Baseball History, what might have been.

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1874 Amatuer Draft 1st Round



1874 NA Hitting and Pitching Leaders





1874 was a very good year for the Chicago White Stockings. They were able to lead for most of the year and were not really threatened down the stretch. Lots and lots and lots of very weird deals made this season. Cleveland especially getting a lot of young international players for what veterans, will be interesting to see what happens with them next year and in the future. Five new teams will be joining the National Association it the final year of its present structure. After the 1875 season is over, the league will be changing to the National League and all teams that do not belong in the National League will be staying in the National Association, with free agency and a different league structure for the 'new' NA. More on that after the next season. Which will be later tonight.

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1875 Overview

1875 Draft Hopefuls



1875 Draft 1st Round



1875 Top Ten Prospects



The White Stockings take the early season lead, going 20-8 to get a one game lead on the Atlantics at the end of April.

At the end of May, the Chicago White Stockings have solidified the top spot, opening up a better than 5 game lead.

Looks like the White Stockings plan to win this one and have stretched the lead by one more game, 8 up on the Nationals, Mutuals and Kekiongas. The best expansion team is the Philadelphia Centennials, in 17th, sitting 37-48.

At the end of July, Fort Wayne is making a move on the White Stockings, but Chicago is still 8 games up and with only 27 games left, this would be an very awesome move by Ft Wayne.

In the end the White Stockings of Chicago were uncatchable, winning the NA Title by 9 games over the Mutuals of New York.

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1875 News and Notes

1875 News

After the season, the Champion Chicago White Stockings were sold to Merrill Walsh.

Haymakers sign FA CF Akihisa Ine.


Trades

Resolutes trade 18yo C Roberto Perez and 23yo SS Jorge Palma to the Haymakers for 29yo 3b Bob V Ferguson.

Athletics trade 21yo C Jim Gilmore to the Nationals for 22yo LF Eddie Booth, 18yo RF Robert Stevens and 20yo C Octavio Ortiz.

Cleveland has traded 23yo LF Michael Harris to the Dark Blues for 18yo SS Roberto Casillas and 18yo SP Javier Salazar.

Centennials trade 19yo CF Reynaldo Cruz to the Haymakers for 25yo 3b Pete Donnelly.

Whites trade 26yo LF Count Gedney to the Eckfords for 18yo SS Juan Rocha.

Centennials trade 17yo CF Angel Cabrera to the Marylands for 25yo SS Ryan McKinnell.

Cleveland trades 30yo LF Ned Cuthbert to the Centennials for 19yo RP Javier Velez and 17yo RP Roberto Garcia.

St Louis Red Stockings trade 18yo RP Christian Lopes, 19yo RP Luis Galvan and 19yo 2b Jorge Moreno to the Whites for 26yo LF John W Glenn.


Injuries

Nationals CF Arturo Cortez out 4-5 months - broken kneecap.

Kekiongas LF Pete Gillespie out 5 weeks - strained oblique

Mutuals LHP John Cassidy out 3 months - shoulder inflammation.

Kekiongas RHP Redinald Weber out 5-6 months - shoulder inflammation.

Haymakers RHP Jaime Ibarra out 11-12 months - torn ulnar collarteral ligament.

Boston Red Stockings RHP Jim Britt out 4 months - bone chips in elbow.

Mutuals SP Al Spalding out 4 weeks - oblique strain.

Centennials RHP Jim McCormick out 4 months - ruptured finger tendon.

Whites 2b Hardy Richardson out 3 months - partially torn labrum.

St. Louis Brown Stockings RHP Luis Rodriguez out 7 months - radial nerve compression.

National RF Blondie Purcell out 4 weeks - strained hamstring.

St Louis Brown Stockings RF Harry Stovey out 6 weeks - back spasms.

Centennials RHP Jesus Gonzalez out 13 months - torn ulnar collateral ligament.

Atlantics 1b Jacob McKinney out 5-6 weeks - back spasms.

Elm Citys RHP Jimmy Hoffman out 13 months - torn flexor tendon in his elbow.

Whites RHP Will WHite out 7 weeks - strained bicep.

Haymakers LF Charley Jones out 4 months - torn labrum.

Eckfords C Ed McKenna out 7 months - torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Canaries 1b Alex McKinnon out 4 weeks - oblique strain.

Boston Red Stockings LHP Stan Gibbs out 4 months - bone chips in his elbow.

Mansfields C Charlie Bennett out 2-3 months - torn meniscus.

Eckfords SS U Booth out 4 weeks - strained hamstring.

Atlantics RHP Keith O'Rorke out 10 months - torn labrum.

Boston 2b Lip Pike out 5-6 weeks - elbow inflammation.


Pitching Notables

White Stockings SP George Bradley beats the Canaries 6-0, allowing 2 hits and fanning 1.

Elm Citys SP Sergio Tapia wins 22-0, beating Keokuk while allowing 6 hits and getting 2 Ks.

