1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season explained

St. Louis Brown Stockings
Season:	1876
League:	National League
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Owner:	C. O. Bishop
Managers:	Mase Graffen, George McManus

The St. Louis Brown Stockings joined the newly formed National League as a charter member in 1876. Although both St. Louis and Hartford finished the season 6 games behind the pennant-winning Chicago White Stockings, the Brown Stockings were officially the third place team as, in 1877, the standings were determined by number of wins, not games behind. As Hartford had 47 wins and St. Louis only had 45, Hartford finished in second and St. Louis finished in third. Nonetheless, St. Louis had won its season series against Chicago 6 games to 4 – winning all of its season series against all National League opponents. Due to the politics between the teams at the time, an unofficial five-game post-season was created between those two teams to determine the "Championship of the West." St. Louis won the series 4 games to 1. According to Stathead, the 1876 Brown Stockings hold the lowest team ERA in MLB history (1.22).^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings
Roster
PitchersCatchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Manager

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	64	298	91	.305	0	29
1B	64	245	45	.184	0	9
2B	61	276	72	.261	0	30
3B	64	283	85	.300	0	46
SS	48	180	39	.217	1	7
OF	63	283	70	.247	0	25
OF	62	264	62	.235	0	30
OF	63	282	91	.323	1	50

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

References

1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: Team Pitching Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Earned Run Average <= 1.71, sorted by lowest Earned Run Average.. Stathead Baseball. April 23, 2021.