Standings as of June 3, 1872
Team……………………................W-L.....GB……Streak
Troy Haymakers……......................10-5…...----……..W5
Boston Red Stockings……...............7-3…….0.5…….....L2
Cleveland Forest City……................8-4…….0.5…….....L1
*Washington Olympics….................6-3……1.0……....L1
Philadelphia Athletics.....................5-3…….1.5…….....L1
Washington Nationals……................5-5…….2.5……....W3
Brooklyn Atlantics…….....................2-3…….3.0…….....L2
New York Mutuals………...................6-7…….3.0……....W1
Brooklyn Eckfords….......................1-3…....3.5……......L3
Baltimore Canaries........................6-10.....4.5..........W1
Middletown Mansfields...................0-10.....7.5..........L10
FOLDED*
The first casualty of the 1872 season is the Olympics club in Washington as they have had to drop out due to financial issues. As for the players, they were all allowed to go seek employment with another team.
Olympics players that signed with other clubs
-BSN: Harry Deane, Henry Kohler, Nealy Phelps, Charlie Sweasy
-NNA: Bob Reach, Al Barker, Tommy Beals, Henry Burroughs
-NAT: Tom Foley, Deacon White, George Hall, Mike McGeary, Andy Leonard, Bub McAtee
-MAN: Asa Brainard, Bill Stearns
-ECK: Joe Simmons
-PNA: Tom Berry, Dick Hurley, Charlie Bierman, Val Robinson
Last edited by Powderguy; 07-12-2007 at 01:42 PM.
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