1876 Chicago White Stockings
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
Ballpark23rd Street Grounds
CityChicago
OwnerWilliam Hulbert
ManagerAlbert Spalding
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The 1876 Chicago White Stockings season was the fifth season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the first in the National League and the third at 23rd Street Grounds. The White Stockings, as one of the founding members of the new National League, won the NL's initial championship during this season with a record of 52–14.

Regular season

The 1876 Chicago White Stockings

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 52 14 0.788 — 25–6 27–8
Hartford 47 21 0.691 6 23–9 24–12
St. Louis 45 19 0.703 6 24–6 21–13
Boston 39 31 0.557 15 19–17 20–14
Louisville 30 36 0.455 22 15–16 15–20
Mutual 21 35 0.375 26 13–20 8–15
Athletic 14 45 0.237 34½ 10–24 4–21
Cincinnati 9 56 0.138 42½ 6–24 3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston — 1–9 10–0 2–8 5–5 8–2 9–1 4–6
Chicago 9–1 — 10–0 6–4 9–1 7–1 7–1 4–6
Cincinnati 0–10 0–10 — 1–9 2–8 1–7 3–5 2–7
Hartford 8–2 4–6 9–1 — 9–1–1 4–4 9–1 4–6
Louisville 5–5 1–9 8–2 1–9–1 — 5–3–1 6–2–1 4–6
New York 2–8 1–7 7–1 4–4 3–5–1 — 3–4 1–6
Philadelphia 1–9 1–7 5–3 1–9 2–6–1 4–3 — 0–8
St. Louis 6–4 6–4 7–2 6–4 6–4 6–1 8–0 —


Roster

1876 Chicago White 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 Deacon White 66 303 104 .343 1 60
1B Cal McVey 63 308 107 .347 1 53
2B Ross Barnes 66 322 138 .429 1 59
3B Cap Anson 66 309 110 .356 2 59
SS John Peters 66 316 111 .351 1 47
OF Paul Hines 64 305 101 .331 2 59
OF John Glenn 66 276 84 .304 0 32
OF Bob Addy 32 142 40 .282 0 16

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
Oscar Bielaski 32 139 29 .209 0 10
Fred Andrus 8 36 11 .306 0 2

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
Albert Spalding 61 528.2 47 12 1.75 39

Other 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
Cal McVey 11 59.1 5 2 1.52 9

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Deacon White 1 0 0 1 0.00 3
Ross Barnes 1 0 0 0 20.25 0
John Peters 1 0 0 1 0.00 0

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