1st September 1879
The Brown Stockings form disappeared during August to leave their fans worrying about finishing last in the AL table now rather than thinking about a pennant run. The team picked up only 4 wins during the month while losing 10. This has left them in last place in the AL 11 games behind the leaders and 3 games off 3rd place.
The batting was hit and miss on its way to scoring 66 runs. The batter that gave the best performance during the month was Left Fielder George Hall. Hall claimed 20 hits from 62 at bats in 14 game starts. These hits saw him score 9 runs with 8 RBI's for an average of .323
The pitching struggled for wins during the month. The best was Sam Weaver. Weaver started 7 games but only claimed 2 wins. He pitched 55.1 innings while giving up 68 hits and 12 earned runs for an ERA of 1.95. The team gave up a total of a high 98 runs during the month.
The Brown Stockings suffered a tough day on the 20th August when they lost both Catcher Pop Snyder and Short Stop Tom Barlow to injury. Snyder has shoulder soreness and will miss 3 weeks while Barlow has an Oblique strain which will require 2-3 weeks recovery time.
Full pitching stats for August
Full Batting stats for August
The team played 14 games in August
won final game of road trip to the Baltimore Orioles 14-6
1-2 at home to the Cleveland Blues 4-6, 5-9 and 5-2
1-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Athletics 4-2, 4-15 and 3-4
1-2 at home to the Baltimore Orioles 7-6, 1-5 and 7-11
0-3 on the road to the Cleveland Blues 3-9, 6-9 and 3-7
lost first game of home series against the Philadelphia Athletics 2-7
The Brown Stockings will be facing 13 opponents during September. We will bring you a full news round up from these games next month.