1872 in baseball

none 1872 1872 baseball sports Champions National Association: Boston Statistical leaders thumb|150px|Ross Barnes in 1872 National Association Stat Player Total AVG Ross Barnes (BOS) .430 HR Lip Pike (BAL) 7 RBI Lip Pike (BAL) 60 W Al Spalding (BOS) 38 ERA Cherokee Fisher (BAL) 1.80 K Bobby Mathews (BAL) 57 National Association final standings main WDL true true runs true wins complete Baseball Reference BOS,BAL,NYM,PHI,TRO,BKA,CLE,MID,BKE,WSO,WSN 39 8 1 521 236 C 35 19 4 617 434 34 20 2 523 362 30 14 3 539 349 15 10 0 273 191 9 28 0 237 473 6 16 0 174 254 5 19 0 220 348 3 26 0 152 413 2 7 0 54 140 0 11 0 80 190 Boston Red Stockings Baltimore Canaries New York Mutuals Philadelphia Athletics Troy Haymakers Brooklyn Atlantics Cleveland Forest Citys Middletown Mansfields Brooklyn Eckfords Washington Olympics Washington Nationals Notable seasons Boston Red Stockings pitcher Al Spalding has a record of 38–8 in 404.2 innings pitched and leads the NA in wins. He has a 1.85 earned run average and a 196 ERA+. At the plate, Spalding has a batting average of .354 and an OPS+ of 144."1872 National Association Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020."Al Spalding Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020. Boston Red Stockings second baseman Ross Barnes, in 45 games played, leads the NA with 99 hits, a .430 batting average, a 1.034 OPS, and a 211 OPS+. He has 81 runs scored and 44 runs batted in."1872 National Association Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020."Ross Barnes Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020. Events January–March March 4 – At its annual convention being held in Cleveland, the NA adopts a rule change to allow the use of the wrist in the pitching delivery. April–June April 22 – Candy Cummings makes his debut with Mutual of New York. April 26 – "Orator" Jim O'Rourke makes his debut with the Mansfield club of Middletown. May 24 – The Olympic Club of Washington play their last game before dropping out of the NA. Poor talent and financial difficulties combine to do in the Olympics. May 29 – Despite not having a team in the league in 1872, the city of Chicago hosts its first NA game since the Great Chicago Fire as Lord Baltimore defeats Forest City in front of 4,000 fans. June 26 – The National B.B.C. of Washington, with an 0–11 record, disbands after losing 9–1 to Lord Baltimore. July–September July 6 – Sporting a 22–1 record, Harry Wright takes the Boston club on vacation to an island in Boston Harbor. July 9 – Eckford of Brooklyn commit 13 errors in their 15–3 loss to Union of Troy. It is the fewest errors committed by the 0–11 Eckfords in a game thus far this season. July 23 – Despite a winning record, the Union Club of Troy disbands due to financial problems. Half of the "Haymakers'" roster will move to Eckford of Brooklyn, which saves them from dropping out of the NA. July 26 – In an emergency meeting, the NA revises their scheduling requirements from 5 to 9 games versus each opponent competing for the championship. This is in response to the number of teams that have disbanded and comes 3 days after the first-division Union of Troy had called it quits. August 13 – The Mansfield Club of Middletown, CT announce that they have disbanded and drop out of the NA. August 19 – Forest City of Cleveland disband the club after a loss to Boston. This drops the number of teams still playing in the NA to 6. September 1 – Al Thake, left-fielder batting .295 for Atlantic, drowns in New York harbor after falling from a fishing boat. Thake is the first active major league ballplayer to die during a season. (Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in the previous offseason.) October–December October 22 – The Boston Red Stockings clinch the pennant with a 4–3 win over the Brooklyn Eckfords. Births January 12 – Togie Pittinger February 3 – Lou Criger March 3 – Willie Keeler March 24 – Kip Selbach May 10 – Klondike Douglass May 14 – John Wood May 16 – John O'Connell May 23 – Deacon Phillippe June 14 – Doc Parker August 6 – Sam Mertes August 15 – Silk O'Loughlin August 15 – John Warner August 18 – Eddie Hickey September 5 – Al Orth September 18 – Lord Byron September 20 – Joe Berry September 25 – Fred Odwell October 3 – Fred Clarke October 6 – Jack Dunn December 5 – Pink Hawley December 9 – Cy Seymour December 25 – Ted Lewis Deaths + AbbreviationsDateIndividual's death dateNameIndividual's nameAgeAge at deathCauseCause of deathCemeteryPlace individual is interredCity/StateCity and state of burialSeasonsSeasons in which individual appearedTeamsTeams the individual played for or managed DateNameAgeCauseCemeteryCity/StateSeasonsTeamsRefMarch 17Elmer White21TuberculosisElmwood CemeteryCaton, New York1871Cleveland Forest Citys http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwhite104.htm Elmer Smith retrosheet.org Retrosheet, Inc January 26, 2011September 1Al Thake22DrowningGreen-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn, New York1872Brooklyn Atlanticshttp://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/T/Pthaka101.htm Al Thake retrosheet.org Retrosheet, Inc January 26, 2011http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_T/Thake.Al.Obit.html The Obit For Bub McAtee September 2, 1872 thedeadballera.com The New York Times January 26, 2011 November 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103073119/http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_T/Thake.Al.Obit.html dead References General Ryczek, William J. (1992). Blackguards and Red Stockings; A History of Baseball's National Association 1871–1875. Wallingford, Connecticut: Colebrook Press 0-9673718-0-5 Nemec, David (1997). The Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball. New York: Donald I. Fine Books 1-55611-500-8 Specific External links 1872 season at Baseball-Reference.com Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com Retrosheet.org https://web.archive.org/web/20070418195326/http://retrosheet.org/ 2007-04-18 1872