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1876 Louisville Grays season

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1876 Louisville Grays
LeagueNational League
BallparkLouisville Baseball Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnersWalter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
ManagerJack Chapman
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The Louisville Grays were formed prior to the 1876 Major League Baseball season and joined the just formed National League as a charter member. They finished in fifth place in their debut season under manager Jack Chapman.

Regular season

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1876 Louisville Grays

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 52 14 .788 25‍–‍6 27‍–‍8
Hartford 47 21 .691 6 23‍–‍9 24‍–‍12
St. Louis 45 19 .703 6 24‍–‍6 21‍–‍13
Boston 39 31 .557 15 19‍–‍17 20‍–‍14
Louisville 30 36 .455 22 15‍–‍16 15‍–‍20
Mutual 21 35 .375 26 13‍–‍20 8‍–‍15
Athletic 14 45 .237 34½ 10‍–‍24 4‍–‍21
Cincinnati 9 56 .138 42½ 6‍–‍24 3‍–‍32

Record vs. opponents

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Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston 1–9 10–0 2–8 5–5 8–2 9–1 4–6
Chicago 9–1 10–0 6–4 9–1 7–1 7–1 4–6
Cincinnati 0–10 0–10 1–9 2–8 1–7 3–5 2–7
Hartford 8–2 4–6 9–1 9–1–1 4–4 9–1 4–6
Louisville 5–5 1–9 8–2 1–9–1 5–3–1 6–2–1 4–6
New York 2–8 1–7 7–1 4–4 3–5–1 3–4 1–6
Philadelphia 1–9 1–7 5–3 1–9 2–6–1 4–3 0–8
St. Louis 6–4 6–4 7–2 6–4 6–4 6–1 8–0


Roster

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1876 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Pop Snyder 56 224 44 .196 1 9
1B Joe Gerhardt 65 292 76 .260 2 18
2B Ed Somerville 64 256 48 .188 0 14
3B Bill Hague 67 294 78 .265 1 22
SS Chick Fulmer 66 267 73 .273 1 29
OF Scott Hastings 67 283 73 .258 0 21
OF Johnny Ryan 64 241 61 .253 1 18
OF Art Allison 31 130 27 .208 0 10

Other batters

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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
Jack Chapman 17 67 16 .239 0 5
Jim Clinton 16 65 22 .338 0 0
George Bechtel 14 55 10 .182 0 2
Bill Holbert 12 43 11 .256 0 5
Dan Collins 7 28 4 .143 0 9
John Carbine 7 25 4 .160 0 1

Pitching

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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
Jim Devlin 68 622.0 30 35 1.56 122
Jim Clinton 1 9.0 0 1 6.00 1

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Ryan 1 0 0 0 5.63 1
Frank Pearce 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

References

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