The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world.
Champions edit
National Association final standings edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | RF | RA | RD | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Boston Red Stockings (C) | 48 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 521 | 236 | +285 | — |
2 | Baltimore Canaries | 58 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 617 | 434 | +183 | 7.5 |
3 | New York Mutuals | 56 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 523 | 362 | +161 | 8.5 |
4 | Philadelphia Athletics | 47 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 539 | 349 | +190 | 7.5 |
5 | Troy Haymakers | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 273 | 191 | +82 | 13 |
6 | Brooklyn Atlantics | 37 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 237 | 473 | −236 | 25 |
7 | Cleveland Forest Citys | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 174 | 254 | −80 | 20.5 |
8 | Middletown Mansfields | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 220 | 348 | −128 | 22.5 |
9 | Brooklyn Eckfords | 29 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 152 | 413 | −261 | 27 |
10 | Washington Olympics | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 140 | −86 | 18 |
11 | Washington Nationals | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 80 | 190 | −110 | 21 |
Statistical leaders edit
National Association | ||
Type | Name | Stat |
---|---|---|
AVG | Ross Barnes BOS | .430 |
HR | Lip Pike BAL | 7 |
RBI | Lip Pike BAL | 60 |
Wins | Al Spalding BOS | 38 |
ERA | Al Spalding BOS | 1.85 |
Strikeouts | Bobby Mathews BAL | 57 |
Notable seasons edit
- 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.[1][2]
- 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.[3][4]
Events edit
January–March edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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. (But Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in winter.)
October–December edit
- October 22 – The Boston Red Stockings clinch the pennant with a 4–3 win over the Brooklyn Eckfords.
Births edit
- January 12 – Togie Pittinger
- February 3 – Lou Criger
- March 3 – Willie Keeler
- March 24 – Kip Selbach
- May [?] – John Wood
- May 10 – Klondike Douglass
- 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 edit
Date | Individual's death date |
Name | Individual's name |
Age | Age at death |
Cause | Cause of death |
Cemetery | Place individual is interred |
City/State | City and state of burial |
Seasons | Seasons in which individual appeared |
Teams | Teams the individual played for or managed |
Date | Name | Age | Cause | Cemetery | City/State | Seasons | Teams | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 17 | Elmer White | 21 | Tuberculosis | Elmwood Cemetery | Caton, New York | 1871 | Cleveland Forest Citys | [5] |
September 1 | Al Thake | 22 | Drowning | Green-Wood Cemetery | Brooklyn, New York | 1872 | Brooklyn Atlantics | [6][7] |
References edit
General
- Ryczek, William J. (1992). Blackguards and Red Stockings; A History of Baseball's National Association 1871–1875. Wallingford, Connecticut: Colebrook Press ISBN 0-9673718-0-5
- Nemec, David (1997). The Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball. New York: Donald I. Fine Books ISBN 1-55611-500-8
Specific
- ^ "1872 National Association Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Al Spalding Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "1872 National Association Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Ross Barnes Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Elmer Smith". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ "Al Thake". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ "The Obit For Bub McAtee". The New York Times. thedeadballera.com. September 2, 1872. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
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