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1872 Brooklyn Atlantics season

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1872 Brooklyn Atlantics
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkCapitoline Grounds
CityBrooklyn, New York
ManagersBob Ferguson
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The Brooklyn Atlantics played their first season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players after many years as a successful amateur team. They finished sixth in the league with a record of 9–28.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD GB
1 Boston Red Stockings (C) 48 39 8 1 521 236 +285
2 Baltimore Canaries 58 35 19 4 617 434 +183 7.5
3 New York Mutuals 56 34 20 2 523 362 +161 8.5
4 Philadelphia Athletics 47 30 14 3 539 349 +190 7.5
5 Troy Haymakers 25 15 10 0 273 191 +82 13
6 Brooklyn Atlantics 37 9 28 0 237 473 −236 25
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 22 6 16 0 174 254 −80 20.5
8 Middletown Mansfields 24 5 19 0 220 348 −128 22.5
9 Brooklyn Eckfords 29 3 26 0 152 413 −261 27
10 Washington Olympics 9 2 7 0 54 140 −86 18
11 Washington Nationals 11 0 11 0 80 190 −110 21
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Team BAL BOS BRA BRE CLE MID NY PHI TRO WSN WSO
Baltimore 0–7 5–1 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–4–2 4–5–2 3–0 3–0 2–0
Boston 7–0 7–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 7–2 4–4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics 1–5 1–7 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–6 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords 1–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–5 0–3 0–0 0–0
Cleveland 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0
Middletown 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0
New York 4–5–2 2–7 6–2 5–0 2–1 4–0 6–3 3–2 1–0 1–0
Philadelphia 5–4–2 4–4–1 4–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–6 2–0 1–0 1–0
Troy 0–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0
Washington Nationals 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
Washington Olympics 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0


Roster

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1872 Brooklyn Atlantics
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Managers

Player stats

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Batting

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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 Burdock 37 174 47 .270 0 14
Tom Barlow 37 171 54 .316 0 8
Jack Remsen 37 165 39 .236 1 14
Herman Dehlman 37 164 37 .226 0 1
Bob Ferguson 37 164 46 .280 0 19
Al Thake 18 78 23 .295 0 15
Jack McDonald 15 62 16 .258 0 4
Eddie Booth 15 62 19 .306 0 7
Jim Hall 13 57 18 .316 0 6
Edward Beavens 10 43 9 .209 0 2
John Barrett 8 34 7 .206 0 2
Charlie Lowe 7 31 5 .161 0 3
Herm Doscher 6 24 9 .375 0 5
John Kenney 5 19 0 .000 0 1
Oliver Brown 4 15 2 .133 0 0
Sam Jackson 4 12 2 .167 0 0
Denny Clare 2 7 1 .143 0 0
John Bass 2 7 1 .143 0 1
Herb Worth 1 5 1 .200 0 1
Higby 1 4 0 .000 0 0
John Galvin 1 4 0 .000 0 0

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 Britt 37 336.0 9 28 4.53 13

References

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