1872 Boston Red Stockings
National Association Champions
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record39–8 (.830)
League place1st
OwnersJohn A. Conkey
ManagersHarry Wright
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The 1872 Boston Red Stockings season was the second season of the franchise. They won the National Association championship.

Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 39–8 to win the pennant by 7.5 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started all 48 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 38 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .430 batting average. Harry Wright, Al Spalding, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Regular season

Season standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L T RF RA RD GB
1 Boston Red Stockings (C) 48 39 8 1 521 236 +285 —
2 Baltimore Canaries 58 35 19 4 617 434 +183 7.5
3 New York Mutuals 56 34 20 2 523 362 +161 8.5
4 Philadelphia Athletics 47 30 14 3 539 349 +190 7.5
5 Troy Haymakers 25 15 10 0 273 191 +82 13
6 Brooklyn Atlantics 37 9 28 0 237 473 −236 25
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 22 6 16 0 174 254 −80 20.5
8 Middletown Mansfields 24 5 19 0 220 348 −128 22.5
9 Brooklyn Eckfords 29 3 26 0 152 413 −261 27
10 Washington Olympics 9 2 7 0 54 140 −86 18
11 Washington Nationals 11 0 11 0 80 190 −110 21
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Team BAL BOS BRA BRE CLE MID NY PHI TRO WSN WSO
Baltimore — 0–7 5–1 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–4–2 4–5–2 3–0 3–0 2–0
Boston 7–0 — 7–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 7–2 4–4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics 1–5 1–7 — 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–6 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords 1–5 0–3 2–2 — 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–5 0–3 0–0 0–0
Cleveland 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0
Middletown 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 — 0–4 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0
New York 4–5–2 2–7 6–2 5–0 2–1 4–0 — 6–3 3–2 1–0 1–0
Philadelphia 5–4–2 4–4–1 4–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–6 — 2–0 1–0 1–0
Troy 0–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–2 — 1–0 1–0
Washington Nationals 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 — 0–2
Washington Olympics 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 —


Roster

1872 Boston Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Cal McVey 46 237 76 .321 0 41
1B Charlie Gould 45 212 54 .255 0 32
2B Ross Barnes 45 230 99 .430 1 44
SS George Wright 48 255 86 .337 2 35
3B Harry Schafer 48 226 65 .288 1 35
OF Harry Wright 48 208 53 .255 0 24
OF Fraley Rogers 45 204 56 .275 1 28
OF Andy Leonard 46 241 84 .349 2 42

Other batters

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
Dave Birdsall 16 76 16 .211 1 15

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Spalding 48 404.2 38 8 1.85 28

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Wright 7 25.2 1 0 2.10 1

References

Preceded byPhiladelphia Athletics1871 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season 1872 Succeeded byBoston Red Stockings1873


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