1871 Philadelphia Athletics season

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players team season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

With the debut of the first professional baseball league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia was one of the first clubs to join.

LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
Record21–7 (.750)
ManagersDick McBride
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1871 Philadelphia Athletics
1871 National Association Champions
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Record21–7 (.750)
League place1st
ManagersDick McBride
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The Athletics had been around since 1860 as an amateur club. Led by their captain and pitcher, Dick McBride, the team went 21–7 and won the first NA title during the 1871 season. Philadelphia's third baseman, Levi Meyerle, led the league with a .492 batting average.

Regular season

Season standings

1871 Philadelphia Athletics
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Pos Team
 Pld W L T RF RA RD PCT GB
1 Philadelphia Athletics (C) 28 21 7 0 376 266 +110 .750 —
2 Chicago White Stockings 28 19 9 0 302 241 +61 .679 2
3 Boston Red Stockings 31 20 10 1 401 303 +98 .661 2
4 Washington Olympics 32 15 15 2 310 303 +7 .500 7
5 New York Mutuals 33 16 17 0 302 313 −11 .485 7.5
6 Troy Haymakers 29 13 15 1 351 362 −11 .466 8
7 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 19 7 12 0 137 243 −106 .368 9.5
8 Cleveland Forest Citys 29 10 19 0 249 341 −92 .345 11.5
9 Rockford Forest Citys 25 4 21 0 231 287 −56 .160 15.5
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Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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1871 National Association Records

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Team BOS CHI CLE FW NY PHI ROC TRO WSH
Boston —1–33–12–02–23–13–03–23–1–1
Chicago 3–1—2–12–03–12–33–01–13–2
Cleveland 1–31–2—0–33–20–33–12–20–3
Fort Wayne 0–20–23–0—1–20–21–11–11–2
New York 2–21–32–32–1—2–33–11–33–1
Philadelphia 1–33–23–02–03–2—3–03–03–0
Rockford 0–30–31–31–11–30–3—1–20–3
Troy 2–31–12–21–13–10–32–1—2–3–1
Washington 1–3–12–33–02–11–30–33–03–2–1—
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Roster

1871 Philadelphia Athletics
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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CFergy Malone2713446.343133
1BWes Fisler2814741.279016
2BAl Reach2613347.353034
SSJohn Radcliff2814544.303022
3BLevi Meyerle2613064.492440
OFCount Sensenderfer2512741.323023
OFNed Cuthbert2815037.247330
OFGeorge Heubel177523.307013
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
George Bechtel209433.351121
Tom Pratt162.33301
Nate Berkenstock140.00000
Tom Berry141.25000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick McBride25222.01854.5815
George Bechtel326.0127.961
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Levi Meyerle11.0009.000
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