The Hartford Dark Blues were formed by Morgan Bulkeley and joined the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players for the 1874 season. They finished in seventh place in their debut.
1874 Hartford Dark Blues | |
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League | National Association of Professional Base Ball Players |
Ballpark | Hartford Ball Club Grounds |
City | Hartford, Connecticut |
Owner | Morgan Bulkeley |
Manager | Lip Pike |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editNational Association | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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Boston Red Stockings | 52 | 18 | – | .743 |
New York Mutuals | 42 | 23 | 7.5 | .646 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 22 | 11.5 | .600 |
Philadelphia White Stockings | 29 | 29 | 17.0 | .500 |
Chicago White Stockings | 28 | 31 | 18.5 | .474 |
Brooklyn Atlantics | 22 | 33 | 22.5 | .400 |
Hartford Dark Blues | 16 | 37 | 27.5 | .302 |
Baltimore Canaries | 9 | 38 | 31.5 | .191 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | HAR | NY | PHA | PWS | |||||||||
Baltimore | — | 1–9 | 1–3 | 1–9 | 2–3 | 1–8 | 2–2 | 1–4 | |||||||||
Boston | 9–1 | — | 6–4–1 | 7–3 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 8–2 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 3–1 | 4–6–1 | — | 3–4 | 5–3 | 3–7 | 1–6 | 3–6 | |||||||||
Chicago | 9–1 | 3–7 | 4–3 | — | 4–1 | 1–9 | 4–3 | 3–7 | |||||||||
Hartford | 3–2 | 1–9 | 3–5 | 1–4 | — | 2–8 | 2–5 | 4–4 | |||||||||
New York | 8–1 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 9–1 | 8–2 | — | 4–6 | 1–5 | |||||||||
Philadelphia Athletics | 2–2 | 2–8 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 6–4 | — | 9–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia White Stockings | 4–1 | 2–8 | 6–3 | 7–3 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 1–9 | — |
Roster
edit1874 Hartford Dark Blues roster | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
editBatting
editNote: 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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Scott Hastings | 52 | 247 | 80 | .324 | 0 | 30 |
Everett Mills | 53 | 244 | 69 | .283 | 0 | 19 |
Bob Addy | 50 | 213 | 51 | .239 | 0 | 22 |
Tom Barlow | 32 | 155 | 46 | .297 | 0 | 12 |
Bill Boyd | 26 | 117 | 41 | .350 | 0 | 19 |
Lip Pike | 52 | 234 | 83 | .355 | 1 | 50 |
Jim Tipper | 45 | 197 | 60 | .305 | 0 | 19 |
Billy Barnie | 45 | 190 | 35 | .184 | 0 | 20 |
Steve Brady | 27 | 118 | 37 | .314 | 0 | 14 |
Orator Shafer | 9 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 1 | 3 |
Jack Farrell | 3 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Manning | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Fancy O'Neil | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
editNote: 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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Cherokee Fisher | 39 | 322.1 | 13 | 23 | 2.32 | 25 |
Bill Stearns | 22 | 158.2 | 3 | 14 | 2.95 | 14 |
References
edit- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1874 Hartford Dark Blues season at Baseball Reference