1877 Louisville Grays season

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1877 Louisville Grays
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Louisville Baseball Park (Since 1876) Louisville, Kentucky (Since 1876)
1877 Information
Owner(s)	Charles Chase
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman
Local television	none
Local radio	none

The 1877 Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility layer Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life. The team was unable to continue and folded after the season.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.3 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Caps	42	18	--	.700
Louisville Grays	35	25	7	.583
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	10	.534
St. Louis Brown Stockings	28	32	14	.467
Chicago White Stockings	26	33	15.5	.441
Cincinnati Reds	15	42	25.5	.263

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

• 1877 Louisville Grays season at Baseball Reference

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