1876 Philadelphia Athletics season

1876 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (Since 1871) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1860)
1876 Information
Owner(s)	Thomas J. Smith
Manager(s)	Al Wright
Previous season

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.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Relief pitchers 3 Notes 4 References

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	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	52	14	--	.788
Hartford Dark Blues	47	21	6	.691
St. Louis Brown Stockings	45	19	6	.703
Boston Red Caps	39	31	15	.557
Louisville Grays	30	36	22	.455
New York Mutuals	21	35	26	.375
Philadelphia Athletics	14	45	34.5	.237
Cincinnati Reds	9	56	42.5	.138

Roster

1876 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Lon Knight Flip Lafferty George Zettlein Catchers Doc Bushong John Curran Fergy Malone John Mullen Lou Paul Nealy Phelps Jim Ward		Infielders Wes Fisler Davy Force Bill Fouser Levi Meyerle Ezra Sutton		Outfielders John Bergh William Coon Dave Eggler George Hall Whitey Ritterson Fred Warner		Manager Al Wright

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Malone, FergyFergy Malone	22	96	22	.229	0	6
1B	Sutton, EzraEzra Sutton	54	236	70	.297	1	31
2B	Fisler, WesWes Fisler	59	278	80	.288	1	30
3B	Meyerle, LeviLevi Meyerle	55	256	87	.340	0	34
SS	Force, DavyDavy Force	60	284	66	.232	0	17
OF	Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall	60	268	98	.366	5	45
OF	Eggler, DaveDave Eggler	39	174	52	.299	0	19
OF	Coon, WilliamWilliam Coon	54	220	50	.227	0	22

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Fouser, BillBill Fouser	21	89	12	.135	0	2
Ritterson, WhiteyWhitey Ritterson	16	52	13	.250	0	4
Bushong, DocDoc Bushong	5	21	1	.048	0	1
Curran, JohnJohn Curran	3	12	4	.333	0	2
Paul, LouLou Paul	3	12	2	.167	0	0
Bergh, JohnJohn Bergh	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Phelps, NealyNealy Phelps	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Ward, JimJim Ward	1	4	2	.500	0	1
Mullen, JohnJohn Mullen	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Warner, FredFred 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
Knight, LonLon Knight	34	282	10	22	2.62	12
Zettlein, GeorgeGeorge Zettlein	28	234	4	20	3.88	10
Meyerle, LeviLevi Meyerle	2	18	0	2	5.00	0
Lafferty, FlipFlip Lafferty	1	9	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
Coon, WilliamWilliam Coon	2	0	0	0	5.14	0

Notes

References

• 1876 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference

1876 MLB season by team National League Boston • Chicago • Cincinnati • Hartford • Louisville • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis