .292 | 0 | 39 |
OF | Jim O'Rourke | 61 | 265 | 96 | .362 | 0 | 23 |
OF | Andy Leonard | 58 | 272 | 78 | .287 | 0 | 27 |
OF | Tim Murnane | 35 | 140 | 39 | .279 | 1 | 15 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Harry Schafer | 33 | 141 | 39 | .277 | 0 | 13 |
Harry Wright | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tommy Bond | 58 | 521.0 | 40 | 17 | 2.11 | 170 |
Will White | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 |