1874 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1874 Chicago White Stockings season was the third season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the second in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the first at 23rd Street Grounds. The White Stockings returned to the league in 1874 after taking two years to recover from the chaos of the Great Chicago Fire. They opened their season on Wednesday May 13 hosting the Philadelphia Athletics and shut them out 4 to 0. They finished fifth in the National Association with a record of 28–31.

1874 Chicago White Stockings
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	23rd Street Grounds
City	Chicago
Owners	George Gage
Managers	Fergy Malone, Jimmy Wood

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	52	18	–	.743
New York Mutuals	42	23	7.5	.646
Philadelphia Athletics	33	22	11.5	.600
Philadelphia White Stockings	29	29	17.0	.500
Chicago White Stockings	28	31	18.5	.474
Brooklyn Atlantics	22	33	22.5	.400
Hartford Dark Blues	16	37	27.5	.302
Baltimore Canaries	9	38	31.5	.191

Record vs. opponents

1874 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	NY	PHA	PWS
Baltimore	—	1–9	1–3	1–9	2–3	1–8	2–2	1–4
Boston	9–1	—	6–4–1	7–3	9–1	5–5	8–2	8–2
Brooklyn	3–1	4–6–1	—	3–4	5–3	3–7	1–6	3–6
Chicago	9–1	3–7	4–3	—	4–1	1–9	4–3	3–7
Hartford	3–2	1–9	3–5	1–4	—	2–8	2–5	4–4
New York	8–1	5–5	7–3	9–1	8–2	—	4–6	1–5
Philadelphia Athletics	2–2	2–8	6–1	3–4	5–2	6–4	—	9–1
Philadelphia White Stockings	4–1	2–8	6–3	7–3	4–4	5–1	1–9	—

Roster

1874 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers George Zettlein Catchers Terry Connell Henry Gilroy Fergy Malone		Infielders Jim Devlin Davy Force John Glenn Levi Meyerle John Peters		Outfielders Dan Collins Ned Cuthbert Paul Hines Fred Treacey		Manager Fergy Malone Jimmy Wood

Player stats

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
Fergy Malone	47	223	56	.251	0	28
John Glenn	55	237	67	.283	0	32
Levi Meyerle	53	254	100	.394	1	45
John Peters	55	239	69	.289	1	25
Davy Force	59	294	92	.313	0	26
Fred Treacey	35	148	28	.189	0	12
Ned Cuthbert	58	295	79	.268	2	24
Paul Hines	59	271	80	.295	0	34
Jim Devlin	45	203	58	.286	0	26
Henry Gilroy	8	38	8	.211	0	7
Dan Collins	3	12	1	.083	0	0
Terry Connell	1	4	0	.000	0	0

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
George Zettlein	57	515.2	27	30	2.43	26
Dan Collins	2	11.0	1	1	4.91	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
Davy Force	1	0	0	0	15.43	0

References

• 1874 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference