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	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 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	Clapp, JohnJohn Clapp	60	255	81	.318	0	34
1B	Dehlman, HermanHerman Dehlman	32	119	22	.185	0	11
2B	McGeary, MikeMike McGeary	57	258	65	.252	0	20
3B	Battin, JoeJoe Battin	57	226	45	.199	1	22
SS	Force, DavyDavy Force	58	225	59	.262	0	22
OF	Dorgan, MikeMike Dorgan	60	266	82	.308	0	23
OF	Blong, JoeJoe Blong	58	218	47	.216	0	13
OF	Remsen, JackJack 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
Croft, ArtArt Croft	54	220	51	.232	0	27
Pearce, DickeyDickey Pearce	8	29	5	.172	0	4
Lee, LeonidasLeonidas Lee	4	18	5	.278	0	0
Little, HarryHarry Little	3	12	2	.167	0	0
Loftus, TomTom Loftus	3	11	2	.182	0	0
McKenna, EdEd McKenna	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Gleason, JackJack Gleason	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Newell, T. E.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
Nichols, TrickyTricky Nichols	42	350	18	23	2.60	80
Blong, JoeJoe 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
Battin, JoeJoe Battin	1	0	0	0	4.91	1

References

• 1877 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference