On This Day

Friday, September 13, 1872

Standings

National Association

Team W L Pct GB
Red Stockings 33 5 .868 --
Canaries 31 14 .689 5.5
Mutuals 26 17 .605 9.5
Athletics 24 10 .706 7.0
Haymakers 15 10 .600 11.5
Forest Citys 6 16 .273 19.0
Atlantics 6 21 .222 21.5
Mansfields 3 18 .143 21.5
Olympics 2 7 .222 16.5
Eckfords 2 20 .091 23.0
Nationals 0 10 .000 19.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Bill Craver 4
1 Scott Hastings 4
1 Bobby Mathews 4
4 Dick Higham 3
5 5 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tom York 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Craver 2
1 Bobby Mathews 2
1 Lip Pike 2
1 Tom York 2
5 4 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
None

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
None

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bobby Mathews 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
None

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cap Anson .456
2 Ross Barnes .439
3 Davy Force .419
4 Mike McGeary .376
5 Dave Eggler .373

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lip Pike 5
2 Count Gedney 3
3 Tom Carey 2
3 Dick Higham 2
3 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lip Pike 48
2 Al Spalding 43
3 Cap Anson 41
4 Wes Fisler 38
5 4 tied 37

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Eggler 15
2 Ross Barnes 12
3 Mike McGeary 11
4 Ned Cuthbert 10
5 John Hatfield 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Spalding 1.80
2 Cherokee Fisher 1.85
3 George Zettlein 2.69
4 Dick McBride 2.92
5 Bobby Mathews 3.28

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Spalding 32
2 Candy Cummings 25
3 Bobby Mathews 23
3 Dick McBride 23
5 George Zettlein 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobby Mathews 48
2 Dick McBride 38
3 Candy Cummings 31
4 George Zettlein 25
5 Al Spalding 24

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John McMullin 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lip Pike 1
1 Tom York 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lip Pike 9
2 Davy Force 8
3 John Hatfield 7
4 Cal McVey 6
4 Everett Mills 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ross Barnes 2
1 George Bechtel 2
1 Bill Craver 2
1 Dave Eggler 2
1 Mike McGeary 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cherokee Fisher 0.61
2 Bobby Mathews 1.69
3 Al Spalding 1.88
4 Candy Cummings 2.00
5 Jim Britt 3.50

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Candy Cummings 4
1 Bobby Mathews 4
3 Dick McBride 2
3 Al Spalding 2
5 3 tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Candy Cummings 5
1 Dick McBride 5
3 Al Spalding 4
3 George Zettlein 4
5 Bobby Mathews 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lip Pike 6
2 Count Gedney 3
3 Tom Carey 2
3 Dick Higham 2
3 4 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lip Pike 56
2 Al Spalding 50
3 Cal McVey 44
4 Cap Anson 42
4 Ned Cuthbert 42

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Eggler 17
2 Ross Barnes 15
3 Mike McGeary 14
3 George Wright 14
5 Ned Cuthbert 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Spalding 1.86
2 George Zettlein 2.83
3 Dick McBride 2.86
4 Bobby Mathews 3.28
5 Candy Cummings 3.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Spalding 36
2 Dick McBride 27
3 Candy Cummings 25
4 Bobby Mathews 23
5 George Zettlein 17

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobby Mathews 48
2 Dick McBride 38
3 George Zettlein 32
4 Candy Cummings 31
5 Al Spalding 29

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John McMullin 1