1877 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1877 Cincinnati Reds season was the team's second season in the National League. The team finished sixth and last in the league with a record of 15–42, 25½ games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

1877 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	Avenue Grounds
City	Cincinnati
Managers	Lip Pike, Bob Addy, Jack Manning
Seasons

Regular season

Lip Pike

After finishing dead last in the National League in the 1876 season, the Reds attempted to improve their club by signing Lip Pike, who spent the previous season with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Pike was also named the manager of the team. Some other off-season additions included Bob Addy, who spent the previous season with the Chicago White Stockings, Jack Manning of the Boston Red Caps, and a couple of new pitchers: Candy Cummings, who had a 16–8 record with a 1.67 ERA with the Hartford Dark Blues, and Bobby Mathews, who had a 21–34 record with New York Mutuals in 1876.

The Reds got off to another terrible start, as they had a 3–11 start to the season, and Pike stepped down as the manager. The team was briefly disbanded by owner Josiah Keck, and although a group of eight businessmen stepped in to rescue the franchise, some Cincinnati players had been signed by other teams in the interim, and some newspapers subsequently refused to list the Red's results. Bob Addy took over as player manager; however, he too saw very few wins as Cincinnati went 5–19 during his managerial stint. Jack Manning then finished the year as player-manager, going 7–12, as the Reds had a 15–42 record and once again finished in the National League cellar, 25.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

Charley Jones had another solid season for the Reds, hitting .310 with two homers and a team high 36 RBI. Manning also had a solid year, hitting .317, as he had a team high 80 hits while tying Jones with a team high 36 RBI. Pike hit .298 with a team high four home runs, and added 23 RBI. On the mound, rookie Bobby Mitchell came up late in the season and was very impressive, leading Cincinnati with six victories and a team best 3.51 ERA in twelve games.

