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CINCINNATI REDS
1876 Finish: 7th place, 23-42
1877 Prediction: 1st place
No team did more to remake itself in the offseason than lowly Cincinnati, and they should certainly be a completely different club in 1877. The question is whether it will be enough to turn them into contenders and we here at the Reach Guide think the answer will be yes. If Cincinnati can win the pennant, they will be Cincinnati's first winner of the professional era - Harry Wright's Red Stockings were champions of Cincinnati before moving to Beantown but that was nearly a decade ago. The starters for this season:
c - Bill Craver (batted .301 in 1876)
1b - Cap Anson (batted .271 with Philadelphia in 1876)
2b - Mike McGeary (batted .285 with Philadelphia in 1876)
ss - John Bass (batted .278 in 1876)
3b - Bob Ferguson (batted .300 with New York in 1876)
lf - Charley Jones (batted .250 in 1876)
cf - Jim Holdsworth (batted .291 in 1876)
rf - John McMullin (batted .300 with New York in 1876)
p - Sam Weaver (12-16, 2.71 ERA in 1876)
p - Bobby Mitchell (rookie)
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