Jump to content

1871 Philadelphia Athletics season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1871 Philadelphia Athletics
1871 National Association Champions
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
ManagersDick McBride
1872 →

With the debut of the first professional baseball league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia was one of the first clubs to join.

The Athletics had been around since 1860 as an amateur club. Led by their captain and pitcher, Dick McBride, the team went 21–7 and won the first NA title during the 1871 season. Philadelphia's third baseman, Levi Meyerle, led the league with a .492 batting average.

Regular season

[edit]

Season standings

[edit]
1871 Philadelphia Athletics
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

[edit]

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

[edit]
1871 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

[edit]

Batting

[edit]

Starters by position

[edit]

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 Fergy Malone 27 134 46 .343 1 33
1B Wes Fisler 28 147 41 .279 0 16
2B Al Reach 26 133 47 .353 0 34
SS John Radcliff 28 145 44 .303 0 22
3B Levi Meyerle 26 130 64 .492 4 40
OF Count Sensenderfer 25 127 41 .323 0 23
OF Ned Cuthbert 28 150 37 .247 3 30
OF George Heubel 17 75 23 .307 0 13

Other batters

[edit]

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
George Bechtel 20 94 33 .351 1 21
Tom Pratt 1 6 2 .333 0 1
Nate Berkenstock 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Tom Berry 1 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching

[edit]

Starting pitchers

[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dick McBride 25 222.0 18 5 4.58 15
George Bechtel 3 26.0 1 2 7.96 1

Relief pitchers

[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Levi Meyerle 1 1.0 0 0 9.00 0

References

[edit]
Preceded by
First Season
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season
1871
Succeeded by