1872 Washington Olympics season

1872 Washington Olympics
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Olympics Grounds (since 1871)
Washington, D.C. (since 1871)
Other information
Manager(s)	Nick Young
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The Washington Olympics played their final season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished 10th in the league with a record of 2-7.

Regular season

Season standings

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Stockings	39	8	--	.830
Baltimore Canaries	35	19	7.5	.648
New York Mutuals	34	20	8.5	.630
Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	7.5	.682
Troy Haymakers	15	10	13.0	.600
Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	25.0	.243
Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	20.5	.273
Middletown Mansfields	5	19	22.5	.208
Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	27.0	.103
Washington Olympics	2	7	18.0	.222
Washington Nationals	0	11	21.0	.000

Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Records 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

1872 Washington Olympics
Roster
Pitchers Asa Brainard		Catchers Bill Barrett Frank Sellman Infielders Tommy Beals Clipper Flynn Wally Goldsmith Bob Reach Fred Waterman		Outfielders Henry Burroughs John Glenn George Heubel Dick Hurley Val Robinson		Manager Nick Young

Player stats

Batting

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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

References

• 1872 Washington Olympics season at Baseball Reference