1877 Boston Red Caps season

1877 Boston Red Caps
1877 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	42–18 (.700)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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The Boston Red Caps, under new owner Arthur Soden, won their first National League pennant in 1877.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Caps	42	18	0.700	—	27–5	15–13
Louisville Grays	35	25	0.583	7	20–9	15–16
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	0.534	10	19–8	12–19
St. Louis Brown Stockings	28	32	0.467	14	20–10	8–22
Chicago White Stockings	26	33	0.441	15½	17–12	9–21
Cincinnati Reds	15	42	0.263	25½	12–18	3–24

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BKN	CHI	CIN	LOU	STL
Boston	—	7–5–1	10–2	11–1	8–4	6–6
Brooklyn	5–7–1	—	8–4	7–3	6–6–1	5–7
Chicago	2–10	4–8	—	8–3–1	4–8	8–4
Cincinnati	1–11	3–7	3–8–1	—	5–7	3–9
Louisville	4–8	6–6–1	8–4	7–5	—	10–2
St. Louis	6–6	7–5	4–8	9–3	2–10	—

Roster

1877 Boston Red Caps
Roster
Pitchers Tommy Bond Will White Catchers Lew Brown		Infielders John Morrill Ezra Sutton Deacon White George Wright		Outfielders Andy Leonard Tim Murnane Jim O'Rourke Harry Schafer Harry Wright		Manager Harry Wright

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	Brown, LewLew Brown	58	221	56	.253	1	31
1B	White, DeaconDeacon White	59	266	103	.387	2	49
2B	Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	61	290	80	.276	0	35
3B	Morrill, JohnJohn Morrill	61	242	73	.302	0	28
SS	Sutton, EzraEzra Sutton	58	253	74	.292	0	39
OF	O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	61	265	96	.362	0	23
OF	Leonard, AndyAndy Leonard	58	272	78	.287	0	27
OF	Murnane, TimTim Murnane	35	140	39	.279	1	15

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
Schafer, HarryHarry Schafer	33	141	39	.277	0	13
Wright, HarryHarry Wright	1	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Bond, TommyTommy Bond	58	521	40	17	2.11	170
White, WillWill White	3	27	2	1	3.00	7

References

• 1877 Boston Red Caps season at Baseball Reference