1872 Cleveland Forest Citys season

The Cleveland Forest Citys played their second and final season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished seventh in the league with a record of 6-16. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

1872 Cleveland Forest Citys
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkNational Association Grounds
CityCleveland, Ohio
ManagersScott Hastings and Deacon White
← 1871

Regular season

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Season standings

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD GB
1 Boston Red Stockings (C) 48 39 8 1 521 236 +285
2 Baltimore Canaries 58 35 19 4 617 434 +183 7.5
3 New York Mutuals 56 34 20 2 523 362 +161 8.5
4 Philadelphia Athletics 47 30 14 3 539 349 +190 7.5
5 Troy Haymakers 25 15 10 0 273 191 +82 13
6 Brooklyn Atlantics 37 9 28 0 237 473 −236 25
7 Cleveland Forest Citys 22 6 16 0 174 254 −80 20.5
8 Middletown Mansfields 24 5 19 0 220 348 −128 22.5
9 Brooklyn Eckfords 29 3 26 0 152 413 −261 27
10 Washington Olympics 9 2 7 0 54 140 −86 18
11 Washington Nationals 11 0 11 0 80 190 −110 21
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Team BAL BOS BRA BRE CLE MID NY PHI TRO WSN WSO
Baltimore 0–7 5–1 5–1 4–1 4–0 5–4–2 4–5–2 3–0 3–0 2–0
Boston 7–0 7–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 7–2 4–4–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics 1–5 1–7 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–6 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords 1–5 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–5 0–3 0–0 0–0
Cleveland 1–4 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0
Middletown 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0
New York 4–5–2 2–7 6–2 5–0 2–1 4–0 6–3 3–2 1–0 1–0
Philadelphia 5–4–2 4–4–1 4–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 3–6 2–0 1–0 1–0
Troy 0–3 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 1–0
Washington Nationals 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
Washington Olympics 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0


Roster

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1872 Cleveland Forest Citys
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Deacon White 22 109 37 .339 0 22
Joe Simmons 18 90 23 .256 0 9
Charlie Sweasy 12 57 16 .281 0 6
Jim Holdsworth 22 110 33 .300 0 11
Ezra Sutton 22 107 30 .280 0 10
Scott Hastings 22 115 45 .391 0 16
Art Allison 19 87 23 .264 0 8
Charlie Pabor 21 92 19 .207 0 7
Jim Carleton 7 38 12 .316 0 4
Martin Mullen 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Pratt 15 105.2 2 9 5.79 7
Rynie Wolters 12 75.1 3 6 6.09 4
Charlie Pabor 2 18.0 1 1 4.00 0

References

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