1873 Baltimore Canaries season

1873 Baltimore Canaries
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Newington Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Managers	Cal McVey, Tom Carey

The Baltimore Canaries played in 1873 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished third in the league with a record of 34–22.

Regular season

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

1873 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BC	BM	BOS	BR	EL	NY	PHA	PWS	WSH
Baltimore Canaries	—	4–0	2–7–1	7–2	3–0	6–3	3–4	3–6	6–0
Baltimore Marylands	0–4	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2
Boston	7–2–1	0–0	—	8–1	4–1	6–3	4–5	5–4	9–0
Brooklyn	2–7	0–0	1–8	—	3–1	2–7	4–5–1	2–7	3–2
Elizabeth	0–3	0–0	1–4	1–3	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	0–1
New York	3–6	0–0	3–6	7–2	4–0	—	4–5	4–4	4–1
Philadelphia Athletics	4–3	0–0	5–4	5–4–1	2–0	5–4	—	1–8	6–0
Philadelphia White Stockings	6–3	0–0	4–5	7–2	4–0	4–4	8–1	—	3–2
Washington	0–6	2–0	0–9	2–3	1–0	1–4	0–6	2–3	—

Roster

1873 Baltimore Canaries
Roster
Pitchers Asa Brainard Candy Cummings		Catchers Bill Craver Scott Hastings Cal McVey Infielders Tom Carey Davy Force Everett Mills John Radcliff		Outfielders Bill Barrett George Hall Lip Pike Tom York		Manager Bill Craver Everett Mills

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
Cal McVey	38	192	73	.380	2	35
Everett Mills	54	262	87	.332	0	56
Tom Carey	56	291	98	.337	1	55
John Radcliff	45	244	70	.287	0	33
Davy Force	49	233	85	.365	0	30
Tom York	57	278	84	.302	2	50
Lip Pike	56	285	90	.316	4	51
George Hall	35	168	58	.345	0	31
Bill Craver	41	197	57	.289	0	26
Scott Hastings	30	145	41	.283	0	15
Bill Barrett	1	4	1	.250	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
Candy Cummings	42	382.0	28	14	2.80	34
Asa Brainard	14	108.2	5	7	4.14	3

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
Davy Force	3	1	1	0	2.50	0

References

• 1873 Baltimore Canaries season at Baseball Reference