St Louis Red Stockings SP Luis Martinez beats Rochester 1-0, allowing 2 hits and fanning 2.

Dark Blues SP Nicolas Lemonie beats Keokuk 20-0, allowing 3 hits.

Boston Red Stockings SP Juan Cisneros beats Mutuals 5-0, allowing 2 hits.

Eckfords SP Bobby Bowen beats Elizabeth 9-0, allowing just 2 hits.

Atlantics SP Barney Gibson beats Mansfields 3-0, allowing 1 hit and fanning 2.


Hitting Notables

Kekiongas RF Billy Arnold gets 6 hits in 18-3 win over Haymakers.

Resolutes SS Jimmy Hallinan gets 6 hits in 11-10 defeat by the Olympics.

Canaries 3b Charlie H Morton gets 6 hits in 20-0 thumping of he Marylands.

Mutuals CF Bill Kinnaird has 28 game hitting streak.

1875 Final Standings



1875 Hitting and Pitching Leaders

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1875 Best Fielders



1875 Best Rookie



1875 Best Pitcher



1875 Best Hitter

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And we are now to the first league split. In this world, the National Association will be renamed the National League, all the teams except for Chicago White Stockings, St Louis Brown Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues, New York Mutuals, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Caps (formerly the Boston Red Stockings) will be staying in the National League. There will be two new teams added, the Louisvill Grays and the Cincinnati Reds The remaining 18 teams will be moved to the new National Association league, two division will be done and a championship game added. Also free agency for this league and league evolution will be added, for nicknames, relocations. The National League will continue to have real rookies imported and set up in a draft and the new NA will get a 10 round draft of fictional players. So, new faces and new names all around. Trading will be legal between Major leagues but no playoff or associations at this time.

Will post the Leagues set up as they will be soon. Got a little work to do.

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1876 National League (NL) Set up



1876 National Association (NA) Set up




Havent really come up with any good names for the divisions in the NA, cant reallly do them east/west or north/south. The teams were randomly put in each league, trying to get them as close to east west as I could but did want to keep same city teams from being in the same league. There will be new teams added via evolution and some teams may venture out into new leagues when needed but the NA is for the most part here to stay. Only six more years or so till the third league joins the ranks. But that is getting ahead of myself.

Not sure how the news, injuries and the like will be done, probably like it has been because too much work to seperate on a per league basis and it is the same world, just different leagues. Will post each leagues pertinent info seperately at the end of each season.

The 1876 Season will be posted later tonight, want to get the first two league year under way so everyone can see how it works.

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1876 BASEBALL GETS A NEW LOOK

1876 will feature 2 leagues this season, the National League has split off, taking 6 teams from the old National Association with 2 new teams coming in to make the National League an even 8 teams.

The National Association has been split into 2 leagues, with 9 teams in each league. Free agency has a been introduced and a championship series will be played at the end of the season.

Trading will be done between Major leagues and reports will be coming fast and furious as the new structure of baseball takes full effect.

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1876 NL Top Draft Hopefuls



1876 NL First Round Draft



1876 NL Top Prospects

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1876 NA Draft Hopefuls



1876 NA Draft 1st Round



1876 Top Prospects

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It was the Rockford (IL) Forest City baseball club, not Rochester. Rochester has never had a major-league club.

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Originally Posted by joefromchicago

It was the Rockford (IL) Forest City baseball club, not Rochester. Rochester has never had a major-league club.

For whatever reason, I always seem to make that mistake and I have no idea why. I have corrected the mistake and it will be fixed from here out. Thanks for catching that.

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1876 News and Notes

1876 News

The first season with two seperate Major Leagues was a very good first season. The New National League was a race until August but in the National Association, with a new league format, League 1 was pretty hectic all season and the League 2 champ led almost from the start.

Trades

Reds trade 17yo RP Luis Marino to the Haymakers for 28yo SS John Bass.

Brown Stockings trade 26yo LF Jack Remsen to the Grays for 17yo SS Ramon Javier.

Haymakers trade 26yo C Charlie Snow to the Brown Stockings for 19yo 3b Carlos Garcia.

Haymakers trade 25yo C Yoriyoshi Komatsu to the Elm Citys for 17yo CF Jason Smith.

Mansfields trade 25yo LF Maonobu Tanaka to the Resolutes for 18yo SP Ed Kennedy and 19yo CF Barney Patrick.

Red Caps trade 27yo RF Oliver Brown to the Reds for 17yo SP Octavio Ortiz.


Injuries

Grays RHP Jim Whitney out 3-4 months - torn triceps.

Blue Legs C John Morrill out 5 weeks - strained lat.

Red Caps 3b Jim H O'Rourke out 5-6 months - radial nerve compression.

Haymakers RHP Jose Masiel out 5 weeks - elbow sprain.

Brown Stockings RF Harry Stovey out 5 weeks - fractured cheekbone.

Reds RHP Tony Canales out 11 months - stretched elbow ligaments.

Red Caps LHP Dillon Rowland out 9-10 months - torn flexor tendon in his elbow.

Eckfords RHP Dale Williams out 13 months - torn ulnar collateral ligament.

Centennials LHP Tony Meyer out 13 months - torn rotator cuff.

Canaries 3b Charlie H Morton out 4-5 weeks - fractured thumb.

White Stockings CF Mark Hill out 6 weeks - strained oblique.

Marylands RHP Jumbo McGinnis out 4-5 months - shoulder inflammation.

Mutuals CF Leech Maskrey out 4-5 months - torn labrum.

Cleveland LF Oscar Walker out 5-6 weeks - shoulder tendinitis.

Athletics RHP Ramon Bautista out 7 months - torn rotator cuff.

Haymaker CF Akihisa Ine out 6 weeks - fractured thumb.

Reds RF Bill Greenwood out 4 months - fractured elbow.

Mansfields CF Steve Henderson out 6 weeks - straine oblique.

New Haven MR Jimmy Hoffman suffers set back while recovering from a torn flexor tendon. He tripped over a tarp in the outfield and is forced to retire at 25.

Centennials RHP Jim McCormick out 3 months - torn meniscus.

Reds RHP Angel Melendez out 4-5 months - torn labrum.

Olympics LF Gat Stires out 3 months - concussion.

Haymakers LF Charley Jones out 4 weeks - torn ankle ligament.

Reds 1b Roger Conor out 4-5 months - torn calf muscle.

Westerns C Jack Rowe out 4-5 weeks - intercostal strain.

Dark Blues RHP Alonzo Breitenstein out 4-5 months - ulnar nerve irritation.

Blue Legs LHP Sam Wilkinson out 4-5 months - fractured elbow.

Grays RHP Gabriel Pacheco out 4 months - torn back muscle.

Centennials RHP Rafael Pena out 4-5 months - torn labrum.


Pitching Notables

Mansfields SP Sean Johnson beats Haymakers 2-0, allowing 2 hits.

Haymakers SP Ramon Navarro beats Whites 4-0, PERFECT GAME.

Resolutes SP Old Hoss Radbourn beats Marylands 2-0, allowing 2 hits and fanning 1 K.

Blue Legs SP Sam Wilkinson beats Westerns 7-0, allowing 2 hits and getting 3 Ks.

White Stockings SP George Bradley beats Grays 4-0, allowing 2 hits while fanning 2.

Whites SP Chris 'Slug' Jackson beats Atlantics 2-0, allowing just 2 hits and fanning 4.

Nationals SP Jack Patrick beats St Louis Red Stockings 2-0, allowing 2 hits.

Reds SP Tim Keefe beats Brown Stockings 14-0, allowing 6 hits and fanning 2.

Blue Legs SP Andrew Morgan beats ST.Louis Red Stockings 3-0, allowing 2 hits and fanning 2.

Red Caps SP Jerome Turner beats Grays 6-0, allowing 1 hit, 1 walk and getting 1 K.

Atlantics SP Donald Hamilton beats Olympics 1-0, allowing 2 hits and fanning 2.


Hitting Notables

Blue Legs RF Dick Phelan hits for cycle.

Centennials LF Ned Cuthbert hits for cycle.

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1876 NL Final Standings



1876 End of Season Hitting and Pitching Leaders





The NL was a tight race throughout the season. Until the end of June, both the White Stockings and Mutuals were in a dead heat. The Mutuals were able to finally pull away by the end of July and were able to hold off the charging White Stockings.

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1876 NL Best Fielders



1876 NL Best Rookie



1876 Best Pitcher



1876 Best Hitter



1876 was a good one for the new league. No additions for next season.

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1876 NA Final Standings



1876 NA Hitting and Pitching Leaders





1876 NA Championship



The first year of the NA as a two division league was pretty interesting. In League 1, Kekiongas, Rockford, Atlantics, Olympics and the Canaries were in the lead at one point or another. The final month came down to Ft. Wayne and Rockford but Ft. Wayne was able to hold them off to take the League 1 title. In League 2, the Eckfords put on a serious push to try to take down the Blue Legs but it was too little too late. The Blue Legs were pretty much out in front the entire year.

1876 NA Championship



Ft Wayne won the inaugural National Association 4-3. Washington opened it with a win, then allowed Ft Wayne three straight wins, only to see Washington win the next two to force a final game. It was a very good series and a very good way to end the new NA format.

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1876 NA Award Winners

League 1

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League 2

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1876 is over. The major portion of it anyway. The rest of 1876 and 1877 tomorrow.

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Had a long day with my Cubs dynasty and other outside things. Hope to get something done later or tomorrow evening.

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1877 NL and NA Draft List

NL



NL Draft 1st and 2nd Rounds



NA



NA Draft 1st Round