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	—

Game log

Legend
Reds Win	Reds Loss	Game Tied/Postponed

1877 Game Log: 15–42 (Home: 12–18; Away: 3–24)
May: 3–7 (Home: 2–6; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak – May 3 Grays Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 14 – May 5 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: June 16 1 May 10 @ Grays 15–9 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 1–0 W1 2 May 12 @ Grays 8–12 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 1–1 L1 3 May 14 Grays 6–24 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–2 L2 4 May 17 Red Caps 0–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–3 L3 5 May 19 Red Caps 2–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–4 L4 6 May 22 Hartfords 4–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–5 L5 7 May 23 Hartfords 4–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–6 L6 8 May 26 White Stockings 7–12 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–7 L7 9 May 30 White Stockings 5–4 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–7 W1 10 May 31 Brown Stockings 12–7 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–7 W2
June: 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–5) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 11 June 2 Brown Stockings 2–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–8 L1 12 June 5 @ White Stockings 5–12 23rd Street Grounds N/A 3–9 L2 13 June 7 @ White Stockings 6–11 23rd Street Grounds N/A 3–10 L3 14 June 9 @ Brown Stockings 2–13 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–11 L4 15 June 11 @ Brown Stockings 2–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–12 L5 16 June 14 @ Grays 3–10 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 3–13 L6 17 June 16 Grays 4–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–14 L7 – June 23 @ Red Caps Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 24 – June 26 @ Red Caps Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 3 – June 28 @ Hartfords Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 27
July: 5–6 (Home: 5–6; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 18 July 3 Grays 3–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–15 L8 19 July 4 Grays 10–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–15 W1 20 July 6 Red Caps 5–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–16 L1 21 July 7 Red Caps 2–3 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–17 L2 – July 10 Hartfords Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 11 22 July 11 Hartfords 2–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–18 L3 23 July 12 Hartfords 9–15 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–19 L4 24 July 20 Red Caps 13–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 5–19 W1 25 July 21 Red Caps 5–7 Avenue Grounds N/A 5–20 L1 26 July 24 Hartfords 9–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–20 W1 27 July 25 Hartfords 5–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 7–20 W2 28 July 31 White Stockings 9–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–20 W3
August: 1–14 (Home: 0–3; Away: 1–11) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 29 August 2 White Stockings 1–15 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–21 L1 30 August 4 Brown Stockings 3–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–22 L2 31 August 6 Brown Stockings 2–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–23 L3 32 August 7 @ White Stockings 7–21 23rd Street Grounds N/A 8–24 L4 33 August 9 @ White Stockings 9–13 23rd Street Grounds N/A 8–25 L5 34 August 11 @ Brown Stockings 3–6 Sportsman's Park N/A 8–26 L6 35 August 13 @ Brown Stockings 10–13 Sportsman's Park N/A 8–27 L7 36 August 17 @ Hartfords 4–12 Union Grounds N/A 8–28 L8 37 August 18 @ Hartfords 5–8 Union Grounds N/A 8–29 L9 38 August 21 @ Red Caps 0–7 South End Grounds N/A 8–30 L10 39 August 23 @ Red Caps 4–10 South End Grounds N/A 8–31 L11 40 August 24 @ Red Caps 6–8 South End Grounds N/A 8–32 L12 41 August 27 @ Hartfords 1–5 Union Grounds N/A 8–33 L13 42 August 28 @ Hartfords 13–7 Union Grounds N/A 9–33 W1 43 August 30 @ Red Caps 2–9 South End Grounds N/A 9–34 L1
September: 6–4 (Home: 6–1; Away: 1–3) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 44 September 1 @ Red Caps 3–8 South End Grounds N/A 9–35 L2 45 September 3 @ Red Caps 0–14 South End Grounds N/A 9–36 L3 46 September 6 Grays 1–0 Avenue Grounds N/A 10–36 W1 47 September 7 Grays 2–3 Avenue Grounds N/A 10–37 L1 48 September 8 Grays 6–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 11–37 W1 49 September 13 @ Grays 7–4 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 12–37 W2 50 September 14 @ Grays 6–12 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 12–38 L1 51 September 24 Brown Stockings 5–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 13–38 W1 52 September 25 Brown Stockings 7–4 Avenue Grounds N/A 14–38 W2 – September 27 White Stockings Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 28 53 September 28 White Stockings 5–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 14–38 W2 54 September 29 White Stockings 9–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 15–38 W3
October: 0–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–4) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 55 October 1 @ White Stockings 3–10 23rd Street Grounds N/A 15–39 L1 56 October 2 @ White Stockings 1–13 23rd Street Grounds N/A 15–40 L2 57 October 5 @ Brown Stockings 2–11 Sportman's Park N/A 15–41 L3 58 October 6 @ Brown Stockings 3–7 Sportman's Park N/A 15–42 L4

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	Scott Hastings	20	71	10	.141	0	3
1B	Charlie Gould	24	91	25	.275	0	13
2B	Lip Pike	58	262	78	.298	4	23
3B	Will Foley	56	216	41	.190	0	18
SS	Jack Manning	57	252	80	.317	0	36
OF	Bob Addy	57	245	68	.278	0	31
OF	Charley Jones	55	232	72	.310	2	36
OF	Ned Cuthbert	12	56	10	.179	0	2

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
Amos Booth	44	157	27	.172	0	13
Levi Meyerle	27	107	35	.327	0	15
Jimmy Hallinan	16	73	27	.370	0	7
George Miller	11	37	6	.162	0	3
Harry Smith	10	36	9	.250	0	3
Nat Hicks	8	32	6	.188	0	3
Chub Sullivan	8	32	8	.250	0	4
Johnny Ryan	6	26	4	.154	0	2
Henry Kessler	6	20	2	.100	0	0
Billy Redmond	3	12	3	.250	0	3

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
Candy Cummings	19	155.2	5	14	4.34	11
Bobby Mathews	15	129.1	3	12	4.04	9
Bobby Mitchell	12	100.0	6	5	3.51	41

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
Amos Booth	12	86.0	1	7	3.56	18
Jack Manning	10	44.0	0	4	6.95	6