1st October 1872
The Fans of the Baltimore Canaries are on tenterhooks knowing they are almost their. They lead the AL by 2.5 games over the Philadelphia Athletics. The team only needs to win one of its last 2 games and they have won a second consecutive AL Pennant. Even if they lose both games they are still in a play off for the title as the Philadelphia Athletics have 3 games left. In September the team went 6-3.
The batting was as solid as normal in September as they scored 54 runs. The best was George Wright who had 19 hits in 41 at bats. This led to him having a .463 average in September. He also picked up 10 runs and 4 RBI's including 1 home run. This performance won him the AL Batter of the Month award, his second of his career.
Cherokee Fisher continued to keep the scores low on the pitching side as he posted an ERA of 1.62 in September. He pitched 78 innings and gave up 91 hits and 41 earned runs. This performance was enough for his 8th Pitcher of the month award in 2 seasons. The team gave up 45 runs in total.
Full pitching stats for September
Full batting stats for September
The Canaries played 9 games in September
They won their first 2 against the Cleveland Forest City's 8-4 and 3-2
They were then swept by the Philadelphia Athletics 0-3. The scores were 9-10, 4-9 and 3-10
The next series against the St. Louis Brown Stockings went better as they swept them 3-0. The scores were 6-0, 6-5 and 5-2.
They finished the month by beating the Cleveland Forest City's 10-3
The team will play 2 games early October before they find out if they win the title and make the play offs to face the NL champions the Chicago White Stockings. We will bring you news of this once the season is over.