1876 Louisville Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkLouisville Baseball Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersWalter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
ManagerJack Chapman
1877 →

The Louisville Grays were formed prior to the 1876 Major League Baseball season and joined the just formed National League as a charter member. They finished in fifth place in their debut season under manager Jack Chapman.

Regular season

1876 Louisville Grays

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 Louisville Grays
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 Pop Snyder 56 224 44 .196 1 9
1B Joe Gerhardt 65 292 76 .260 2 18
2B Ed Somerville 64 256 48 .188 0 14
3B Bill Hague 67 294 78 .265 1 22
SS Chick Fulmer 66 267 73 .273 1 29
OF Scott Hastings 67 283 73 .258 0 21
OF Johnny Ryan 64 241 61 .253 1 18
OF Art Allison 31 130 27 .208 0 10

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
Jack Chapman 17 67 16 .239 0 5
Jim Clinton 16 65 22 .338 0 0
George Bechtel 14 55 10 .182 0 2
Bill Holbert 12 43 11 .256 0 5
Dan Collins 7 28 4 .143 0 9
John Carbine 7 25 4 .160 0 1

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
Jim Devlin 68 622.0 30 35 1.56 122
Jim Clinton 1 9.0 0 1 6.00 1

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
Johnny Ryan 1 0 0 0 5.63 1
Frank Pearce 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

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