The St. Louis Brown Stockings

St. Louis Brown Stockings

The St. Louis Brown Stockings were a professional baseball club based in St. Louis, Missouri from 1875 to 1877.-History:Joining the National Association in the final season of that league, the Brown Stockings were the first team to represent St. Louis in a professional baseball association . The...

finished the season in fourth place in the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

. After the season, they signed Louisville Grays

Louisville Grays

The Louisville Grays were a 19th century U.S. baseball team and charter member of the National League, based in Louisville, Kentucky. They played two seasons, 1876 and 1877, and compiled a record of 65–61. Their home games were at the Louisville Baseball Park. The Grays were owned by...

 stars Jim Devlin

Jim Devlin

James Alexander Devlin was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly as a first baseman early in his career, then as a pitcher in the latter part...

 and George Hall. However, both became involved in a game-fixing

Match fixing

In organised sports, match fixing, game fixing, race fixing, or sports fixing occurs as a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident is referred to as...

scandal that led to the permanent expulsion of the two players (and others) from the league. The Grays and Brown Stockings both folded in the aftermath of the scandal.

Roster

1877 St. Louis Brown 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		60	255	81	.318	0	34
1B		32	119	22	.185	0	11
2B		57	258	65	.252	0	20
3B		57	226	45	.199	1	22
SS		58	225	59	.262	0	22
OF		60	266	82	.308	0	23
OF		58	218	47	.216	0	13
OF		33	123	32	.260	0	13

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
	54	220	51	.232	0	27
	8	29	5	.172	0	4
	4	18	5	.278	0	0
	3	12	2	.167	0	0
	3	11	2	.182	0	0
	1	5	1	.200	0	0
	1	4	1	.250	0	0
	1	3	0	.000	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
	42	350	18	23	2.60	80
	25	187.1	10	9	2.74	51

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
	1	0	0	0	4.91	1