1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Major League affiliations
Location
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1875)
Other information
Owner(s) C. O. Bishop
Manager(s) George McManus
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The 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings finished the season in fourth place in the National League. After the season, they signed Louisville Grays stars Jim Devlin and George Hall. However, both became involved in a game-fixing scandal that led to the permanent expulsion of the two players (and others) from the league. The Grays and Brown Stockings both folded in the aftermath of the scandal.

Regular season

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 St. Louis Brown Stockings
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 Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp 60 255 81 .318 0 34
1B Dehlman, HermanHerman Dehlman 32 119 22 .185 0 11
2B McGeary, MikeMike McGeary 57 258 65 .252 0 20
3B Battin, JoeJoe Battin 57 226 45 .199 1 22
SS Force, DavyDavy Force 58 225 59 .262 0 22
OF Dorgan, MikeMike Dorgan 60 266 82 .308 0 23
OF Blong, JoeJoe Blong 58 218 47 .216 0 13
OF Remsen, JackJack Remsen 33 123 32 .260 0 13

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
Croft, ArtArt Croft 54 220 51 .232 0 27
Pearce, DickeyDickey Pearce 8 29 5 .172 0 4
Lee, LeonidasLeonidas Lee 4 18 5 .278 0 0
Little, HarryHarry Little 3 12 2 .167 0 0
Loftus, TomTom Loftus 3 11 2 .182 0 0
McKenna, EdEd McKenna 1 5 1 .200 0 0
Gleason, JackJack Gleason 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Newell, T. E.T. E. Newell 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
Nichols, TrickyTricky Nichols 42 350 18 23 2.60 80
Blong, JoeJoe Blong 25 187.1 10 9 2.74 51

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
Battin, JoeJoe Battin 1 0 0 0 4.91 1

References