1871 Washington Olympics season

1871 Washington Olympics
Major League affiliations
	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871);
Location
	Olympics Grounds (since 1871); Washington, D.C. (since 1871);
Other information
Manager(s)	Nick Young
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The Washington Olympics played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished fourth in the league with a record of 15-15.

Regular season

Cabinet card of the 1871 Washington Olympics

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics	21	7	--	.750
Chicago White Stockings	19	9	2.0	.679
Boston Red Stockings	20	10	2.0	.667
Washington Olympics	15	15	7.0	.500
New York Mutuals	16	17	7.5	.485
Troy Haymakers	13	15	8.0	.464
Fort Wayne Kekiongas	7	12	9.5	.368
Cleveland Forest Citys	10	19	11.5	.345
Rockford Forest Citys	4	21	15.5	.160

1871 National Association Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	FW	NY	PHI	ROC	TRO	WSH
Boston	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1–1
Chicago	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Cleveland	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–3
Fort Wayne	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
New York	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	3–0	3–0
Rockford	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–3
Troy	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–3–1
Washington	1–3–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0	3–2–1	—

1871 Washington Olympics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Doug Allison	27	133	44	.331	2	27
1B	Everett Mills	32	157	43	.274	1	24
2B	Andy Leonard	31	148	43	.291	0	30
SS	Davy Force	32	162	45	.278	0	29
3B	Fred Waterman	32	158	50	.316	0	17
OF	John Glenn	26	120	37	.308	0	21
OF	George Hall	32	136	40	.294	2	17
OF	Harry Berthrong	17	73	17	.233	0	8

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Henry Burroughs	12	63	15	.238	1	14
Tommy Beals	10	36	7	.194	0	1
Charlie Sweasy	5	19	4	.211	0	4
Warren White	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Frank Norton	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Asa Brainard	30	264	12	15	4.50	13
Bill Stearns	2	18	2	0	2.50	0

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