1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1875 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Grand Avenue Ball Grounds St. Louis, Missouri 39 29 2 y 4th James LucasJune 2022, C. Orrick Bishop Dickey Pearce In the fall of 1874, a group of civic boosters in St. Louis raised $20,000 to organize the creation of the cities first professional ball club.admin Dickey Pearce – Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dickey-pearce/ 2022-06-26 en-US The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players for the 1875 season and finished the season in fourth place. They subsequently joined the new National League for the 1876 season. The Brown Stockings joined the National League as a founding team and thus inspired what is now a rich baseball history in the city of St. Louis. Preseason acquisitions C. Orrick Bishop, a local St. Louis lawyer, was named as the Brown Stockings Vice President and given the task of going east to recruit top talent.Danfiction 2012-12-08 One of these goofy-looking men invented shortstop https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/ultimate-cardinals-record-book/2012/12/8/3741252/st-louis-cardinals-dickey-pearce-shortstop 2022-06-26 Viva El Birdos en In Brooklyn, Bishop picked up Dickey Pearce, Jack Chapman, Herman Dehlman, and Lip Pike. In and around Philadelphia, Bishop added Ned Cuthbert, Reddy Miller, George Bradley, Bill Hague, and Joe Battin. Management Dickey Pearce having been signed from the 1874 Brooklyn Atlantics became the first ever manager of the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Dickey Pearce is most known for his cunning managerial mind and creating the position of shortstop which he manned for the Brown Stockings in 1875. Hitters The St. Louis Brown Stockings worst hitter—starting catcher Tom Miller—had an OPS+ of 24 over 56 games. He hit .164—33 singles, two doubles, and one walk in 214 at-bats. The St. Louis Brown Stockings best hitter, Lip Pike, hit .346/.352/.494, for an OPS+ of 203—74 singles, 22 doubles, 12 triples. Lip Pike was known as the leagues most athletic hitter and for good reason as he is rumored to have raced a trotting horse and won. Pitchers thumb|495x495px|Top row from left to right: Joe Blong, right field and change pitcher; George Bradley, pitcher; John Clapp, catcher; Dickey Pearce, short fielder. Bottom row from left to right: Joe Battin, third base; George Seward, substitute and change catcher; John Chapman, right field; Lip Pike, right; Edgar Cuthbert, center; Michael McGeary, second base; Denny Mack, short fielder and general utility man. Eighteen-year-old Pud Galvin is credited with leading the league in ERA (1.16) while just only pitching 62 innings.Pud Galvin career statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/galvipu01.shtml August 19, 2013 Baseball-Reference.com1875 National Association pitching leaders https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NA/1875-pitching-leaders.shtml August 19, 2013 Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Season standings National Association standings Record vs. opponents SLB Roster 1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings roster Roster Pitchers George Bradley Frank Fleet Pud Galvin Catchers Tom Miller George Seward Infielders Joe Battin Herman Dehlman Bill Hague Dickey Pearce Outfielders Jack Chapman Ned Cuthbert Lip Pike Charlie Waitt Manager Dickey Pearce Player stats Batting 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 Tom Miller 56 214 35 .164 0 12 Herman Dehlman 67 254 57 .224 0 14 Joe Battin 67 284 71 .250 0 33 Dickey Pearce 70 311 77 .248 0 29 Bill Hague 62 260 57 .219 0 22 Lip Pike 70 312 108 .346 0 44 Jack Chapman 43 195 44 .226 0 30 Ned Cuthbert 68 319 78 .245 0 17 Charlie Waitt 30 113 23 .204 0 12 George Seward 25 96 24 .250 0 8 Frank Fleet 4 16 1 .063 0 1 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 60 535.2 33 26 2.13 60 Pud Galvin 8 62.0 4 2 1.16 8 Frank Fleet 3 27.0 2 1 3.33 3 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 Dickey Pearce 2 0 0 0 3.38 0 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, N.C. Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference Category:St. Louis Brown Stockings seasons St. Louis Brown Stockings St. Louis Brown Stockings Category:19th century in St. Louis