Boston won again. Break them up! Just wait...
Athletics were 2nd best team in the league's history, but never came close to Boston.
Hartford had a huge bounce back from 74. Bond and Cummings were good.
Philadelphia White Stockings were ok, but again, just a .500 team and never could beat the top three teams.
New York was always no better or worse than .500 and had some good players, but Bobby Mathews is just an average pitcher
St. Louis Red Stockings had a lackluster team and folded in early July.
St. Louis Brown Stockings in their 1st season finished under .500 but played pretty well at teams beating the top teams now and then.
Chicago White Stockings fell a little in their 2nd season under new team President William Hulbert.
Keokuk folded at the end of May
New Haven was a bad team that was made up of inferior players and their record showed it.
Brooklyn had another bad season. A steady rotation of weak players made for a long season.
Washington folded in early July
The Centennials folded in mid-May cause Philly couldn't support 3 teams. Oh, and never winning didn't help.
Hulbert screamed about the inconsistent schedule, the rowdiness of the players, and lack of league cohesion. Mainly he complained about Boston winning all the time is seeking a stop to it. He is creating a new league, a National League, with more structure and more solid financial backing. With all that in place maybe a more stable league will flourish, and Boston may lose. (Never mind the fact Hulbert has already made deals with most of Boston's stars to come to Chicago and play for him)
