1876 Louisville Grays season

1876 Louisville Grays
League	National League
Ballpark	Louisville Baseball Park
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Owners	Walter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager	Jack Chapman

The Louisville Grays were formed prior to the 1876 Major League Baseball season and joined the just formed National League as a charter member. They finished in fifth place in their debut season under manager Jack Chapman.

Regular season

1876 Louisville Grays

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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers Jim Devlin Frank Pearce Catchers Bill Holbert Pop Snyder		Infielders John Carbine Chick Fulmer Joe Gerhardt Bill Hague Ed Somerville		Outfielders Art Allison George Bechtel Jack Chapman Jim Clinton Dan Collins Scott Hastings Johnny Ryan		Manager Jack Chapman

Player stats

Batting

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	Pop Snyder	56	224	44	.196	1	9
1B	Joe Gerhardt	65	292	76	.260	2	18
2B	Ed Somerville	64	256	48	.188	0	14
3B	Bill Hague	67	294	78	.265	1	22
SS	Chick Fulmer	66	267	73	.273	1	29
OF	Scott Hastings	67	283	73	.258	0	21
OF	Johnny Ryan	64	241	61	.253	1	18
OF	Art Allison	31	130	27	.208	0	10

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
Jack Chapman	17	67	16	.239	0	5
Jim Clinton	16	65	22	.338	0	0
George Bechtel	14	55	10	.182	0	2
Bill Holbert	12	43	11	.256	0	5
Dan Collins	7	28	4	.143	0	9
John Carbine	7	25	4	.160	0	1

Pitching

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
Jim Devlin	68	622.0	30	35	1.56	122
Jim Clinton	1	9.0	0	1	6.00	1

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
Johnny Ryan	1	0	0	0	5.63	1
Frank Pearce	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

References

• 1876 Louisville Grays season at Baseball Reference