1875 Hartford Dark Blues season

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.

1875 Hartford Dark Blues
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Morgan Bulkeley
Manager(s)Bob Ferguson
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The Dark Blues, with future Hall of Famers Candy Cummings and Tommy Bond, had the best pitching staff in baseball. Cummings won 35 games, and the 19-year-old 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
The 1875 Hartford Dark Blues

Season standings
National Association W L T GB Pct.
Boston Red Stockings7183--.884
Philadelphia Athletics5320415.0.714
Hartford Dark Blues5428318.5.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings3929226.5.571
Philadelphia White Stockings3731228.5.542
Chicago White Stockings3037235.0.449
New York Mutuals3038335.5.443
New Haven Elm Citys740-48.0.149
Washington Nationals523-40.5.179
St. Louis Red Stockings415-37.0.211
Philadelphia Centennials212-36.5.143
Brooklyn Atlantics242-51.5.045
Keokuk Westerns112-37.0.077

Record vs. opponents
1875 National Association Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI HAR KEO NH NY PHA PHC PWS SLB SLR WSH
Boston —6–08–29–11–05–110–08–2–24–06–0–17–21–06–0
Brooklyn 0–6—0–20–100–02–10–70–70–00–70–20–00–0
Chicago 2–82–0—4–6–14–02–13–31–7–10–03–75–54–00–0
Hartford 1–910–06–4–1—0–08–18–2–24–3–11–04–45–53–04–0
Keokuk 0–10–00–40–0—0–00–10–00–00–00–41–20–0
New Haven 1–51–21–21–80–0—1–50–70–10–41–20–01–4
New York 0–107–03–32–8–21–05–1—3–62–05–20–8–12–00–0
Philadelphia Athletics 2–8–27–07–1–13–4–10–07–06–3—2–18–26–10–05–0
Philadelphia Centennials 0–40–00–00–10–01–00–21–2—0–30–00–00–0
Philadelphia White Stockings 0–6–17–07–34–40–04–02–52–83–0—5–5–11–02–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–72–05–55–54–02–18–0–11–60–05–5–1—2–03–0
St. Louis Red Stockings 0–10–00–40–32–10–00–20–00–00–10–2—2–1
Washington 0–60–00–00–40–04–10–00–50–00–20–31–2—

Roster
1875 Hartford Dark Blues
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CDoug Allison
1BEverett Mills
2BJack Burdock
3BBob Ferguson8536688.240043
SSTom Carey
OFJack Remsen
OFTom York
OFArt Allison

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Candy Cummings4841735121.608
Tommy Bond4035219161.568

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Ferguson100018.000

League leaders

Tommy Bond

  • #2 in NA in ERA (1.56)

Candy Cummings

  • #3 in NA in wins (35)
  • #3 in NA in ERA (1.60)

References
  • 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


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