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Eckstein 4 Prez · 02-19-2016, 06:28 PM

Chadwick Sports Newsletter

November 1874

Base Ball Year in Review

For the first time in Association history, Harry Wright’s Boston club failed to win the title, and the team that dethroned them was a surprise – it was the Chicago White Stockings, back in the NA after a two-year absence due to the Great Fire. With seven regulars batting .285 or better, Chicago was simply unstoppable, going 41-18 in their first year back in the Association to narrowly win the title:

Chicago 41-18
Boston 45-25
Mutual 41-24
Atlantic 31-24
Philadelphia 27-31
Hartford 21-32
Athletic 17-38
Lord Baltimore 8-39

Through four seasons of play, Cal McVey, the Boston catcher, was the best career hitter, with 342 total hits, considerably ahead of his teammates George Wright (314) and Ross Barnes (313). For the 1875 season, the terrible Baltimore team was disbanding, but six new clubs – two St. Louis clubs, a third Philly club, a new Washington club, and clubs from New Haven, Connecticut and Keokuk, Iowa – would battle with the seven established teams for Association supremacy.

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Eckstein 4 Prez Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The OC Posts: 6,358	Chadwick Sports Newsletter November 1874 Base Ball Year in Review For the first time in Association history, Harry Wright’s Boston club failed to win the title, and the team that dethroned them was a surprise – it was the Chicago White Stockings, back in the NA after a two-year absence due to the Great Fire. With seven regulars batting .285 or better, Chicago was simply unstoppable, going 41-18 in their first year back in the Association to narrowly win the title: Chicago 41-18 Boston 45-25 Mutual 41-24 Atlantic 31-24 Philadelphia 27-31 Hartford 21-32 Athletic 17-38 Lord Baltimore 8-39 Through four seasons of play, Cal McVey, the Boston catcher, was the best career hitter, with 342 total hits, considerably ahead of his teammates George Wright (314) and Ross Barnes (313). For the 1875 season, the terrible Baltimore team was disbanding, but six new clubs – two St. Louis clubs, a third Philly club, a new Washington club, and clubs from New Haven, Connecticut and Keokuk, Iowa – would battle with the seven established teams for Association supremacy. __________________ Looking for an insomnia cure? Check out my dynasty thread, The Dawn of American Professional Base Ball, 1871.