1872 Washington Nationals season

1872 Washington Nationals
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkNational Grounds[1][2]
CityWashington D.C.
ManagersJoe Miller

The Washington Nationals played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eleventh in the league with a record of 0-11.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD GB
1 Boston Red Stockings (C) 48 39 8 1 521 236 +285
2 Baltimore Canaries 58 35 19 4 617 434 +183 7.5
3 New York Mutuals 56 34 20 2 523 362 +161 8.5
4 Philadelphia Athletics 47 30 14 3 539 349 +190 7.5
5 Troy Haymakers 25 15 10 0 273 191 +82 13
6 Brooklyn Atlantics 37 9 28 0 237 473 −236 25
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 22 6 16 0 174 254 −80 20.5
8 Middletown Mansfields 24 5 19 0 220 348 −128 22.5
9 Brooklyn Eckfords 29 3 26 0 152 413 −261 27
10 Washington Olympics 9 2 7 0 54 140 −86 18
11 Washington Nationals 11 0 11 0 80 190 −110 21
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team BAL BOS BRA BRE CLE MID NY PHI TRO WSN WSO
Baltimore 0–7 5–1 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–4–2 4–5–2 3–0 3–0 2–0
Boston 7–0 7–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 7–2 4–4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics 1–5 1–7 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–6 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords 1–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–5 0–3 0–0 0–0
Cleveland 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0
Middletown 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0
New York 4–5–2 2–7 6–2 5–0 2–1 4–0 6–3 3–2 1–0 1–0
Philadelphia 5–4–2 4–4–1 4–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–6 2–0 1–0 1–0
Troy 0–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0
Washington Nationals 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
Washington Olympics 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0


Roster

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1872 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Managers

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Bill Lennon 11 54 11 .204 0 6
Paul Hines 11 49 11 .224 0 5
Holly Hollingshead 9 44 14 .318 0 6
Jacob Doyle 9 41 11 .268 0 9
Warren White 10 45 12 .267 0 4
Ed Mincher 11 53 5 .094 0 4
Sy Studley 5 21 2 .095 0 2
Oscar Bielaski 10 46 8 .174 0 3
Dennis Coughlin 8 37 11 .297 0 7
Bill Yeatman 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Joe Miller 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Spencer 1 4 0 .000 0 0
John Glenn 1 4 2 .500 0 0

Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Stearns 11 99.0 0 11 6.18 2

References

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