1874 Philadelphia Athletics season

1874 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
ManagerDick McBride
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The 1874 Philadelphia Athletics finished in third place in the National Association with a record of 33-22. Dick McBride pitched all of the team's innings and led the league with a 1.64 earned run average.

Regular season

1874 Philadelphia Athletics

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 John Clapp 39 165 48 .291 3 19
1B Wes Fisler 37 180 59 .328 0 22
2B Joe Battin 51 226 52 .230 0 27
SS Mike McGeary 54 271 87 .321 0 22
3B Ezra Sutton 55 243 71 .292 0 28
OF Cap Anson 55 260 87 .335 0 37
OF Count Gedney 54 222 61 .275 1 34
OF John McMullin 55 260 90 .346 2 32

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
Tim Murnane 21 82 17 .207 0 11
Al Reach 14 55 7 .127 0 2
Count Sensenderfer 5 16 3 .188 0 2
Tom Miller 4 16 8 .500 0 5

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
Dick McBride 55 487.0 33 22 1.64 37

References