1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
OwnerC. O. Bishop
ManagersMase Graffen, George McManus
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The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. Although both St. Louis and Hartford finished the season 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings, the Brown Stockings were officially the third place team as, in 1877, the standings were determined by number of wins, not games behind. As Hartford had 47 wins and St. Louis only had 45, Hartford finished in second and St. Louis finished in third. Nonetheless, St. Louis had won its season series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its season series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between those two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1. According to Stathead, the 1876 Brown Stockings hold the lowest team ERA in MLB history (1.22).[1]

Team photograph

Regular season

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

Lip Pike
1876 St. Louis Brown 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 John Clapp 64 298 91 .305 0 29
1B Herman Dehlman 64 245 45 .184 0 9
2B Mike McGeary 61 276 72 .261 0 30
3B Joe Battin 64 283 85 .300 0 46
SS Denny Mack 48 180 39 .217 1 7
OF Ned Cuthbert 63 283 70 .247 0 25
OF Joe Blong 62 264 62 .235 0 30
OF Lip Pike 63 282 91 .323 1 50

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
Dickey Pearce 25 102 21 .206 0 10

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
George Bradley 64 573.0 45 19 1.23 103

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
Joe Blong 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

  1. ^ "Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 1.71, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 23, 2021.


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