1875 Philadelphia Centennials season

1875 Philadelphia Centennials
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Centennial Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Managers	Bill Craver

The Philadelphia Centennials played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1875 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eleventh in the league with a record of 2-12.

Regular season

Season standings

{{#lst:1875 in baseball|National Association standings}}

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 Centennials
Roster
Pitchers George Bechtel Catchers Sam Field Tim McGinley		Infielders John Abadie Bill Craver John Radcliffe Ed Somerville George Trenwith		Outfielders Len Lovett Charlie Mason Fred Treacey Fred Warner		Managers Bill Craver

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
Tim McGinley	13	52	12	.231	0	5
John Abadie	11	45	10	.222	0	4
Ed Somerville	14	57	13	.228	0	6
Bill Craver	14	65	18	.277	0	5
George Trenwith	10	45	8	.178	0	4
Fred Treacey	11	46	12	.261	0	2
Charlie Mason	12	47	11	.234	0	3
Fred Warner	14	57	14	.246	0	2
John Radcliff	5	23	4	.174	0	0
Len Lovett	6	21	5	.238	0	2
Sam Field	3	11	1	.091	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
George Bechtel	14	126.0	2	12	2.71	6

References

• 1875 Philadelphia Centennials season at Baseball Reference