1872 Baltimore Canaries season

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

The Baltimore Canaries played their first season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished second in the league with a record of 35–19. Outfielder Lip Pike led the NA in home runs, with 7, and runs batted in, with 60. Pitcher Bobby Mathews paced the circuit in strikeouts. Baltimore's other pitcher, Cherokee Fisher, led in earned run average.

LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkNewington Park
Record35–19 (.648)
ManagersBill Craver, Everett Mills
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1872 Baltimore Canaries
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkNewington Park
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record35–19 (.648)
League place2nd
ManagersBill Craver, Everett Mills
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Several of the team's players were later suspended from baseball for fixing games; Bill Craver, George Hall, and Dick Higham were banned for life.

Regular season

1872 Baltimore Canaries

Season standings

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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
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Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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1872 National Association Records

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Team BAL BOS BRA BRE CLE MID NY PHI TRO WSN WSO
Baltimore —0–75–15–14–14–05–4–24–5–23–03–02–0
Boston 7–0—7–13–04–03–07–24–4–12–11–01–0
Brooklyn Atlantics 1–51–7—2–21–12–12–60–40–20–00–0
Brooklyn Eckfords 1–50–32–2—0–10–20–50–50–30–00–0
Cleveland 1–40–41–11–0—0–11–20–30–11–01–0
Middletown 0–40–31–22–01–0—0–40–20–41–00–0
New York 4–5–22–76–25–02–14–0—6–33–21–01–0
Philadelphia 5–4–24–4–14–05–03–02–03–6—2–01–01–0
Troy 0–31–22–03–01–04–02–30–2—1–01–0
Washington Nationals 0–30–10–00–00–10–10–10–10–1—0–2
Washington Olympics 0–20–10–00–00–10–00–10–10–12–0—
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Roster

1872 Baltimore Canaries
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
CBill Craver3517850.281024
1BEverett Mills5526679.297034
2BTom Carey4219657.291227
SSJohn Radcliff5629786.290144
3BDavy Force199541.432014
OFTom York5125066.264040
OFLip Pike5628585.298760
OFGeorge Hall5325084.336137
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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
Dick Higham5024584.343237
Cherokee Fisher4622552.231136
Scott Hastings136219.30604
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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
Bobby Mathews49406.025183.1957
Cherokee Fisher19110.01011.8020
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