1875 Philadelphia Athletics season

1875 Philadelphia Athletics
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Managers	Dick McBride, Cap Anson

The 1875 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in second place in the National Association with a record of 53-20. The team played one game in Dover, Delaware, during the season, and otherwise played its home games at Fairview Park Fair Grounds.

The National Association folded after this season, and the Athletics joined the new National League for the 1876 season.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	71	8	3	–	.884
Philadelphia Athletics	53	20	4	15.0	.714
Hartford Dark Blues	54	28	3	18.5	.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings	39	29	2	26.5	.571
Philadelphia White Stockings	37	31	2	28.5	.542
Chicago White Stockings	30	37	2	35.0	.449
New York Mutuals	30	38	3	35.5	.443
New Haven Elm Citys	7	40	–	48.0	.149
Washington Nationals	5	23	–	40.5	.179
St. Louis Red Stockings	4	15	–	37.0	.211
Philadelphia Centennials	2	12	–	36.5	.143
Brooklyn Atlantics	2	42	–	51.5	.045
Keokuk Westerns	1	12	–	37.0	.077

Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	KEO	NH	NY	PHA	PHC	PWS	SLB	SLR	WSH
Boston	—	6–0	8–2	9–1	1–0	5–1	10–0	8–2–2	4–0	6–0–1	7–2	1–0	6–0
Brooklyn	0–6	—	0–2	0–10	0–0	2–1	0–7	0–7	0–0	0–7	0–2	0–0	0–0
Chicago	2–8	2–0	—	4–6–1	4–0	2–1	3–3	1–7–1	0–0	3–7	5–5	4–0	0–0
Hartford	1–9	10–0	6–4–1	—	0–0	8–1	8–2–2	4–3–1	1–0	4–4	5–5	3–0	4–0
Keokuk	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–0
New Haven	1–5	1–2	1–2	1–8	0–0	—	1–5	0–7	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–4
New York	0–10	7–0	3–3	2–8–2	1–0	5–1	—	3–6	2–0	5–2	0–8–1	2–0	0–0
Philadelphia Athletics	2–8–2	7–0	7–1–1	3–4–1	0–0	7–0	6–3	—	2–1	8–2	6–1	0–0	5–0
Philadelphia Centennials	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	0–6–1	7–0	7–3	4–4	0–0	4–0	2–5	2–8	3–0	—	5–5–1	1–0	2–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings	2–7	2–0	5–5	5–5	4–0	2–1	8–0–1	1–6	0–0	5–5–1	—	2–0	3–0
St. Louis Red Stockings	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	—	2–1
Washington	0–6	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–5	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Roster

1875 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Lon Knight Dick McBride Catchers John Clapp William Coon		Infielders Cap Anson Bill Craver Wes Fisler Davy Force John Richmond Ezra Sutton		Outfielders George Bechtel Dave Eggler Henry Gilroy George Hall Al Reach Adam Rocap		Manager Cap Anson Dick McBride

Player stats

Batting

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	John Clapp	60	292	77	.264	0	39
1B	Wes Fisler	58	268	74	.276	0	31
2B	Bill Craver	54	260	83	.319	2	40
SS	Davy Force	77	386	120	.311	0	49
3B	Ezra Sutton	75	358	116	.324	1	59
OF	Dave Eggler	66	295	89	.302	0	33
OF	George Hall	77	358	107	.299	4	62
OF	George Bechtel	35	164	46	.280	0	20

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
Cap Anson	69	326	106	.325	0	58
John Richmond	29	125	25	.200	0	12
Adam Rocap	16	69	12	.174	0	4
Al Reach	3	14	4	.286	0	1
William Coon	4	12	2	.167	0	1
Henry Gilroy	2	6	1	.167	0	0

Pitching

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
Dick McBride	60	538.0	44	14	2.33	27
Lon Knight	13	107.0	6	5	2.27	15
George Bechtel	4	36.0	1	0	2.50	3

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
Ezra Sutton	2	6.0	0	0	10.50	0

External links

• 1875 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference