1873 Boston Red Stockings season

1873 Boston Red Stockings
	1873 National Association Champions
Major League affiliations
	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871);
Location
	South End Grounds (since 1871); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871);
Results
Record	43–16 (.729)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles H. Porter
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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The 1873 Boston Red Stockings season was the third season of the franchise. They won their second consecutive National Association championship.

Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 43–16 to win the pennant by 4 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 54 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 41 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .431 batting average, and catcher Deacon White topped the circuit with 77 runs batted in.

Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first baseman Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	43	16	--	.729
Philadelphia White Stockings	36	17	4.0	.679
Baltimore Canaries	34	22	7.5	.607
New York Mutuals	29	24	11.0	.547
Philadelphia Athletics	28	23	11.0	.549
Brooklyn Atlantics	17	37	23.5	.205
Washington Blue Legs	8	31	25.0	.205
Elizabeth Resolutes	2	21	23.0	.087
Baltimore Marylands	0	6	16.5	.000

Record vs. opponents

1873 National Association Records Sources:
Team	BC	BM	BOS	BR	EL	NY	PHA	PWS	WSH
Baltimore Canaries	—	4–0	2–7–1	7–2	3–0	6–3	3–4	3–6	6–0
Baltimore Marylands	0–4	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2
Boston	7–2–1	0–0	—	8–1	4–1	6–3	4–5	5–4	9–0
Brooklyn	2–7	0–0	1–8	—	3–1	2–7	4–5–1	2–7	3–2
Elizabeth	0–3	0–0	1–4	1–3	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	0–1
New York	3–6	0–0	3–6	7–2	4–0	—	4–5	4–4	4–1
Philadelphia Athletics	4–3	0–0	5–4	5–4–1	2–0	5–4	—	1–8	6–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	6–3	0–0	4–5	7–2	4–0	4–4	8–1	—	3–2
Washington	0–6	2–0	0–9	2–3	1–0	1–4	0–6	2–3	—

Roster

1873 Boston Red Stockings

Roster

Pitchers

Al Spalding

Harry Wright

Catchers

Deacon White

Infielders

Ross Barnes

Jack Manning

Jim O'Rourke

Harry Schafer

Charlie Sweasy

George Wright

Outfielders

Bob Addy

Dave Birdsall

Andy Leonard

Fraley Rogers

Harry Wright

Manager

Harry Wright

Player stats

Starters by position

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	Deacon White	60	311	122	.392	1	77
1B	Jim O'Rourke	57	280	98	.350	1	49
2B	Ross Barnes	60	320	138	.431	2	60
SS	George Wright	59	323	125	.387	3	43
3B	Harry Schafer	60	296	79	.267	2	42
OF	Bob Addy	31	152	54	.355	1	32
OF	Harry Wright	58	263	38	.259	2	36
OF	Andy Leonard	58	300	96	.320	0	60

Other batters

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
Jack Manning	31	154	41	.266	21
Dave Birdsall	3	11	1	.091	0
Fraley Rogers	2	11	4	.364	3
Charlie Sweasy	1	4	1	.250	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Spalding	60	496.2	41	14	2.99	50

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harry Wright	14	39.1	2	2	4.12	5

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1873 Boston Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference

Preceded by Boston Red Stockings 1872	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players Championship Season 1873	Succeeded by Boston Red Stockings 1874

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