1874 Philadelphia Athletics season

1874 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1871)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1860)
Other information
Manager(s)	Dick McBride
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The 1874 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in third place in the National Association with a record of 33-22. Dick McBride pitched all of the team's innings and led the league with a 1.64 earned run average.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	52	18	--	.743
New York Mutuals	42	23	7.5	.646
Philadelphia Athletics	33	22	11.5	.600
Philadelphia White Stockings	29	29	17.0	.500
Chicago White Stockings	28	31	18.5	.474
Brooklyn Atlantics	22	33	22.5	.400
Hartford Dark Blues	16	37	27.5	.302
Baltimore Canaries	9	38	31.5	.191

Record vs. opponents

1874 National Association Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	HAR	NY	PHA	PWS
Baltimore	—	1–9	1–3	1–9	2–3	1–8	2–2	1–4
Boston	9–1	—	6–4–1	7–3	9–1	5–5	8–2	8–2
Brooklyn	3–1	4–6–1	—	3–4	5–3	3–7	1–6	3–6
Chicago	9–1	3–7	4–3	—	4–1	1–9	4–3	3–7
Hartford	3–2	1–9	3–5	1–4	—	2–8	2–5	4–4
New York	8–1	5–5	7–3	9–1	8–2	—	4–6	1–5
Philadelphia Athletics	2–2	2–8	6–1	3–4	5–2	6–4	—	9–1
Philadelphia White Stockings	4–1	2–8	6–3	7–3	4–4	5–1	1–9	—

Roster

1874 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Dick McBride Tom Miller		Catchers Mike McGeary Infielders Cap Anson Joe Battin Wes Fisler Tim Murnane Ezra Sutton		Outfielders John Clapp Count Gedney John McMullin Al Reach Count Sensenderfer		Manager Dick McBride

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	Mike McGeary	54	271	87	.321	0	22
1B	Wes Fisler	37	180	59	.328	0	22
2B	Joe Battin	51	226	52	.230	0	27
SS	Cap Anson	55	260	87	.335	0	37
3B	Ezra Sutton	55	243	71	.292	0	28
OF	John Clapp	39	165	48	.291	3	19
OF	John McMullin	55	260	90	.346	2	32
OF	Count Gedney	54	222	61	.275	1	34

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
Tim Murnane	21	82	17	.207	0	11
Al Reach	14	55	7	.127	0	2
Count Sensenderfer	5	16	3	.188	0	2
Tom Miller	4	16	8	.500	0	5

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
Dick McBride	55	487	33	22	1.64	37

References

• 1874 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference