1872 Philadelphia Athletics season

1872 Philadelphia Athletics
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Managers	Dick McBride

In its second year in the National Association, the 1872 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in fourth place with a record of 30–14.

Regular season

Season standings

{{#lst:1872 in baseball|National Association standings}}

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	—

Roster

1872 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Dick McBride		Catchers Fergy Malone Infielders Cap Anson Wes Fisler Dickie Flowers Denny Mack Mike McGeary Al Reach		Outfielders Ned Cuthbert Levi Meyerle Count Sensenderfer Fred Treacey		Manager 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	Fergy Malone	41	213	60	.282	0	39
1B	Denny Mack	47	205	59	.288	0	34
2B	Wes Fisler	47	244	85	.348	0	48
SS	Mike McGeary	47	225	81	.360	0	35
3B	Cap Anson	46	217	90	.415	0	48
OF	Ned Cuthbert	47	260	88	.338	1	47
OF	Fred Treacey	47	236	65	.275	2	31
OF	Levi Meyerle	27	146	48	.329	1	31

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 Reach	24	118	23	.195	0	10
Dickie Flowers	3	15	4	.267	0	4
Count Sensenderfer	1	5	2	.400	0	1

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	47	419.1	30	14	2.85	44

References

• 1872 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference