1876 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1876 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's first season of existence, having been formed as part of the brand new National League in 1876. This team was not related (except by name) to the previous Cincinnati Red Stockings National Association team, which had folded in 1870.[1]

1876 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Avenue Grounds (since 1876) Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1876)
Other information
Manager(s)	Charlie Gould
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Regular season

One bright spot for the Reds was the play of Charley Jones, who led the club with a batting average of .286, had the second highest home run total in the league with four, and was among the league leaders in doubles and slugging percentage.

Season summary

The Reds played their first ever game on April 25, 1876, defeating the St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–1 at Avenue Grounds. Wins would be far and few between for the Reds, as after putting up a solid 3–2 record in their opening five games, the Reds would go on an eleven-game losing streak to fall to 3–13. After defeating the Hartford Dark Blues 8–2 to end their losing streak, the Reds would then have a thirteen-game losing streak, and saw their record fall to 4–26. By the time the season was finished, Cincinnati had the worst record in the National League, as they ended the season with a 9–56 record, 42.5 games behind the first place Chicago White Stockings.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago	52	14	0.788	—	25–6	27–8
Hartford	47	21	0.691	6	23–9	24–12
St. Louis	45	19	0.703	6	24–6	21–13
Boston	39	31	0.557	15	19–17	20–14
Louisville	30	36	0.455	22	15–16	15–20
Mutual	21	35	0.375	26	13–20	8–15
Athletic	14	45	0.237	34½	10–24	4–21
Cincinnati	9	56	0.138	42½	6–24	3–32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	CIN	HAR	LOU	NY	PHI	STL
Boston	—	1–9	10–0	2–8	5–5	8–2	9–1	4–6
Chicago	9–1	—	10–0	6–4	9–1	7–1	7–1	4–6
Cincinnati	0–10	0–10	—	1–9	2–8	1–7	3–5	2–7
Hartford	8–2	4–6	9–1	—	9–1–1	4–4	9–1	4–6
Louisville	5–5	1–9	8–2	1–9–1	—	5–3–1	6–2–1	4–6
New York	2–8	1–7	7–1	4–4	3–5–1	—	3–4	1–6
Philadelphia	1–9	1–7	5–3	1–9	2–6–1	4–3	—	0–8
St. Louis	6–4	6–4	7–2	6–4	6–4	6–1	8–0	—

Roster

1876 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Dory Dean Cherokee Fisher Dale Williams		Catchers Sam Field Dave Pierson Infielders Amos Booth Will Foley Charlie Gould Henry Kessler Charlie Sweasy		Outfielders Bobby Clack Charley Jones Redleg Snyder		Manager Charlie Gould

Player stats

Starters by position

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	Dave Pierson	57	233	55	.236	0	13
1B	Charlie Gould	61	258	65	.252	0	11
2B	Charlie Sweasy	56	225	46	.204	0	10
3B	Will Foley	58	221	50	.226	0	9
SS	Henry Kessler	59	248	64	.258	0	11
OF	Charley Jones	64	276	79	.286	4	38
OF	Redleg Snyder	55	205	31	.151	0	12
OF	Bobby Clack	32	118	19	.161	0	5

Other batters

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
Amos Booth	63	272	71	.261	0	14
Sam Field	4	14	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dory Dean	30	262.2	4	26	3.73	22
Cherokee Fisher	28	229.1	4	20	3.02	29
Dale Williams	9	83	1	8	4.23	9
Dave Pierson	1	0	0	1	∞	0

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Amos Booth	3	9.2	0	1	9.31	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Charlie Gould	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
Bobby Clack	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

1. 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball