1877 Cincinnati Reds season

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1877 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkAvenue Grounds
CityCincinnati
ManagersLip Pike, Bob Addy, Jack Manning
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The 1877 Cincinnati Reds season was the team's second season in the National League. The team finished sixth and last in the league with a record of 15–42, 25½ games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.[1]

Regular season

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Lip Pike

After finishing dead last in the National League in the 1876 season, the Reds attempted to improve their club by signing Lip Pike, who spent the previous season with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Pike was also named the manager of the team. Some other off-season additions included Bob Addy, who spent the previous season with the Chicago White Stockings, Jack Manning of the Boston Red Caps, and a couple of new pitchers: Candy Cummings, who had a 16–8 record with a 1.67 ERA with the Hartford Dark Blues, and Bobby Mathews, who had a 21–34 record with New York Mutuals in 1876.

The Reds got off to another terrible start, as they had a 3–11 start to the season, and Pike stepped down as the manager. The team was briefly disbanded by owner Josiah Keck, and although a group of eight businessmen stepped in to rescue the franchise, some Cincinnati players had been signed by other teams in the interim, and some newspapers subsequently refused to list the Red's results.[2] Bob Addy took over as player manager; however, he too saw very few wins as Cincinnati went 5–19 during his managerial stint. Jack Manning then finished the year as player-manager, going 7–12, as the Reds had a 15–42 record and once again finished in the National League cellar, 25.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

Charley Jones had another solid season for the Reds, hitting .310 with two homers and a team high 36 RBI. Manning also had a solid year, hitting .317, as he had a team high 80 hits while tying Jones with a team high 36 RBI. Pike hit .298 with a team high four home runs, and added 23 RBI. On the mound, rookie Bobby Mitchell came up late in the season and was very impressive, leading Cincinnati with six victories and a team best 3.51 ERA in twelve games.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston 42 18 .700 — 27‍–‍5 15‍–‍13
Louisville 35 25 .583 7 20‍–‍9 15‍–‍16
Brooklyn Hartfords 31 27 .534 10 19‍–‍8 12‍–‍19
St. Louis 28 32 .467 14 20‍–‍10 8‍–‍22
Chicago 26 33 .441 15½ 17‍–‍12 9‍–‍21
Cincinnati 15 42 .263 25½ 12‍–‍18 3‍–‍24

Record vs. opponents

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1877 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team BOS BKN CHI CIN LOU STL
Boston — 7–5–1 10–2 11–1 8–4 6–6
Brooklyn 5–7–1 — 8–4 7–3 6–6–1 5–7
Chicago 2–10 4–8 — 8–3–1 4–8 8–4
Cincinnati 1–11 3–7 3–8–1 — 5–7 3–9
Louisville 4–8 6–6–1 8–4 7–5 — 10–2
St. Louis 6–6 7–5 4–8 9–3 2–10 —


