1872 Brooklyn Atlantics season

1872 Brooklyn Atlantics
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Capitoline Grounds
City	Brooklyn, New York
Managers	Bob Ferguson

The Brooklyn Atlantics played their first season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players after many years as a successful amateur team. They finished sixth in the league with a record of 9–28.

Regular season

Season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	RF	RA	RD	GB
1	Boston Red Stockings (C)	48	39	8	1	521	236	+285	—
2	Baltimore Canaries	58	35	19	4	617	434	+183	7.5
3	New York Mutuals	56	34	20	2	523	362	+161	8.5
4	Philadelphia Athletics	47	30	14	3	539	349	+190	7.5
5	Troy Haymakers	25	15	10	0	273	191	+82	13
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	37	9	28	0	237	473	−236	25
7	Cleveland Forest Citys	22	6	16	0	174	254	−80	20.5
8	Middletown Mansfields	24	5	19	0	220	348	−128	22.5
9	Brooklyn Eckfords	29	3	26	0	152	413	−261	27
10	Washington Olympics	9	2	7	0	54	140	−86	18
11	Washington Nationals	11	0	11	0	80	190	−110	21

Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Team	BAL	BOS	BRA	BRE	CLE	MID	NY	PHI	TRO	WSN	WSO
Baltimore	—	0–7	5–1	5–1	4–1	4–0	5–4–2	4–5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0
Boston	7–0	—	7–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	7–2	4–4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics	1–5	1–7	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords	1–5	0–3	2–2	—	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–5	0–3	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Middletown	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0
New York	4–5–2	2–7	6–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	—	6–3	3–2	1–0	1–0
Philadelphia	5–4–2	4–4–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–6	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
Troy	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–0
Washington Nationals	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–2
Washington Olympics	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

Player stats

Batting

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
Jack Burdock	37	174	47	.270	0	14
Tom Barlow	37	171	54	.316	0	8
Jack Remsen	37	165	39	.236	1	14
Herman Dehlman	37	164	37	.226	0	1
Bob Ferguson	37	164	46	.280	0	19
Al Thake	18	78	23	.295	0	15
Jack McDonald	15	62	16	.258	0	4
Eddie Booth	15	62	19	.306	0	7
Jim Hall	13	57	18	.316	0	6
Edward Beavens	10	43	9	.209	0	2
John Barrett	8	34	7	.206	0	2
Charlie Lowe	7	31	5	.161	0	3
Herm Doscher	6	24	9	.375	0	5
John Kenney	5	19	0	.000	0	1
Oliver Brown	4	15	2	.133	0	0
Sam Jackson	4	12	2	.167	0	0
Denny Clare	2	7	1	.143	0	0
John Bass	2	7	1	.143	0	1
Herb Worth	1	5	1	.200	0	1
Higby	1	4	0	.000	0	0
John Galvin	1	4	0	.000	0	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
Jim Britt	37	336.0	9	28	4.53	13

References

• 1872 Brooklyn Atlantics season at Baseball Reference