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1872 Brooklyn Eckfords season

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1872 Brooklyn Eckfords
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkUnion Grounds
CityBrooklyn, New York
ManagersJim Clinton, Jimmy Wood

The Brooklyn Eckfords played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished ninth in the league with a record of 3-26.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD GB
1 Boston Red Stockings (C) 48 39 8 1 521 236 +285
2 Baltimore Canaries 58 35 19 4 617 434 +183 7.5
3 New York Mutuals 56 34 20 2 523 362 +161 8.5
4 Philadelphia Athletics 47 30 14 3 539 349 +190 7.5
5 Troy Haymakers 25 15 10 0 273 191 +82 13
6 Brooklyn Atlantics 37 9 28 0 237 473 −236 25
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 22 6 16 0 174 254 −80 20.5
8 Middletown Mansfields 24 5 19 0 220 348 −128 22.5
9 Brooklyn Eckfords 29 3 26 0 152 413 −261 27
10 Washington Olympics 9 2 7 0 54 140 −86 18
11 Washington Nationals 11 0 11 0 80 190 −110 21
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1872 Brooklyn Eckfords
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Managers

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Doug Allison 18 83 28 .337 0 4
Andy Allison 22 92 15 .163 0 10
Jimmy Wood 7 31 6 .194 0 0
Jim Snyder 25 103 30 .291 0 11
Frank Fleet 13 53 12 .226 0 6
Tom Patterson 12 47 10 .213 0 3
Josh Snyder 9 37 6 .162 0 1
Count Gedney 18 71 13 .183 0 6
Jim Clinton 25 98 24 .245 0 6
Candy Nelson 18 76 19 .250 0 9
Marty Swandell 14 52 12 .231 0 4
Dick Hunt 11 46 15 .326 0 4
James Cavanagh 5 23 6 .261 0 4
Bill Allison 6 21 3 .143 0 1
Al Martin 4 18 5 .278 0 1
Martin Malone 5 16 6 .375 0 3
William Bestick 4 14 4 .286 0 0
David Lenz 4 12 1 .083 0 0
Jim Holdsworth 3 11 3 .273 0 0
Nat Jewett 2 8 1 .125 0 0
George Fletcher 2 8 2 .250 0 1
Jack McDonald 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games played; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Phonney Martin 10 85.0 2 7 3.92 3
George Zettlein 9 75.1 1 8 3.58 8
James McDermott 7 63.0 0 7 8.14 1
Martin Malone 2 18.0 0 2 10.50 0
O'Rourke 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 0
Jim Clinton 1 9.0 0 1 7.00 1

References

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