1877 Louisville Grays season

The 1877 Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility player Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life. The team was unable to continue and folded after the season.

1877 Louisville Grays
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Owner(s)Walter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager(s)Jack Chapman
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Regular season

After a spectacular start that included a 27-13 record to begin the season, The Grays mysteriously lost seven games in a row. Players bobbled the ball, seemed to slow between bases, swung suspiciously wide. The result was the Grays lost the pennant.

Pitcher Jim Devlin
Second baseman Joe Gerhardt
Right fielder Orator Shafer
Left fielder George Hall
Shortstop Bill Craver

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston 4218 0.700 27–5 15–13
Louisville 3525 0.583 7 20–9 15–16
Brooklyn Hartfords 3127 0.534 10 19–8 12–19
St. Louis 2832 0.467 14 20–10 8–22
Chicago 2633 0.441 15½ 17–12 9–21
Cincinnati 1542 0.263 25½ 12–18 3–24

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BKN CHI CIN LOU STL
Boston 7–5–110–211–18–46–6
Brooklyn 5–7–18–47–36–6–15–7
Chicago 2–104–88–3–14–88–4
Cincinnati 1–113–73–8–15–73–9
Louisville 4–86–6–18–47–510–2
St. Louis 6–67–54–89–32–10

Roster

1877 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
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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
CPop Snyder6124864.258228
1BJuice Latham5927881.291022
2BJoe Gerhardt5925076.304135
3BBill Hague5926370.266124
SSBill Craver5723863.265029
OFGeorge Hall6126987.323026
OFOrator Shafer6126074.285334
OFBill Crowley6123867.282123

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
Al Nichols6194.21100
Flip Lafferty4171.05900
John Haldeman140.00000
Harry Little130.00000

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
Jim Devlin6155935252.25141

References


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