[Nick Soulis]

BASEBALL MONTHLY

September 1874

Repeat in Series; Boston vs St. Louis

A repeat of last season's championship will be replayed as the St. Louis Browns go out for revenge against the team they lost out to last season, the power house Boston Red Stockings.

Boston ended their season on an average note, slowing down from their frantic pace and finishing the season 5-7 but still with an overall record of 38-22. Boston rested some of its starters and insists that their late season slump has nothing to do with how they will play in the Championship. The experts tend to agree as Boston is the clear favorites to repeat going in.

For St. Louis no doubt getting there was half the fun. In a bitter season long battle with the Baltimore Canaries, the Browns just came out on top on the very last day of the season. Down by one game with 2 to play against the Canaries, the Browns won both remaing games both on the road to take the league pennant. A heart breaking choke for Baltimore that were so close but a 2 run Jack Remsen triple in the top of the ninth turned the game around as Baltimore were three outs away from taking it.

So can the Browns pull the trick against Boston?
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American Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Brown Stockings	35	25	.583	-
Baltimore Canaries	34	26	.567	1.0
Cleveland Blues	27	33	.450	8.0
Philadelphia Athletics	24	36	.400	11.0

National Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Stockings	38	22	.633	-
Chicago White Stockings	33	27	.550	5.0
Brooklyn Atlantics	32	28	.533	6.0
Cincinnati Reds	17	43	.283	21.0

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Chicago White Stockings Final Team Stats

Catchers # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 16 R Fergy Malone C 59 227 62 0 42 34 4 6 .273 .282 .352 75 R Doc Bushong C 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 71 R Henry Kessler C 12 32 5 0 5 2 0 0 .156 .152 .188

Infielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 88 R Frank Fleet 2B 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 56 R Ham Allen SS 23 63 16 1 14 6 0 0 .254 .250 .365 93 R Cap Anson 3B 60 255 86 0 29 34 13 1 .337 .369 .388 18 R Red Woodhead SS 10 21 7 0 3 6 0 0 .333 .318 .381 40 R Joe Quest 2B 58 240 70 0 31 40 10 7 .292 .316 .342 69 R Charlie Sweasy 2B 5 15 2 0 1 3 0 0 .133 .133 .133 74 R Jim Devlin 1B 47 190 53 0 28 30 1 8 .279 .285 .337 19 R Bill French 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Outfielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 11 R George Heubel CF 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 70 R Cherokee Fisher RF 16 39 9 0 6 2 0 0 .231 .244 .256 99 R Count Sensenderfer CF 56 256 94 2 26 51 3 2 .367 .373 .438 87 R Steve King LF 49 216 64 0 31 31 3 6 .296 .302 .366 98 R Frank McCarton CF 56 250 68 0 32 30 1 6 .272 .280 .320 68 R Frank Buttery RF 7 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 .083 .154 .083 17 R Tom Berry RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 60 R Joe Eland RF 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200

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League Tidbits

.400 Good Enough
The National League batting title as expected went to Deacon White of the Red Stockings. White batted exactly .400 on the season and is the third player to do so. White lead the league with 106 hits.

Pabor with AL Hitting crown
Charlie Pabor can be happy with his season as his .345 average was the best in the American League. The 28 year old right fielder Pabor had 82 hits and 30 RBI on the season