On This Day

Thursday, July 4, 1872

Standings

National Association

Team W L Pct GB
Red Stockings 22 1 .957 --
Canaries 16 9 .640 7.0
Mutuals 14 9 .609 8.0
Athletics 13 4 .765 6.0
Haymakers 12 10 .545 9.5
Forest Citys 5 11 .313 13.5
Mansfields 3 10 .231 14.0
Olympics 2 7 .222 13.0
Atlantics 1 9 .100 14.5
Eckfords 0 8 .000 14.5
Nationals 0 10 .000 15.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Tom York 5
2 Dave Eggler 4
2 Tim Murnane 4
2 John Radcliff 4
2 2 others tied 4

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Treacey 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tom York 6
2 John Hatfield 3
2 Nat Hicks 3
2 Al Spalding 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bill Boyd 1
1 Dave Eggler 1
1 John Hatfield 1
1 Dick Higham 1
1 2 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dick McBride 0.38
2 Candy Cummings 0.33
3 Rynie Wolters 0.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Candy Cummings 1
1 Cherokee Fisher 1
1 Dick McBride 1
1 Al Spalding 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Candy Cummings 3
1 Dick McBride 3
3 Rynie Wolters 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cap Anson .443
2 Mike McGeary .409
3 Scott Hastings .407
4 Tim Murnane .397
5 Ross Barnes .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Count Gedney 3
2 Dick Higham 2
2 Fred Treacey 2
2 Jimmy Wood 2
2 George Wright 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Spalding 28
1 Tom York 28
3 Dick Higham 26
4 Ross Barnes 25
4 John Radcliff 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Eggler 7
1 Mike McGeary 7
3 George Bechtel 5
3 Ned Cuthbert 5
3 4 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Spalding 1.15
2 Cherokee Fisher 2.15
3 George Zettlein 2.35
4 Dick McBride 2.44
5 Bobby Mathews 3.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Spalding 22
2 Candy Cummings 13
2 Dick McBride 13
4 Bobby Mathews 11
4 George Zettlein 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dick McBride 22
2 Bobby Mathews 20
3 Candy Cummings 18
4 George Zettlein 15
5 Al Spalding 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John McMullin 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Fred Treacey 6
2 Count Gedney 3
2 George Hall 3
2 Levi Meyerle 3
2 2 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cal McVey 48
1 Al Spalding 48
3 Ross Barnes 47
4 Lip Pike 41
5 3 tied 40

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Jimmy Wood 15
2 Ned Cuthbert 14
2 Dave Eggler 14
2 John McMullin 14
5 Mike McGeary 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Spalding 1.99
2 George Zettlein 2.19
3 Cherokee Fisher 3.13
4 Dick McBride 3.23
5 Candy Cummings 3.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Spalding 34
2 Dick McBride 22
3 George Zettlein 21
4 Candy Cummings 13
4 Bobby Mathews 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Dick McBride 27
1 George Zettlein 27
3 Bobby Mathews 25
4 Al Pratt 22
4 Al Spalding 22

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Harry Wright 2
2 John McMullin 1