1872 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world.  

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Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1872 in sports

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This article is currently under construction.

Contents 1 Champions 2 National Association final standings 3 Statistical leaders 4 Notable seasons 5 Events 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 External links 9 References

[edit] Champions

• National Association: Boston Red Stockings

[edit] National Association final standings

National Association
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Boston Red Stockings	39	8	.830	--
2nd	Baltimore Lord Baltimores	35	19	.648	7.5
3rd	New York Mutuals	34	20	.630	8.5
4th	Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	.682	7.5
5th	Troy Haymakers	15	10	.600	13.0
6th	Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	.243	25.0
7th	Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	.273	20.5
8th	Middletown Mansfields	5	19	.208	22.5
9th	Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	.103	27.0
10th	Washington Olympics	2	7	.222	18.0
11th	Washington Nationals	0	11	.000	21.0

[edit] Statistical leaders

National Association
Type	Name	Stat
AVG	Ross Barnes BOS	.432
HR	Lip Pike BAL	6
RBI	Lip Pike BAL	60
Wins	Albert Spalding BOS	38
ERA	Albert Spalding BOS	1.98
Strikeouts	Bobby Mathews BAL	55

[edit] Notable seasons

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

• 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.

[edit] April-June

• April 22 - Candy Cummings makes his debut with the New York Mutuals.
• April 26 - "Orator" Jim O'Rourke makes his debut with the Middletown Mansfields.
• May 24 - The Washington Olympics 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 the Baltimore Canaries defeat the Cleveland Forest Citys in front of 4,000 fans.
• June 26 - The Washington Nationals, with an 0-11 record, disband after losing 9-1 to the Baltimore Canaries.

[edit] July-September

• July 6 - Sporting a 22-1 record, Harry Wright takes the Boston Red Stockings on vacation to an island in Boston Harbor.
• July 9 - The Brooklyn Eckfords commit 13 errors in their 15-3 loss to the Troy Haymakers. 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 Troy Haymakers disband due to financial problems. Half of the Haymaker's roster will move to the Brooklyn Eckfords, 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 Troy Haymakers had called it quits.
• August 13 - The Middletown Mansfields announce that they have disbanded the club and drop out of the NA.
• August 19 - The Cleveland Forest Citys disband their club after a loss to the Boston Red Stockings. This drops the number of teams still playing in the NA to 6.
• September 1 - Al Thake, left-fielder batting .295 for the Brooklyn Atlantics, 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.)

[edit] October-December

• October 22 - The Boston Red Stockings clinch the pennant with a 4-3 win over the Brooklyn Eckfords.

[edit] Births

• January 12 - Togie Pittinger
• February 3 - Lou Criger
• March 3 - Willie Keeler
• March 24 - Kip Selbach
• May 23 - Deacon Phillippe
• August 6 - Sam Mertes
• August 15 - John Warner
• September 5 - Al Orth
• September 25 - Fred Odwell
• October 3 - Fred Clarke
• October 6 - Jack Dunn
• December 5 - Pink Hawley
• December 9 - Cy Seymour
• December 25 - Ted Lewis

[edit] Deaths

• March 17 - Elmer White, 22, right fielder who batted .257 with the 1871 Cleveland Forest Citys.
• September 1 - Al Thake, 22, left fielder batting .295 with the Brooklyn Atlantics.

[edit] External links

• 1872 season at baseball-reference.com
• Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
• Retrosheet.org

[edit] References

• Ryczek, William J. (1992). Blackguards and Red Stockings; A History of Baseball's National Association 1871-1875. Wallingford, CT: 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