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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

1872 seasonWWikipedia↗

11 teams in NA · 183 regular-season games · 1872-04-18 to 1872-10-31

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Pennant

Boston Red Stockings

Standings

NA

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Stockings	39	8	.830	—	236		Harry Wright	Pennant
2	Baltimore Canaries	35	19	.648	7.5	434		Bill Craver, Everett Mills
3	New York Mutuals	34	20	.630	8.5	362		Dickey Pearce, John Hatfield
4	Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	.682	7.5	349		Dick McBride
5	Troy Haymakers	15	10	.600	13	191		Jimmy Wood
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	.243	25	473		Bob Ferguson
7	Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	.273	20.5	254		Scott Hastings, Deacon White
8	Middletown Mansfields	5	19	.208	22.5	348		John Clapp
9	Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	.103	27	413		Jim Clinton, Jimmy Wood
10	Washington Olympics	2	7	.222	18	140		Nick Young
11	Washington Nationals	0	11	.000	21	190		Joe Miller

Leaders

NA

HR

1. 7Lip Pike
2. 3Count Gedney
3. 2George Wright

RBI

1. 60Lip Pike
2. 48Joe Start
3. 48Wes Fisler

AVG

1. .430Ross Barnes
2. .418Davy Force
3. .415Cap Anson

SB

1. 18Dave Eggler
2. 14George Wright
3. 14Ned Cuthbert

W

1. 38Al Spalding
2. 33Candy Cummings
3. 30Dick McBride

ERA

1. 1.80Cherokee Fisher
2. 1.85Al Spalding
3. 2.57George Zettlein

SO

1. 57Bobby Mathews
2. 45Candy Cummings
3. 44Dick McBride

SV

1. 4Harry Wright
2. 1George Zettlein
3. 1John McMullin