1877 Brooklyn Hartfords season

The Hartford Dark Blues moved to Brooklyn, New York prior to the 1877 season and were renamed as the Brooklyn Hartfords. This was to be the Hartfords' last season, as they disbanded following the completion of their schedule.

1877 Brooklyn Hartfords
League	National League
Ballpark	Union Grounds
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owner	Morgan Bulkeley
Manager	Bob Ferguson

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston	42	18	.700	—	27‍–‍5	15‍–‍13
Louisville	35	25	.583	7	20‍–‍9	15‍–‍16
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	.534	10	19‍–‍8	12‍–‍19
St. Louis	28	32	.467	14	20‍–‍10	8‍–‍22
Chicago	26	33	.441	15½	17‍–‍12	9‍–‍21
Cincinnati	15	42	.263	25½	12‍–‍18	3‍–‍24

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	BKN	CHI	CIN	LOU	STL
Boston	—	7–5–1	10–2	11–1	8–4	6–6
Brooklyn	5–7–1	—	8–4	7–3	6–6–1	5–7
Chicago	2–10	4–8	—	8–3–1	4–8	8–4
Cincinnati	1–11	3–7	3–8–1	—	5–7	3–9
Louisville	4–8	6–6–1	8–4	7–5	—	10–2
St. Louis	6–6	7–5	4–8	9–3	2–10	—

Roster

1877 Brooklyn Hartfords
Roster
Pitchers Terry Larkin Catchers Doug Allison Bill Harbridge		Infielders Jack Burdock Tom Carey Bob Ferguson Joe Start		Outfielders John Bass Josh Bunce John Cassidy Jim Holdsworth John Maloney Israel Pike Live Oak Taylor Tom York		Manager Bob Ferguson

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	Bill Harbridge	41	167	37	.222	0	8
1B	Joe Start	60	271	90	.332	1	21
2B	Jack Burdock	58	277	72	.256	0	35
3B	Bob Ferguson	58	254	65	.256	0	35
SS	Tom Carey	60	274	70	.255	1	20
OF	John Cassidy	60	251	95	.378	0	27
OF	Tom York	56	237	67	.283	1	37
OF	Jim Holdsworth	55	260	66	.254	0	20

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
Doug Allison	29	115	17	.148	0	6
Live Oak Taylor	2	8	3	.375	0	0
John Bass	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Josh Bunce	1	4	0	.000	0	0
John Maloney	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Israel Pike	1	4	1	.250	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
Terry Larkin	56	501.0	29	25	2.14	96
John Cassidy	2	18.0	1	1	5.00	2

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
Bob Ferguson	3	25.0	1	1	3.96	1

References

• 1877 Brooklyn Hartfords season at Baseball Reference