1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season
| 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings | |
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| Owner(s) | C. O. Bishop |
| Manager(s) | Mase Graffen, George McManus |
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The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. They finished the season in a tie for second place, 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings. Although Chicago won the pennant at the end of the season, St. Louis had won its division series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its division series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between the two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1.
Regular season
Season standings
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
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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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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 |
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| C | Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp | 64 | 298 | 91 | .305 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Dehlman, HermanHerman Dehlman | 64 | 245 | 45 | .184 | 0 | 9 |
| 2B | McGeary, MikeMike McGeary | 61 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 0 | 30 |
| 3B | Battin, JoeJoe Battin | 64 | 283 | 85 | .300 | 0 | 46 |
| SS | Mack, DennyDenny Mack | 48 | 180 | 39 | .217 | 1 | 7 |
| OF | Cuthbert, NedNed Cuthbert | 63 | 283 | 70 | .247 | 0 | 25 |
| OF | Blong, JoeJoe Blong | 62 | 264 | 62 | .235 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Pike, LipLip Pike | 63 | 282 | 91 | .323 | 1 | 50 |
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 |
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| Pearce, DickeyDickey Pearce | 25 | 102 | 21 | .206 | 0 | 10 |
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 |
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| Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley | 64 | 573 | 45 | 19 | 1.23 | 103 |
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 |
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| Blong, JoeJoe Blong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |