1876 Louisville Grays season

1876 Louisville Grays
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Louisville Baseball Park (since 1876)
Louisville, Kentucky (since 1876)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager(s)	Jack 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

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	52	14	0.788	—	25–6	27–8
Hartford Dark Blues	47	21	0.691	6	23–9	24–12
St. Louis Brown Stockings	45	19	0.703	6	24–6	21–13
Boston Red Caps	39	31	0.557	15	19–17	20–14
Louisville Grays	30	36	0.455	22	15–16	15–20
New York Mutuals	21	35	0.375	26	13–20	8–15
Philadelphia Athletics	14	45	0.237	34½	10–24	4–21
Cincinnati Reds	9	56	0.138	42½	6–24	3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League Records Sources:
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

1876 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers Jim Devlin Frank Pearce Catchers Bill Holbert Pop Snyder		Infielders John Carbine Chick Fulmer Joe Gerhardt Bill Hague Ed Somerville		Outfielders Art Allison George Bechtel Jack Chapman Jim Clinton Dan Collins Scott Hastings Johnny Ryan		Manager Jack Chapman

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
C	Snyder, PopPop Snyder	56	224	44	.196	1	9
1B	Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt	65	292	76	.260	2	18
2B	Somerville, EdEd Somerville	64	256	48	.188	0	14
3B	Hague, BillBill Hague	67	294	78	.265	1	22
SS	Fulmer, ChickChick Fulmer	66	267	73	.273	1	29
OF	Hastings, ScottScott Hastings	67	283	73	.258	0	21
OF	Ryan, JohnnyJohnny Ryan	64	241	61	.253	1	18
OF	Allison, ArtArt Allison	31	130	27	.208	0	10

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
Chapman, JackJack Chapman	17	67	16	.239	0	5
Clinton, JimJim Clinton	16	65	22	.338	0	0
Bechtel, GeorgeGeorge Bechtel	14	55	10	.182	0	2
Holbert, BillBill Holbert	12	43	11	.256	0	5
Collins, DanDan Collins	7	28	4	.143	0	9
Carbine, JohnJohn Carbine	7	25	4	.160	0	1

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
Devlin, JimJim Devlin	68	622	30	35	1.56	122
Clinton, JimJim Clinton	1	9	0	1	6.00	1

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
Ryan, JohnnyJohnny Ryan	1	0	0	0	5.63	1
Pearce, FrankFrank Pearce	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

References

• 1876 Louisville Grays season at Baseball Reference