1872 Middletown Mansfields season

The Middletown Mansfields played their first and only season in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eighth in the league with a record of 5-19.

1872 Middletown Mansfields
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkMansfield Club Grounds
CityMiddletown, Connecticut
OwnersBen Douglas, Jr.
ManagersJohn Clapp

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 Middletown Mansfields
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
John Clapp 19 97 27 .278 1 16
Tim Murnane 23 114 41 .360 0 16
Eddie Booth 24 116 37 .319 0 15
Jim O'Rourke 23 99 27 .273 0 16
George Fields 18 86 19 .221 0 14
Ham Allen 17 70 19 .271 0 11
Frank McCarton 19 82 25 .305 0 12
Jim Tipper 24 110 29 .264 0 18
Frank Buttery 18 93 20 .215 0 7
Asa Brainard 6 25 5 .200 0 1
Billy Arnold 2 7 1 .143 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
Cy Bentley 18 144.0 2 15 6.06 5
Asa Brainard 2 8.0 0 2 5.63 0

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frank Buttery 8 3 2 0 4.27 5

References

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