1871 Washington Olympics season

The Washington Olympics played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished fourth in the league with a record of 15–15.

1871 Washington Olympics
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkOlympics Grounds
CityWashington, D.C.
ManagersNick Young
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Regular season

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Cabinet card of the 1871 Washington Olympics

Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD PCT GB
1 Philadelphia Athletics (C) 28 21 7 0 376 266 +110 .750
2 Chicago White Stockings 28 19 9 0 302 241 +61 .679 2
3 Boston Red Stockings 31 20 10 1 401 303 +98 .661 2
4 Washington Olympics 32 15 15 2 310 303 +7 .500 7
5 New York Mutuals 33 16 17 0 302 313 −11 .485 7.5
6 Troy Haymakers 29 13 15 1 351 362 −11 .466 8
7 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 19 7 12 0 137 243 −106 .368 9.5
8 Cleveland Forest Citys 29 10 19 0 249 341 −92 .345 11.5
9 Rockford Forest Citys 25 4 21 0 231 287 −56 .160 15.5
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team BOS CHI CLE FW NY PHI ROC TRO WSH
Boston 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–1–1
Chicago 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 3–2
Cleveland 1–3 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–3 3–1 2–2 0–3
Fort Wayne 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
New York 2–2 1–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 3–1
Philadelphia 1–3 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
Rockford 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–3
Troy 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 2–3–1
Washington 1–3–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 3–0 3–2–1


Roster

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1871 Washington Olympics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Nick Young

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Doug Allison 27 133 44 .331 2 27
1B Everett Mills 32 157 43 .274 1 24
2B Andy Leonard 31 148 43 .291 0 30
SS Davy Force 32 162 45 .278 0 29
3B Fred Waterman 32 158 50 .316 0 17
OF John Glenn 26 120 37 .308 0 21
OF George Hall 32 136 40 .294 2 17
OF Harry Berthrong 17 73 17 .233 0 8

Other batters

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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
Henry Burroughs 12 63 15 .238 1 14
Tommy Beals 10 36 7 .194 0 1
Charlie Sweasy 5 19 4 .211 0 4
Warren White 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Frank Norton 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Asa Brainard 30 264.0 12 15 4.50 13
Bill Stearns 2 18.0 2 0 2.50 0

References

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