1875 New Haven Elm Citys season

November 2013 New Haven Elm Citys 1875 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Howard Avenue Grounds New Haven, Connecticut 7 40 y 8th Charlie Gould, Juice Latham, Charlie Pabor The New Haven Elm Citys played in their first and only season in 1875 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eighth in the league with a record of 7–40. The team and league folded at the conclusion of the season. The club played 26 of their 27 home games at Howard Avenue Grounds. They played one game at the race track known as Hamilton Park. Regular season Season standings National Association standings Record vs. opponents NH Roster 1875 New Haven Elm Citys Roster Pitchers George Knight Tricky Nichols Catchers Studs Bancker Rit Harrison Jim Keenan Tim McGinley Infielders Tom Barlow Booth John Cassidy Billy Geer Fred Goldsmith Charlie Gould Juice Latham Henry Luff John Smith Ed Somerville George Trenwith Sam Wright Outfielders Lester Dole Evans John McKelvey Charlie Pabor Johnny Ryan Sullivan Jim Tipper Managers Charlie Gould Juice Latham Charlie Pabor 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 Tim McGinley 32 131 36 .275 0 10 Charlie Gould 27 109 29 .266 0 8 Ed Somerville 33 136 29 .213 0 7 Sam Wright 33 127 24 .189 0 5 Harry Luff 38 166 45 .271 2 18 Johnny Ryan 37 146 23 .158 0 8 John McKelvey 43 188 43 .229 0 10 Jim Tipper 41 159 25 .157 0 4 Billy Geer 37 164 40 .244 0 9 Jumbo Latham 20 76 15 .197 0 5 Studs Bancker 19 72 11 .153 0 2 George Trenwith 6 25 6 .240 0 3 Charlie Pabor 6 23 8 .348 0 2 John Cassidy 6 22 3 .136 0 1 Jim Keenan 5 13 1 .077 0 0 Sullivan 2 8 3 .375 0 2 Tom Barlow 1 5 1 .200 0 0 Lester Dole 1 4 2 .500 0 0 John Smith 1 3 0 .000 0 0 Fred Goldsmith 1 4 2 .500 0 1 Rit Harrison 1 4 2 .500 0 1 Evans 1 4 2 .500 0 1 Booth 1 2 0 .000 0 0 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 Tricky Nichols 34 288.0 4 29 2.38 48 Harry Luff 10 68.2 1 6 3.28 5 Johnny Ryan 10 59.1 1 5 3.19 1 George Knight 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 0 References External links 1875 New Haven Elm Citys season at Baseball Reference 1875 season at Howard Avenue Grounds (26 games) 1875 season at Hamilton Park (1 game) New Haven Elm Citys New Haven Elm Citys