1st July 1874
While the fans of most of the MLB clubs are enjoying a season of tight and tough pennant races, the fans of the Brooklyn Atlantics are hiding away in shame. The reason for this is the ineffectiveness that their side has shown this year. The team managed a 2-8 month in June to leave them last in the NL and adrift of the rest 12 games behind.
The poor run of results the side has seen this season has seen the owner decide to make changes.
Manager Pat Brown was the first to be shown the door at the end of the month. Chris English has been signed as his replacement. English was previously the pitching coach for the St. Louis Brown Stockings single A minor league team.
The GM Gabriel Morgan was the next to see the door. The team have yet to name his replacement.
The batting scored a low 56 runs. The only bright spark in what was a poor batting performance was the form of Third Baseman Bill Boyd. Boyd managed to gain an average of .341 with 15 hits from 44 at bats. He also claimed 9 runs and 5 RBI's
The pitching was changed in June to try and see if that would change things. John Greason was given 9 of the starts in June and he pitched 67.2 innings to give up 92 hits and 29 earned runs. This earned him an ERA of 3.86. The other game was started by previous starter Ed Stratton. The team gave up 91 runs in total.
Full pitching stats in June
Full batting stats in June
The Atlantics played 10 games in June
They started with a win and a loss against the Cincinnati Reds. The scores were 4-6 and 8-7
The next series saw the team lose 1-2 against the Chicago White Stockings. The scores were 12-6, 1-14 and 4-7
They were swept in the next series 0-3 against the Boston Red Stockings. The scores were 5-7, 9-12 and 5-10
The final 2 games saw them lose 1-16 and 5-6 to the Cincinnati Reds
The team will play 9 games and have the All Star break during July. We will bring you a full report of this next month