1st September 1872
Fans of the Brooklyn Atlantics will be glad when this season is over. It is a complete contrast to the previous championship winning one. They now know they will not be retaining their title as they stay rooted to the bottom of the NL table after another poor month. August produced a 1-6 month.
The batting put up its average performance during the month to score 42 runs in the 7 games. Right Fielder Bill Boyd was the best of the starters this month. He had 29 at bats which produced 11 hits, 6 runs and 2 RBI's. This was good enough for an average of .379 for the month.
Catcher Dick Higham went down with a tired arm in late August and will miss 1-2 weeks
The pitching is a real worry for the fans now and they are hoping that the team will look to strengthen this department in the draft come November. John McMullin pitched all 7 games from the mound and posted an ERA of 4.58. In 57 innings of work he gave up 89 hits and 29 earned runs. The team gave up a total of 60 runs for the month.
Full pitching stats for August
Full batting stats for August
The Atlantics played 7 games in August
They started by getting swept 0-3 by the Chicago White Stockings. The scores were 4-14, 5-7 and 5-7
They then went 1-2 against the Cincinnati Reds in a 3 game series. The scores were 4-5, 5-8 and 12-7
They finished with a final 7-12 loss against the Boston Red Stockings.
September will see the team play 9 games and we will bring you a full report next month.