1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season
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{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = St. Louis Brown Stockings
| season = 1876
| misc =
| league = National League
| ballpark = Sportsman's Park
| city = St. Louis, Missouri
| record = {{winpct|45|19|record=y}}
| league_place = 3rd
| owner = C. O. Bishop
| managers = Mase Graffen, George McManus
| television =
| radio =
|}}
The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. Although both St. Louis and Hartford finished the season 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings, the Brown Stockings were officially the third place team as, in 1877, the standings were determined by number of wins, not games behind. As Hartford had 47 wins and St. Louis only had 45, Hartford finished in second and St. Louis finished in third. Nonetheless, St. Louis had won its season series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its season series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between those two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1. According to Stathead, the 1876 Brown Stockings hold the lowest team ERA in MLB history (1.22).{{cite web|url=https://stathead.com/tiny/L8Ge3|title=Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 1.71, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average.|website=Stathead Baseball|access-date=April 23, 2021}}
Regular season
=Season standings=
{{1876 National League standings|highlight=St. Louis Brown Stockings}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1876 NL Record vs. opponents|team=STL}}
=Roster=
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: C4C3D0; color: #964B00; text-align: center;" | 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings | ||||||||||||
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: #964B00; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster | ||||||||||||
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer | George Bradley}}
Catchers {{MLBplayer | John Clapp}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Infielders {{MLBplayer | Joe Battin}}
{{MLBplayer | Herman Dehlman}}
{{MLBplayer | Denny Mack}}
{{MLBplayer | Mike McGeary}}
{{MLBplayer | Dickey Pearce}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer | Joe Blong}}
{{MLBplayer | Ned Cuthbert}}
{{MLBplayer | Lip Pike}}
| width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer | Mase Graffen}}
{{MLBplayer | George McManus}} |
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
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | {{sortname|John|Clapp|John Clapp (baseball)}} | 64 | 298 | 91 | .305 | 0 | 29 |
| align="center"
| 1B | {{sortname|Herman|Dehlman}} | 64 | 245 | 45 | .184 | 0 | 9 |
| align="center"
| 2B | {{sortname|Mike|McGeary}} | 61 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 0 | 30 |
| align="center"
| 3B | {{sortname|Joe|Battin}} | 64 | 283 | 85 | .300 | 0 | 46 |
| align="center"
| SS | {{sortname|Denny|Mack}} | 48 | 180 | 39 | .217 | 1 | 7 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Ned|Cuthbert}} | 63 | 283 | 70 | .247 | 0 | 25 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Joe|Blong}} | 62 | 264 | 62 | .235 | 0 | 30 |
| align="center"
| OF | {{sortname|Lip|Pike}} | 63 | 282 | 91 | .323 | 1 | 50 |
==Other batters==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Dickey|Pearce}} | 25 | 102 | 21 | .206 | 0 | 10 |
=Pitching=
==Starting pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|George|Bradley}} | 64 | 573.0 | 45 | 19 | 1.23 | 103 |
==Relief pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Joe|Blong}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
References
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1876.shtml 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference]
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{{1876 MLB season by team}}
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