1877 Cincinnati Reds season

1877 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1876)
Other information
Manager(s) Lip Pike, Bob Addy, Jack Manning
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The 1877 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth and last in the National League with a record of 15–42, 25½ games behind the Boston Red Caps.[1]

Regular season

Lip Pike

After finishing dead last in the National League in the 1876 season, the Reds attempted to improve their club by signing Lip Pike, who spent the previous season with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Pike was also named the manager of the team. Some other off-season additions included Bob Addy, who spent the previous season with the Chicago White Stockings, Jack Manning of the Boston Red Caps, and a couple of new pitchers with Candy Cummings, who had a 16–8 record with a 1.67 ERA with the Hartford Dark Blues joining the team, as well as Bobby Mathews, who had a 21–34 record with New York Mutuals in 1876.

Charley Jones had another solid season for the Reds, hitting .310 with two homers and a team high 36 RBI. Manning had solid year, hitting .317, as he had a team high 80 hits while tying Jones with a team high 36 RBI. Pike hit .298 with a teah high four home runs, and added 23 RBI. On the mound, rookie Bobby Mitchell came up late in the season, and was very impressive, leading Cincinnati with six victories with a team best 3.51 in twelve games.

Season summary

The Reds got off to another terrible start, as they had a 3–11 start to the season, and Pike stepped down as the manager. Bob Addy took over as player manager; however, he too saw very few wins as Cincinnati went 5–19 during his managerial stint. Jack Manning then finished the year as player-manager, going 7–12, as the Reds had a 15–42 record, once again finishing in the National League cellar, 25.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

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

Roster

1877 Cincinnati Reds
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 Hastings, ScottScott Hastings 20 71 10 .141 0 3
1B Gould, CharlieCharlie Gould 24 91 25 .275 0 13
2B Pike, LipLip Pike 58 262 78 .298 4 23
3B Foley, WillWill Foley 56 216 41 .190 0 18
SS Manning, JackJack Manning 57 252 80 .317 0 36
OF Addy, BobBob Addy 57 245 68 .278 0 31
OF Jones, CharleyCharley Jones 55 232 72 .310 2 36
OF Cuthbert, NedNed Cuthbert 12 56 10 .179 0 2

Other batters

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
Booth, AmosAmos Booth 44 157 27 .172 0 13
Meyerle, LeviLevi Meyerle 27 107 35 .327 0 15
Hallinan, JimmyJimmy Hallinan 16 73 27 .370 0 7
Miller, GeorgeGeorge Miller 11 37 6 .162 0 3
Smith, HarryHarry Smith 10 36 9 .250 0 3
Hicks, NatNat Hicks 8 32 6 .188 0 3
Sullivan, ChubChub Sullivan 8 32 8 .250 0 4
Ryan, JohnnyJohnny Ryan 6 26 4 .154 0 2
Kessler, HenryHenry Kessler 6 20 2 .100 0 0
Redmond, BillyBilly Redmond 3 12 3 .250 0 3

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
Cummings, CandyCandy Cummings 19 155.2 5 14 4.34 11
Mathews, BobbyBobby Mathews 15 129.1 3 12 4.04 9
Mitchell, BobbyBobby Mitchell 12 100 6 5 3.51 41

Other 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
Booth, AmosAmos Booth 12 86 1 7 3.56 18
Manning, JackJack Manning 10 44 0 4 6.95 6

References

  1. ↑ 1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball