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1871 Cleveland Forest Citys season

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1871 Cleveland Forest Citys
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkNational Association Grounds
CityCleveland, Ohio
ManagersCharlie Pabor
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The Cleveland Forest Citys played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eighth in the league with a record of 10–19. Pitcher Al Pratt led the NA in strikeouts, with 34.

First game

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The honor of playing the first game of the newly organized National Association of Professional Baseball Players was decided by coin flip.

Bobby Mathews, 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), 140 lbs, and 20 years old, hurled a 2-0 shutout for the Kekiongas. Deacon White, catcher for the Cleveland Forest Citys got 3 hits in 4 at-bats; the other Cleveland players only shared 2 hits among them. Deacon White scored the first hit, the first extra-base hit (a double) and was the first to hit into a double-play.

The game was rained out in the top of the 9th inning. Attendance was 200.

Bobby Mathews, who went on to play five seasons each in the National Association, National League, and American Association, is the only player ever to pitch 100 games or to win at least 50 in three different major leagues. He is credited with inventing the spitball and the out-curve. Deacon White was another historic player, ending his 22-year career as playing owner of Buffalo's Brotherhood team.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD PCT GB
1 Philadelphia Athletics (C) 28 21 7 0 376 266 +110 .750
2 Chicago White Stockings 28 19 9 0 302 241 +61 .679 2
3 Boston Red Stockings 31 20 10 1 401 303 +98 .661 2
4 Washington Olympics 32 15 15 2 310 303 +7 .500 7
5 New York Mutuals 33 16 17 0 302 313 −11 .485 7.5
6 Troy Haymakers 29 13 15 1 351 362 −11 .466 8
7 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 19 7 12 0 137 243 −106 .368 9.5
8 Cleveland Forest Citys 29 10 19 0 249 341 −92 .345 11.5
9 Rockford Forest Citys 25 4 21 0 231 287 −56 .160 15.5
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team BOS CHI CLE FW NY PHI ROC TRO WSH
Boston 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–1–1
Chicago 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 3–2
Cleveland 1–3 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–3 3–1 2–2 0–3
Fort Wayne 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2
New York 2–2 1–3 2–3 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 3–1
Philadelphia 1–3 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–0
Rockford 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–3
Troy 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 2–3–1
Washington 1–3–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 3–0 3–2–1


Roster

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1871 Cleveland Forest Citys
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Deacon White 29 146 47 .322 1 21
1B Jim Carleton 29 127 32 .252 0 18
2B Gene Kimball 29 131 25 .191 0 9
SS John Bass 22 89 27 .303 3 18
3B Ezra Sutton 29 128 45 .352 3 23
OF Charlie Pabor 29 142 42 .296 0 18
OF Elmer White 15 70 18 .257 0 9
OF Art Allison 29 137 40 .292 0 19

Other batters

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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
William Johnson 16 67 15 .224 0 7
Joe Quest 3 13 3 .231 0 2
Joe Battin 1 3 0 .000 0 0
George Ewell 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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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
Al Pratt 28 224.2 10 17 3.77 34

Relief 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
Charlie Pabor 7 29.1 0 2 6.75 0

References

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