1st September 1872
While the Athletics continue to push the Baltimore Canaries hard for the AL title, they have let it slip slightly in the last month or so. The team produced an average August with a record of 4-5 to leave them 2.5 games behind the leaders.
The batting was solid as it picked up 54 runs on the month. The best of these was Third Baseman Andy Leonard. Leonard had 37 at bats which produced 14 hits for an average of .378. This run included 5 runs and 4 RBI's
The pitching of Dick McBride continues to show solid performance. He pitched all 9 games to produce an ERA of 2.25. In 80 innings of work he gave up 88 hits and 20 earned runs. The team gave up a total of 51 runs.
Full pitching stats for August
Full batting stats for August
The Athletics played 9 games in August
They started with a 20-13 win against the St. Louis Brown Stockings
This was followed by a 1-2 series loss to the Baltimore Canaries. The scores were 1-4, 4-3 and 5-7
They then won the series against the Cleveland Forest City's 2-1. Scores were 5-4, 6-7 and 8-1
They finished with 2 losses to the St. Louis Brown Stockings 3-9 and 2-3
September sees the team playing 7 games. We will bring you full coverage of this next month.