1874 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1874 throughout the world.

Champions

National Association
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Red Stockings	52	18	.743	--
New York Mutuals	42	23	.646	7.5
Philadelphia Athletics	33	23	.589	12
Philadelphia White Stockings	29	29	.500	17.0
Chicago White Stockings	28	31	.475	18.5
Brooklyn Atlantics	22	33	.400	22.5
Hartford Dark Blues	17	37	.315	27
Baltimore Canaries	9	38	.191	31.5

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January 29 – Albert Spalding arrives in England to set up a tour for the Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics to demonstrate American baseball to the English.

May 5 – Tommy Bond makes his professional debut, throwing a 4-hitter and defeating the Baltimore Canaries.
May 6 – Dick McBride of the Philadelphia Athletics throws a 1-hitter in a win against the Philadelphia White Stockings.
May 13 – The Chicago White Stockings play the first professional game in Chicago by a Chicago team since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The White Stockings win 4-0 over the Philadelphia Athletics before 4,000 fans.
June 18 – Playing without suspended pitcher George Zettlein, The Chicago White Stockings are humiliated by the New York Mutuals 38-1. The Mutuals collect 33 hits, but are outdone by the White Stockings defensive miscues as they commit 36 errors in the game.

July 10 – Jimmy Wood, player-manager for several teams in the NA, has his right leg amputated above the knee due to infection. Wood would be re-hired by the Chicago White Stockings to replace Fergy Malone and be on the bench managing 5 weeks after the amputation.
July 16 – The Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics depart from Philadelphia for England for their baseball exhibition tour.
August 3 – Atlanta Braves 7 Boston Red Stockings 24 (taken form the www.wisdens.org 1875 Wisden page 65 – Athletic Club vs Boston Club)
September 9 – John Radcliff is dismissed from the Philadelphia White Stockings after umpire William McLean testified that Radcliff had offered him $175 to fix a game.
September 9 – The Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics return from their England trip, arriving in New York.

October 20 – The Boston Red Stockings win their 3rd consecutive pennant with a 14-7 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

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