1st May 1877
The Red Caps fans saw their team start the season with a fairly solid month for April. The team picked up 5 wins and 4 losses during the month. This solid record saw the team manage to pick up joint first place in the NL table. They share this place with the Brooklyn Atlantics and the Chicago White Stockings.
The batting had a solid month as they scored 62 runs. The star with the bat was Catcher Lew Brown. 2 year veteran Brown has played himself into the starter position this year and played all 9 games for 40 at bats. These at bats saw him connect 15 times for an average of .375. He also picked up 6 runs and 10 RBI's for the month. These figures earned him the NL Batter of the Month award.
The pitching has been shaken up this year as the team decided to go with a new starter this year. This year's starter is Tommy Boyd. Boyd has spent 3 years with the club as a reliever, but this year has earned the starters job from Bobby Mathews. Boyd started all 9 games and pitched 75 innings for an ERA of 1.32. He also gave up 64 hits and 11 earned runs. These performances saw him voted the NL Pitcher of the Month for April. The team gave up a total of 39 runs
The team decided to alter the roster slightly early in the month as they put John Sheppard, Jake Knowdell and Ed Atkinson onto the waivers. None of the players were claimed by other teams so all were assigned to the minor leagues.
Full pitching stats for April
Full batting stats for April
The Red Caps played 9 games in April
They started with a 2-1 series win against the Chicago White Stockings. 8-10, 7-5 and 9-4
The next series saw a 1-2 loss against the Brooklyn Atlantics. 2-6, 2-5 and 14-2
The final series of the month saw the team win 2-1 against the Cincinnati Reds. 8-1, 10-3 and 2-3
The team will be facing 10 games in May. A full report will be bought to you next month for these games.