On This Day

Tuesday, October 1, 1872

Standings

National Association

Team W L Pct GB
Red Stockings 34 6 .850 --
Canaries 32 15 .681 5.5
Mutuals 30 19 .612 8.5
Athletics 29 13 .690 6.0
Haymakers 15 10 .600 11.5
Atlantics 7 24 .226 22.5
Forest Citys 6 16 .273 19.0
Mansfields 3 18 .143 21.5
Olympics 2 7 .222 16.5
Eckfords 2 22 .083 24.0
Nationals 0 10 .000 19.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Nat Hicks 3
1 Dickey Pearce 3
1 John Radcliff 3
4 Candy Cummings 2
4 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Dickey Pearce 2
1 Lip Pike 2
3 Tom Carey 1
3 Candy Cummings 1
3 3 others tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Nat Hicks 1
1 John McMullin 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bobby Mathews 0.12
2 Candy Cummings 0.07

Wins

Rk Player W
None

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobby Mathews 2
2 Candy Cummings 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ross Barnes .438
2 Cap Anson .422
3 Davy Force .417
4 Dave Eggler .359
5 Scott Hastings .359

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 52
2 Cap Anson 48
3 Wes Fisler 47
4 Ned Cuthbert 45
5 2 tied 44

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Eggler 17
2 Ned Cuthbert 14
3 Ross Barnes 12
4 John Hatfield 11
4 Mike McGeary 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cherokee Fisher 1.78
2 Al Spalding 1.84
3 George Zettlein 2.69
4 Dick McBride 2.87
5 Bobby Mathews 3.22

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Spalding 33
2 Candy Cummings 29
3 Dick McBride 28
4 Bobby Mathews 23
5 George Zettlein 15

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobby Mathews 50
2 Dick McBride 41
3 Candy Cummings 38
4 Al Spalding 25
4 George Zettlein 25

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John McMullin 1

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ned Cuthbert .405
2 Cap Anson .286
3 Dick McBride .270

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
None

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Start 8
2 Wes Fisler 7
3 Ned Cuthbert 6
3 Fergy Malone 6
3 2 others tied 6

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ned Cuthbert 3
2 Davy Force 2
2 John Hatfield 2
4 Cap Anson 1
4 11 others tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Britt 1.50
2 Cherokee Fisher 1.57
3 Bobby Mathews 1.93
4 Dick McBride 3.29
5 Candy Cummings 4.89

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dick McBride 3
2 Candy Cummings 2
3 Jim Britt 1
3 Cherokee Fisher 1
3 Al Spalding 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Candy Cummings 5
2 Cherokee Fisher 4
3 Bobby Mathews 2
3 Dick McBride 2
5 2 tied 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
None

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 54
2 Ned Cuthbert 50
3 Cap Anson 48
3 Wes Fisler 48
5 2 tied 47

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Dave Eggler 17
2 Ned Cuthbert 16
3 Ross Barnes 13
3 Mike McGeary 13
5 George Wright 12

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Al Spalding 1.91
2 George Zettlein 2.66
3 Dick McBride 2.82
4 Bobby Mathews 3.22
5 Candy Cummings 3.34

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Al Spalding 35
2 Dick McBride 31
3 Candy Cummings 29
4 Bobby Mathews 23
5 George Zettlein 16

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobby Mathews 50
2 Dick McBride 41
3 Candy Cummings 38
4 George Zettlein 29
5 Al Spalding 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 John McMullin 1