1871 Chicago White Stockings season

1871 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Union Base-Ball Grounds (since 1871)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Gage
Manager(s)	Jimmy Wood
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The 1871 Chicago White Stockings season was the 2nd season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 1st in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the 1st at Union Base-Ball Grounds.

With the debut of the first professional baseball league, the National Association, the Chicago franchise joined up as the "White Stockings." The team went 19–9 and finished second in the league standings. Pitcher George Zettlein started all 28 of Chicago's games and led the NA with a 2.73 earned run average.

Near the end of the season, the team lost its stadiums and equipment when the Great Chicago Fire hit the city. The team was able to finish out the season on the road, but had to drop out of the league while the city attempted to recover. The team would not resurface until 1874.

Regular season

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Cabinet card of the 1871 Chicago White Stockings

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics	21	7	--	.750
Chicago White Stockings	19	9	2.0	.679
Boston Red Stockings	20	10	2.0	.667
Washington Olympics	15	15	7.0	.500
New York Mutuals	16	17	7.5	.485
Troy Haymakers	13	15	8.0	.464
Fort Wayne Kekiongas	7	12	9.5	.368
Cleveland Forest Citys	10	19	11.5	.345
Rockford Forest Citys	4	21	15.5	.160

Record vs. opponents

1871 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	FW	NY	PHI	ROC	TRO	WSH
Boston	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1–1
Chicago	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Cleveland	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–3
Fort Wayne	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
New York	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	3–0	3–0
Rockford	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–3
Troy	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–3–1
Washington	1–3–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0	3–2–1	—

Roster

1871 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers George Zettlein		Catchers Charlie Hodes Infielders Mike Brannock Ed Duffy Bub McAtee Ed Pinkham Jimmy Wood		Outfielders Tom Foley Marshall King Joe Simmons Fred Treacey		Manager Jimmy Wood

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	Charlie Hodes	28	130	36	.277	2	25
1B	Bub McAtee	26	135	37	.274	0	10
2B	Jimmy Wood	28	135	51	.378	1	29
SS	Ed Duffy	26	121	28	.231	0	15
3B	Ed Pinkham	24	95	25	.263	1	17
OF	Tom Foley	18	84	22	.262	0	13
OF	Fred Treacey	25	124	42	.339	4	33
OF	Joe Simmons	27	129	28	.217	0	17

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
Marshall King	20	101	21	.208	2	16
Mike Brannock	3	14	1	.071	0	0

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
George Zettlein	28	240.2	18	9	2.73	22

Relief 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
Ed Pinkham	3	10.1	1	0	3.48	0

References

• 1871 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference