1876 Philadelphia Athletics season

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After five seasons in the National Association, the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics finished the first season of the National League with a record of 14–45, good for 7th place. It would prove to be their only season in the league, as they were expelled from the league as punishment for refusing to make a late-season road trip.

LeagueNational League
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
Record14–45 (.237)
OwnerThomas J. Smith
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1876 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueNational League
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Record14–45 (.237)
League place7th
OwnerThomas J. Smith
ManagerAl Wright
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Regular season

  • April 22, 1876: The Athletics played in the first game in National League history, losing to the Boston Red Caps, 6-5.[1]

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 5214 .788 — 25‍–‍6 27‍–‍8
Hartford Dark Blues 4721 .691 6 23‍–‍9 24‍–‍12
St. Louis Brown Stockings 4519 .703 6 24‍–‍6 21‍–‍13
Boston Red Caps 3931 .557 15 19‍–‍17 20‍–‍14
Louisville Grays 3036 .455 22 15‍–‍16 15‍–‍20
New York Mutuals 2135 .375 26 13‍–‍20 8‍–‍15
Philadelphia Athletics 1445 .237 34½ 10‍–‍24 4‍–‍21
Cincinnati Reds 956 .138 42½ 6‍–‍24 3‍–‍32
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Record vs. opponents

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1876 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN CHI CIN HAR LOU NYM PHN STL
Boston —1–910–02–85–58–29–14–6
Chicago 9–1—10–06–49–17–17–14–6
Cincinnati 0–100–10—1–92–81–73–52–7
Hartford 8–24–69–1—9–1–14–49–14–6
Louisville 5–51–98–21–9–1—5–3–16–2–14–6
New York 2–81–77–14–43–5–1—3–41–6
Philadelphia 1–91–75–31–92–6–14–3—0–8
St. Louis 6–46–47–26–46–46–18–0—
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Roster

1876 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 Malone229622.22906
1BEzra Sutton5423670.297131
2BWes Fisler5927880.288130
3BLevi Meyerle5525687.340034
SSDavy Force6028466.232017
OFGeorge Hall6026898.366545
OFDave Eggler3917452.299019
OFWilliam Coon5422050.227022
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Other batters

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

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Fouser218912.13502
Whitey Ritterson165213.25004
Doc Bushong5211.04801
John Curran3124.33302
Lou Paul3122.16700
John Bergh140.00000
Nealy Phelps140.00000
Jim Ward142.50001
John Mullen130.00000
Fred Warner130.00000
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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
Lon Knight34282.010222.6212
George Zettlein28234.04203.8810
Levi Meyerle218.0025.000
Flip Lafferty19.0010.000
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
William Coon20005.140
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Notes

References

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