1st August 1871
The Cleveland Forest City fans saw their teams improvement continue in July to move up to third in the AL table. They had 3 wins and 2 loses. This doubled their win total to 6.
The batting continued to struggle for hits but improved their run scoring rate during the month with the best of them being third baseman Ed Duffy who posted a .333 average. He managed 7 hits from 21 at bats with 4 runs and 3 RBI's. The team in total managed to score 47 runs.
Rynie Wolters saw his ERA slip slightly in July to 3.20. He pitched all 45 innings for 49 hits and 16 earned runs against him. The team let a total of 36 runs go.
The AL all star team included the following Cleveland players. Pitcher Rynie Wolters, Catcher Steve King, First Baseman Al Reach, Second Baseman Tom Carey and Caleb Johnson, Left Fielder Ned Cuthbert, Centre Fielder Dave Eggler and Count Sensenderfer.
Of these Dave Eggler and Al Reach started in the 8-2 AL win.
Full pitching stats for July are below
Full batting stats for July are below
Full game scores for July are below
St. Louis Brown Stockings 8 Cleveland Forest City's 18
Cleveland Forest City's 2 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Cleveland Forest City's 12 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Cleveland Forest City's 8 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Cleveland Forest City's 7 Baltimore Canaries 16
Up next for Cleveland is the completion of the Baltimore series followed by a 3 game home series against St. Louis.
We will keep you abreast of all the scores next month.