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Boston Red Stockings 4

Philadelphia Athletics 1

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Seasons

Season	Teams	Pennant / first place
1875	13	Boston Red Stockings 71–8
1874	8	Boston Red Stockings 52–18
1873	9	Boston Red Stockings 43–16
1872	11	Boston Red Stockings 39–8
1871	9	Philadelphia Athletics 21–7

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Team	Years	Seasons	Pennants
Boston Red Stockings	1871–1875	5	4
New York Mutuals	1871–1875	5
Philadelphia Athletics	1871–1875	5	1
Brooklyn Atlantics	1872–1875	4
Philadelphia Whites	1873–1875	3
Chicago White Stockings	1874–1875	2
Hartford Dark Blues	1874–1875	2
Keokuk Westerns	1875	1
New Haven Elm Citys	1875	1
Philadelphia Centennials	1875	1
St. Louis Red Stockings	1875	1
St. Louis Brown Stockings	1875	1
Washington Nationals	1875	1
Baltimore Canaries	1872–1874	3
Baltimore Marylands	1873	1
Elizabeth Resolutes	1873	1
Washington Blue Legs	1873	1
Cleveland Forest Citys	1871–1872	2
Troy Haymakers	1871–1872	2
Washington Olympics	1871–1872	2
Brooklyn Eckfords	1872	1
Middletown Mansfields	1872	1
Washington Nationals	1872	1
Chicago White Stockings	1871	1
Fort Wayne Kekiongas	1871	1
Rockford Forest Citys	1871	1

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