1874 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1874 throughout the world.  

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See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1874 in sports

Sources

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Contents 1 Champions 2 National Association final standings 3 Statistical leaders 4 Notable seasons 5 Events 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 External links

[edit] Champions

• National Association: Boston Red Stockings

[edit] National Association final standings

National Association
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Red Stockings	52	18	.743	--
New York Mutuals	42	23	.646	7.5
Philadelphia Athletics	33	22	.600	11.5
Philadelphia White Stockings	29	29	.500	17.0
Chicago White Stockings	28	31	.475	18.5
Brooklyn Atlantics	22	33	.400	22.5
Hartford Dark Blues	16	37	.302	27.5
Baltimore Lord Baltimores	9	38	.191	31.5

[edit] Statistical leaders

National Association
Type	Name	Stat
AVG	Levi Meyerle CHI	.394
HR	Jim O'Rourke BOS	5
RBI	Cal McVey BOS	71
Wins	Albert Spalding BOS	52
ERA	Bobby Mathews NYU	2.30
Strikeouts	Dan Collins CHI	18

[edit] Notable seasons

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

• January 29 - Albert Spalding arrives in England to set up a tour for the Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics to demonstrate American baseball to the English.

[edit] April-June

• May 5 - Tommy Bond makes his professional debut, throwing a 4-hitter and defeating the Baltimore Canaries.
• May 6 - Dick McBride of the Philadelphia Athletics throws a 1-hitter in a win against the Philadelphia White Stockings.
• May 13 - The Chicago White Stockings play the first professional game in Chicago by a Chicago team since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The White Stockings win 4-0 over the Philadelphia Athletics before 4,000 fans.
• June 18 - Playing without suspended pitcher George Zettlein, The Chicago White Stockings are humiliated by the New York Mutuals 38-1. The Mutuals collect 33 hits, but are outdone by the White Stockings defensive miscues as they commit 36 errors in the game.

[edit] July-September

• July 10 - Jimmy Wood, player-manager for several teams in the NA, has his right leg amputated above the knee due to infection. Wood would be re-hired by the Chicago White Stockings to replace Fergy Malone and be on the bench managing 5 weeks after the amputation.
• July 16 - The Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics depart from Philadelphia for England for their baseball exhibition tour.
• September 9 - John Radcliff is dismissed from the Philadelphia White Stockings after umpire William McLean testified that Radcliff had offered him $175 to fix a game.
• September 9 - The Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics return from their England trip, arriving in New York.

[edit] October-December

• October 20 - The Boston Red Stockings win their 3rd consecutive pennant with a 14-7 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

[edit] Births

• January 14 - Jack Taylor
• January 22 - Jay Hughes
• February 1 - Harry Bemis
• February 22 - Bill Klem
• February 23 - Billy Lauder
• February 24 - Honus Wagner
• March 16 - Bill Duggleby
• March 18 - Nixey Callahan
• March 24 - Roy Thomas
• April 7 - John Ganzel
• June 5 - Jack Chesbro
• June 5 - Frank Huelsman
• June 20 - Win Mercer
• June 26 - Topsy Hartsel
• July 9 - Jack Powell
• July 14 - Jesse Tannehill
• September 5 - Nap Lajoie
• September 17 - Willie Sudhoff
• September 21 - Grant "Home Run" Johnson
• October 12 - Jimmy Burke
• October 19 - Tom McCreery
• October 31 - Harry Smith

[edit] Deaths

• April 9 - Charlie Mills, age unknown, catcher for the 1871 New York Mutuals.
• 1874 - Seem Studley, age unknown, center fielder for the short-lived 1872 Washington Nationals.

[edit] External links

• 1874 season at baseball-reference.com
• Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
• Retrosheet.org