1876 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1876 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's first season of existence, having been formed as part of the brand new National League in 1876. This team was not related (except by name) to the previous Cincinnati Red Stockings National Association team, which had folded in 1870.[1]

1876 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Manager(s)Charlie Gould
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Regular season

One bright spot for the Reds was the play of Charley Jones, who led the club with a batting average of .286, had the second highest home run total in the league with four, and was among the league leaders in doubles and slugging percentage.

Season summary

The Reds played their first ever game on April 25, 1876, defeating the St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–1 at Avenue Grounds. Wins would be far and few between for the Reds, as after putting up a solid 3–2 record in their opening five games, the Reds would go on an eleven-game losing streak to fall to 3–13. After defeating the Hartford Dark Blues 8–2 to end their losing streak, the Reds would then have a thirteen-game losing streak, and saw their record fall to 4–26. By the time the season was finished, Cincinnati had the worst record in the National League, as they ended the season with a 9–56 record, 42.5 games behind the first place Chicago White Stockings.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 5214 0.788 — 25–6 27–8
Hartford 4721 0.691 6 23–9 24–12
St. Louis 4519 0.703 6 24–6 21–13
Boston 3931 0.557 15 19–17 20–14
Louisville 3036 0.455 22 15–16 15–20
Mutual 2135 0.375 26 13–20 8–15
Athletic 1445 0.237 34½ 10–24 4–21
Cincinnati 956 0.138 42½ 6–24 3–32

Record vs. opponents
1876 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston —1–910–02–85–58–29–14–6
Chicago 9–1—10–06–49–17–17–14–6
Cincinnati 0–100–10—1–92–81–73–52–7
Hartford 8–24–69–1—9–1–14–49–14–6
Louisville 5–51–98–21–9–1—5–3–16–2–14–6
New York 2–81–77–14–43–5–1—3–41–6
Philadelphia 1–91–75–31–92–6–14–3—0–8
St. Louis 6–46–47–26–46–46–18–0—

Roster
1876 Cincinnati Reds
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
CDave Pierson5723355.236013
1BCharlie Gould6125865.252011
2BCharlie Sweasy5622546.204010
3BWill Foley5822150.22609
SSHenry Kessler5924864.258011
OFCharley Jones6427679.286438
OFRedleg Snyder5520531.151012
OFBobby Clack3211819.16105

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. HR RBI
Amos Booth6327271.261014
Sam Field4140.00000

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
Dory Dean30262.24263.7322
Cherokee Fisher28229.14203.0229
Dale Williams983184.239
Dave Pierson1001∞0

Other 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
Amos Booth39.2019.310

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Charlie Gould20000.000
Bobby Clack10004.500

References
  1. 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball


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