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(Top) 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Record vs. opponents 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Relief pitchers 3 References 4 External links

1875 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1875 Philadelphia Athletics
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Managers	Dick McBride, Cap Anson
← 1874 1876 →

The 1875 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in second place in the National Association with a record of 53-20. The team played one game in Dover, Delaware, during the season, and otherwise played its home games at Fairview Park Fair Grounds.^[1]

The National Association folded after this season, and the Athletics joined the new National League for the 1876 season.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1875 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	John Clapp	60	292	77	.264	0	39
1B	Wes Fisler	58	268	74	.276	0	31
2B	Bill Craver	54	260	83	.319	2	40
SS	Davy Force	77	386	120	.311	0	49
3B	Ezra Sutton	75	358	116	.324	1	59
OF	Dave Eggler	66	295	89	.302	0	33
OF	George Hall	77	358	107	.299	4	62
OF	George Bechtel	35	164	46	.280	0	20

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.	RBI
Cap Anson	69	326	106	.325	58
John Richmond	29	125	25	.200	12
Adam Rocap	16	69	12	.174	4
Al Reach	3	14	4	.286	1
William Coon	4	12	2	.167	1
Henry Gilroy	2	6	1	.167	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	60	538.0	44	14	2.33	27
Lon Knight	13	107.0	6	5	2.27	15
George Bechtel	4	36.0	1	0	2.50	3

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
Ezra Sutton	2	6.0	0	0	10.50	0

References[edit]

^ Retrosheet

External links[edit]

1875 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference

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