1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season
The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. Although both St. Louis and Hartford finished the season 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings, the Brown Stocking were officially the third place team as, in 1877, the standings were determined by number of wins, not games behind. As Hartford had 47 wins and St. Louis only had 45, Hartford finished in second and St. Louis finished in third. Nonetheless, St. Louis had won its division series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its division series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between those two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1.
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| Owner(s) | C. O. Bishop |
| Manager(s) | Mase Graffen, George McManus |
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Regular season
Season standings
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
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| 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
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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 |
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| C | John Clapp | 64 | 298 | 91 | .305 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Herman Dehlman | 64 | 245 | 45 | .184 | 0 | 9 |
| 2B | Mike McGeary | 61 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 0 | 30 |
| 3B | Joe Battin | 64 | 283 | 85 | .300 | 0 | 46 |
| SS | Denny Mack | 48 | 180 | 39 | .217 | 1 | 7 |
| OF | Ned Cuthbert | 63 | 283 | 70 | .247 | 0 | 25 |
| OF | Joe Blong | 62 | 264 | 62 | .235 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Lip Pike | 63 | 282 | 91 | .323 | 1 | 50 |
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 |
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| Dickey Pearce | 25 | 102 | 21 | .206 | 0 | 10 |
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 |
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| George Bradley | 64 | 573 | 45 | 19 | 1.23 | 103 |
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 |
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| Joe Blong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |