1875 Washington Nationals season

1875 Washington Nationals
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Olympics Grounds
City	Washington D.C.
Managers	Holly Hollingshead, Bill Parks

The Washington Nationals played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1875 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished ninth in the league with a record of 4-23. It is uncertain if this team is related to the 1872 team of the same name or other Washington-based teams of the era. The National Association folded after the completion of the 1875 season.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	71	8	3	–	.884
Philadelphia Athletics	53	20	4	15.0	.714
Hartford Dark Blues	54	28	3	18.5	.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings	39	29	2	26.5	.571
Philadelphia White Stockings	37	31	2	28.5	.542
Chicago White Stockings	30	37	2	35.0	.449
New York Mutuals	30	38	3	35.5	.443
New Haven Elm Citys	7	40	–	48.0	.149
Washington Nationals	5	23	–	40.5	.179
St. Louis Red Stockings	4	15	–	37.0	.211
Philadelphia Centennials	2	12	–	36.5	.143
Brooklyn Atlantics	2	42	–	51.5	.045
Keokuk Westerns	1	12	–	37.0	.077

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	KEO	NH	NY	PHA	PHC	PWS	SLB	SLR	WSH
Boston	—	6–0	8–2	9–1	1–0	5–1	10–0	8–2–2	4–0	6–0–1	7–2	1–0	6–0
Brooklyn	0–6	—	0–2	0–10	0–0	2–1	0–7	0–7	0–0	0–7	0–2	0–0	0–0
Chicago	2–8	2–0	—	4–6–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	1–7–1	0–0	3–7	5–5	4–0	0–0
Hartford	1–9	10–0	6–4–1	—	0–0	8–1	8–2–2	4–3–1	1–0	4–4	5–5	3–0	4–0
Keokuk	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–0
New Haven	1–5	1–2	1–2	1–8	0–0	—	1–5	0–7	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–4
New York	0–10	7–0	3–3	2–8–2	1–0	5–1	—	3–6	2–0	5–2	0–8–1	2–0	0–0
Philadelphia Athletics	2–8–2	7–0	7–1–1	3–4–1	0–0	7–0	6–3	—	2–1	8–2	6–1	0–0	5–0
Philadelphia Centennials	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	0–6–1	7–0	7–3	4–4	0–0	4–0	2–5	2–8	3–0	—	5–5–1	1–0	2–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings	2–7	2–0	5–5	5–5	4–0	2–1	8–0–1	1–6	0–0	5–5–1	—	2–0	3–0
St. Louis Red Stockings	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
Washington	0–6	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–5	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Roster

1875 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Bill Stearns Charles Witherow Catchers Sam Field Jim Gilmore Bill McCloskey Frank Thompson		Infielders Art Allison Steve Brady John Dailey Herm Doscher Lou Say Frank Sellman Walter Terry		Outfielders Holly Hollingshead John Lowry Charlie Mason Bill Parks Larry Ressler Robert Stevens		Managers Holly Hollingshead Bill Parks

Player stats

Batting

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 Thompson	11	41	4	.098	0	3
Art Allison	26	112	24	.214	0	3
Steve Brady	21	91	13	.143	0	3
John Dailey	27	110	20	.182	0	13
Herm Doscher	22	81	15	.185	0	5
Bill Parks	27	111	20	.180	0	6
Holly Hollingshead	19	81	20	.247	0	5
Larry Ressler	27	108	21	.194	0	5
Bill McCloskey	11	40	7	.175	0	4
Lou Say	11	38	10	.263	0	2
Charlie Mason	8	33	3	.091	0	1
John Lowry	6	22	3	.136	0	0
Walter Terry	6	22	4	.182	0	2
Sam Field	5	16	5	.313	0	1
Jim Gilmore	3	12	3	.250	0	0
Robert Stevens	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Frank Sellman	1	3	1	.333	0	0

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
Bill Stearns	17	141.0	1	14	4.02	3
Bill Parks	14	106.2	4	8	3.29	3
Charles Witherow	1	1.0	0	1	18.00	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Mason	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1875 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference