1876 Philadelphia Athletics season

1876 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueNational League
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnerThomas J. Smith
ManagerAl Wright
← 1875

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.

Regular season

  • April 22, 1876: The Athletics played in the first game in National League history, losing to the Boston Red Caps, 7–6.[1]

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 52 14 .788 — 25‍–‍6 27‍–‍8
Hartford 47 21 .691 6 23‍–‍9 24‍–‍12
St. Louis 45 19 .703 6 24‍–‍6 21‍–‍13
Boston 39 31 .557 15 19‍–‍17 20‍–‍14
Louisville 30 36 .455 22 15‍–‍16 15‍–‍20
Mutual 21 35 .375 26 13‍–‍20 8‍–‍15
Athletic 14 45 .237 34½ 10‍–‍24 4‍–‍21
Cincinnati 9 56 .138 42½ 6‍–‍24 3‍–‍32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston — 1–9 10–0 2–8 5–5 8–2 9–1 4–6
Chicago 9–1 — 10–0 6–4 9–1 7–1 7–1 4–6
Cincinnati 0–10 0–10 — 1–9 2–8 1–7 3–5 2–7
Hartford 8–2 4–6 9–1 — 9–1–1 4–4 9–1 4–6
Louisville 5–5 1–9 8–2 1–9–1 — 5–3–1 6–2–1 4–6
New York 2–8 1–7 7–1 4–4 3–5–1 — 3–4 1–6
Philadelphia 1–9 1–7 5–3 1–9 2–6–1 4–3 — 0–8
St. Louis 6–4 6–4 7–2 6–4 6–4 6–1 8–0 —


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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Fergy Malone 22 96 22 .229 0 6
1B Ezra Sutton 54 236 70 .297 1 31
2B Wes Fisler 59 278 80 .288 1 30
3B Levi Meyerle 55 256 87 .340 0 34
SS Davy Force 60 284 66 .232 0 17
OF George Hall 60 268 98 .366 5 45
OF Dave Eggler 39 174 52 .299 0 19
OF William Coon 54 220 50 .227 0 22

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Fouser 21 89 12 .135 0 2
Whitey Ritterson 16 52 13 .250 0 4
Doc Bushong 5 21 1 .048 0 1
John Curran 3 12 4 .333 0 2
Lou Paul 3 12 2 .167 0 0
John Bergh 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Nealy Phelps 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Jim Ward 1 4 2 .500 0 1
John Mullen 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Fred Warner 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lon Knight 34 282.0 10 22 2.62 12
George Zettlein 28 234.0 4 20 3.88 10
Levi Meyerle 2 18.0 0 2 5.00 0
Flip Lafferty 1 9.0 0 1 0.00 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
William Coon 2 0 0 0 5.14 0

Notes

  1. ^ Events of Saturday, April 22, 1876 (from Retrosheet)

References