1876 Boston Red Caps season

The 1876 Boston Red Caps season was the sixth season of the franchise. With the dissolution of the National Association, the Boston team joined the brand new National League. The team name was changed from the Boston Red Stockings to the Boston Red Caps to avoid confusion with the new Cincinnati Red Stockings team. Some of the players from the previous year's team defected to other ballclubs, so the team finished further down in the standings this season.

1876 Boston Red Caps
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record39–31 (.557)
League place4th
OwnerNicholas T. Apollonio
ManagerHarry Wright (6th Season)
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1877 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 52 14 .788 25‍–‍6 27‍–‍8
Hartford 47 21 .691 6 23‍–‍9 24‍–‍12
St. Louis 45 19 .703 6 24‍–‍6 21‍–‍13
Boston 39 31 .557 15 19‍–‍17 20‍–‍14
Louisville 30 36 .455 22 15‍–‍16 15‍–‍20
Mutual 21 35 .375 26 13‍–‍20 8‍–‍15
Athletic 14 45 .237 34½ 10‍–‍24 4‍–‍21
Cincinnati 9 56 .138 42½ 6‍–‍24 3‍–‍32

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston 1–9 10–0 2–8 5–5 8–2 9–1 4–6
Chicago 9–1 10–0 6–4 9–1 7–1 7–1 4–6
Cincinnati 0–10 0–10 1–9 2–8 1–7 3–5 2–7
Hartford 8–2 4–6 9–1 9–1–1 4–4 9–1 4–6
Louisville 5–5 1–9 8–2 1–9–1 5–3–1 6–2–1 4–6
New York 2–8 1–7 7–1 4–4 3–5–1 3–4 1–6
Philadelphia 1–9 1–7 5–3 1–9 2–6–1 4–3 0–8
St. Louis 6–4 6–4 7–2 6–4 6–4 6–1 8–0


Roster

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1876 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Lew Brown 45 195 41 .210 2 21
1B Tim Murnane 69 308 87 .282 2 34
2B John Morrill 66 278 73 .263 0 26
3B Harry Schafer 70 286 72 .252 0 35
SS George Wright 70 335 100 .299 1 34
OF Jim O'Rourke 70 312 102 .327 2 43
OF Jack Manning 70 288 76 .264 2 25
OF Andy Leonard 64 303 85 .281 0 27

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
Frank Whitney 34 139 33 .237 0 15
Tim McGinley 9 40 6 .150 0 2
Sam Wright 2 8 1 .125 0 0
Bill Parks 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Harry Wright 1 3 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
Joe Borden 29 218.1 11 12 2.89 34
Foghorn Bradley 22 173.1 9 10 2.49 16
Dick McBride 4 33.0 0 4 2.73 2
Tricky Nichols 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 0

Other 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
Jack Manning 34 197.1 18 5 2.14 24

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Wright 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

References

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