The 1875 Boston Red Stockings

Atlanta Braves

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won their fourth consecutive National Association

National Association of Professional Base Ball Players

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players , or simply the National Association , was founded in 1871 and continued through the 1875 season...

 championship.

Managed by Harry Wright

Harry Wright

William Henry "Harry" Wright was an English-born American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings...

, Boston finished with a record of 71-8 to win the pennant by 15 games. Pitcher Al Spalding

Albert Spalding

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 started 62 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 54 wins. Catcher Deacon White

Deacon White

James Laurie "Deacon" White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era...

 (.367), second baseman Ross Barnes

Ross Barnes

Charles Roscoe Barnes was one of the stars of baseball's National Association and the early National League , playing second base and shortstop. He played for the dominant Boston Red Stockings teams of the early 1870s, along with Albert Spalding, Cal McVey, George Wright, Harry Wright, Jim...

 (.364), and first baseman Cal McVey

Cal McVey

Calvin Alexander McVey was a professional baseball player during the 1860s and 1870s. McVey's importance to the game stems from his play on two of the earliest professional baseball teams, the original Cincinnati Red Stockings and the National Association Boston Red Stockings...

 (.355) finished 1-2-3 in the league's batting race. McVey paced the circuit with 87 runs batted in

Run batted in

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, and outfielder Jim O'Rourke had the most home run

Home run

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s, with 6. The Boston offense scored more runs than any other team in the NA.

Harry Wright, Al Spalding, Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame

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.

This was the last season of the Association, which dissolved at the end of the year. The Red Stockings club would join the new National League

National League

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in 1876.

Roster

1875 Boston Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		80	371	136	.367	1	60
1B		82	389	138	.355	3	87
2B		78	393	143	.364	1	58
SS		79	408	136	.333	2	61
3B		52	222	64	.288	0	17
OF		77	348	94	.270	1	46
OF		75	358	106	.296	6	72
OF		80	396	127	.321	1	74

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
	35	155	41	.265	0	16
	16	78	21	.269	0	13
	11	50	14	.280	0	5
	1	4	1	.250	0	0

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
	72	570.2	54	5	1.59	75
	27	144	16	2	2.38	34

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
	3	11	1	0	4.91	1
	2	4	0	1	6.75	0
	2	2.1	0	0	15.43	0