BASEBALL MONTHLY
August 1875
In Losing Season, Silver Lining Found
No one is smiling at the Chicago White Stocking camp these days, as the team finished the month of August 5-5 and have an overall pathetic record of 19-29, last in the National League.
However somewhere deep beyond the losing looms some hope. Sometime this mideseason the team pulled a trade that removed a cancer from the dugout and brought in a fresh face and a capable arm. Terry Larkin was the main starter for the month and was a breath of fresh air going 4-3 with a 1.57 ERA. In fact Larkin pitched so well that he was named the NL pitcher of the month, a rare feat indeed for a last place team. So it appears a huge piece to the puzzle has been solved, even if the rest of this season will be hard to watch.
Boston once again is poised to win it all. The Red Stockings are on pace to have an even better season then last year and go into September with a 33-15 record and a 9 game lead.
In other notes Joe Quest will miss most of the rest of the season for the Whites with a spained elbow. The second baseman was batting .277 on the year.
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League Tidbits The wild wild American League has all teams still in it enterng the final month. Its the Baltimore Orioles however who hold their own destiny with a 2 game lead and the inspired pitching of Al Spalding, the 26 game winner on the mound.
The Orioles did however get an injury blow when John Radcliffe the starting third baseman fractured his finger and will miss most of the rest of the season.
Though Boston's Ross Barnes is leading the league in almost every offensive catagory, it was Count Gedney of the same team who broke the season home run mark with 5 going into the last month.