1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season

1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1876)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1875)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. O. Bishop
Manager(s)	George McManus
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The 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings finished the season in fourth place in the National League. After the season, they signed Louisville Grays stars Jim Devlin and George Hall. However, both became involved in a game-fixing scandal that led to the permanent expulsion of the two players (and others) from the league. The Grays and Brown Stockings both folded in the aftermath of the scandal.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Caps	42	18	--	.700
Louisville Grays	35	25	7	.583
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	10	.534
St. Louis Brown Stockings	28	32	14	.467
Chicago White Stockings	26	33	15.5	.441
Cincinnati Reds	15	42	25.5	.263

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	BR	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 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Tricky Nichols Catchers John Clapp		Infielders Joe Battin Art Croft Herman Dehlman Davy Force Mike McGeary T. E. Newell Dickey Pearce		Outfielders Joe Blong Mike Dorgan Jack Gleason Leonidas Lee Harry Little Tom Loftus Patrick McKenna Jack Remsen		Manager George McManus

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	John Clapp	60	255	81	.318	0	34
1B	Herman Dehlman	32	119	22	.185	0	11
2B	Mike McGeary	57	258	65	.252	0	20
3B	Joe Battin	57	226	45	.199	1	22
SS	Davy Force	58	225	59	.262	0	22
OF	Mike Dorgan	60	266	82	.308	0	23
OF	Joe Blong	58	218	47	.216	0	13
OF	Jack Remsen	33	123	32	.260	0	13

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
Art Croft	54	220	51	.232	0	27
Dickey Pearce	8	29	5	.172	0	4
Leonidas Lee	4	18	5	.278	0	0
Harry Little	3	12	2	.167	0	0
Tom Loftus	3	11	2	.182	0	0
Ed McKenna	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Jack Gleason	1	4	1	.250	0	0
T. E. Newell	1	3	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
Tricky Nichols	42	350	18	23	2.60	80
Joe Blong	25	187.1	10	9	2.74	51

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
Joe Battin	1	0	0	0	4.91	1

References

• 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference