1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
OwnerC. O. Bishop
ManagersMase Graffen, George McManus

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).[1]

Team photograph

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 5214 0.788 — 25–6 27–8
Hartford 4721 0.691 6 23–9 24–12
St. Louis 4519 0.703 6 24–6 21–13
Boston 3931 0.557 15 19–17 20–14
Louisville 3036 0.455 22 15–16 15–20
Mutual 2135 0.375 26 13–20 8–15
Athletic 1445 0.237 34½ 10–24 4–21
Cincinnati 956 0.138 42½ 6–24 3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston —1–910–02–85–58–29–14–6
Chicago 9–1—10–06–49–17–17–14–6
Cincinnati 0–100–10—1–92–81–73–52–7
Hartford 8–24–69–1—9–1–14–49–14–6
Louisville 5–51–98–21–9–1—5–3–16–2–14–6
New York 2–81–77–14–43–5–1—3–41–6
Philadelphia 1–91–75–31–92–6–14–3—0–8
St. Louis 6–46–47–26–46–46–18–0—

Roster

Lip Pike
1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

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
CJohn Clapp6429891.305029
1BHerman Dehlman6424545.18409
2BMike McGeary6127672.261030
3BJoe Battin6428385.300046
SSDenny Mack4818039.21717
OFNed Cuthbert6328370.247025
OFJoe Blong6226462.235030
OFLip Pike6328291.323150

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
Dickey Pearce2510221.206010

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 Bradley64573.045191.23103

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Blong10000.000

References

  1. ↑ "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". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved April 23, 2021.


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