1875 Hartford Dark Blues season
1875 Hartford Dark Blues | |
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League | National Association of Professional Base Ball Players |
Ballpark | Hartford Ball Club Grounds |
City | Hartford, Connecticut |
Owner | Morgan Bulkeley |
Manager | Bob Ferguson |
In their second season in the National Association, the 1875 Hartford Dark Blues finished in third place. They were managed by starting third baseman Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.
The Dark Blues, with future Hall of Famer Candy Cummings, had the best pitching staff in baseball. Cummings won 35 games, and the 19-year-old Tommy Bond finished second in league ERA at 1.56.
Following the season, they were one of the NA teams chosen to join the new National League.
Regular season
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Season standings
[edit]National Association | W | L | T | GB | Pct. |
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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
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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
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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 |
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C | Doug Allison | 61 | 269 | 67 | .249 | 0 | 21 |
1B | Everett Mills | 80 | 342 | 89 | .260 | 1 | 48 |
2B | Jack Burdock | 74 | 350 | 103 | .294 | 0 | 35 |
3B | Bob Ferguson | 85 | 366 | 88 | .240 | 0 | 43 |
SS | Tom Carey | 86 | 382 | 101 | .264 | 0 | 38 |
OF | Jack Remsen | 86 | 358 | 96 | .268 | 0 | 34 |
OF | Tom York | 86 | 375 | 111 | .296 | 0 | 37 |
OF | Art Allison | 40 | 175 | 42 | .240 | 1 | 19 |
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. | HR | RBI |
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Bill Harbridge | 53 | 208 | 50 | .240 | 0 | 26 |
Paddy Quinn | 5 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Steve Brady | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charley Jones | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 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 |
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Candy Cummings | 48 | 417.0 | 35 | 12 | 1.60 | 8 |
Tommy Bond | 40 | 352.0 | 19 | 16 | 1.56 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bob Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
League leaders
[edit]- #2 in NA in ERA (1.56)
- #3 in NA in wins (35)
- #3 in NA in ERA (1.60)
References
[edit]- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1875 Hartford Dark Blues season at Baseball Reference