Game log

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Legend
Reds Win Reds Loss Game Tied/Postponed
1877 Game Log: 15–42 (Home: 12–18; Away: 3–24)
May: 3–7 (Home: 2–6; Away: 1–1)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
– May 3 Grays Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 14
– May 5 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: June 16
1 May 10 @ Grays 15–9 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 1–0 W1
2 May 12 @ Grays 8–12 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 1–1 L1
3 May 14 Grays 6–24 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–2 L2
4 May 17 Red Caps 0–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–3 L3
5 May 19 Red Caps 2–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–4 L4
6 May 22 Hartfords 4–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–5 L5
7 May 23 Hartfords 4–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–6 L6
8 May 26 White Stockings 7–12 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–7 L7
9 May 30 White Stockings 5–4 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–7 W1
10 May 31 Brown Stockings 12–7 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–7 W2
June: 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–5)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
11 June 2 Brown Stockings 2–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–8 L1
12 June 5 @ White Stockings 5–12 23rd Street Grounds N/A 3–9 L2
13 June 7 @ White Stockings 6–11 23rd Street Grounds N/A 3–10 L3
14 June 9 @ Brown Stockings 2–13 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–11 L4
15 June 11 @ Brown Stockings 2–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–12 L5
16 June 14 @ Grays 3–10 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 3–13 L6
17 June 16 Grays 4–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–14 L7
– June 23 @ Red Caps Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 24
– June 26 @ Red Caps Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 3
– June 28 @ Hartfords Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 27
July: 5–6 (Home: 5–6; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
18 July 3 Grays 3–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–15 L8
19 July 4 Grays 10–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–15 W1
20 July 6 Red Caps 5–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–16 L1
21 July 7 Red Caps 2–3 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–17 L2
– July 10 Hartfords Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 11
22 July 11 Hartfords 2–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–18 L3
23 July 12 Hartfords 9–15 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–19 L4
24 July 20 Red Caps 13–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 5–19 W1
25 July 21 Red Caps 5–7 Avenue Grounds N/A 5–20 L1
26 July 24 Hartfords 9–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–20 W1
27 July 25 Hartfords 5–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 7–20 W2
28 July 31 White Stockings 9–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–20 W3
August: 1–14 (Home: 0–3; Away: 1–11)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
29 August 2 White Stockings 1–15 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–21 L1
30 August 4 Brown Stockings 3–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–22 L2
31 August 6 Brown Stockings 2–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 8–23 L3
32 August 7 @ White Stockings 7–21 23rd Street Grounds N/A 8–24 L4
33 August 9 @ White Stockings 9–13 23rd Street Grounds N/A 8–25 L5
34 August 11 @ Brown Stockings 3–6 Sportsman's Park N/A 8–26 L6
35 August 13 @ Brown Stockings 10–13 Sportsman's Park N/A 8–27 L7
36 August 17 @ Hartfords 4–12 Union Grounds N/A 8–28 L8
37 August 18 @ Hartfords 5–8 Union Grounds N/A 8–29 L9
38 August 21 @ Red Caps 0–7 South End Grounds N/A 8–30 L10
39 August 23 @ Red Caps 4–10 South End Grounds N/A 8–31 L11
40 August 24 @ Red Caps 6–8 South End Grounds N/A 8–32 L12
41 August 27 @ Hartfords 1–5 Union Grounds N/A 8–33 L13
42 August 28 @ Hartfords 13–7 Union Grounds N/A 9–33 W1
43 August 30 @ Red Caps 2–9 South End Grounds N/A 9–34 L1
September: 6–4 (Home: 6–1; Away: 1–3)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
44 September 1 @ Red Caps 3–8 South End Grounds N/A 9–35 L2
45 September 3 @ Red Caps 0–14 South End Grounds N/A 9–36 L3
46 September 6 Grays 1–0 Avenue Grounds N/A 10–36 W1
47 September 7 Grays 2–3 Avenue Grounds N/A 10–37 L1
48 September 8 Grays 6–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 11–37 W1
49 September 13 @ Grays 7–4 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 12–37 W2
50 September 14 @ Grays 6–12 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 12–38 L1
51 September 24 Brown Stockings 5–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 13–38 W1
52 September 25 Brown Stockings 7–4 Avenue Grounds N/A 14–38 W2
– September 27 White Stockings Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 28
53 September 28 White Stockings 5–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 14–38 W2
54 September 29 White Stockings 9–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 15–38 W3
October: 0–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–4)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
55 October 1 @ White Stockings 3–10 23rd Street Grounds N/A 15–39 L1
56 October 2 @ White Stockings 1–13 23rd Street Grounds N/A 15–40 L2
57 October 5 @ Brown Stockings 2–11 Sportman's Park N/A 15–41 L3
58 October 6 @ Brown Stockings 3–7 Sportman's Park N/A 15–42 L4

Roster

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1877 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Scott Hastings 20 71 10 .141 0 3
1B Charlie Gould 24 91 25 .275 0 13
2B Lip Pike 58 262 78 .298 4 23
3B Will Foley 56 216 41 .190 0 18
SS Jack Manning 57 252 80 .317 0 36
OF Bob Addy 57 245 68 .278 0 31
OF Charley Jones 55 232 72 .310 2 36
OF Ned Cuthbert 12 56 10 .179 0 2

Other batters

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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
Amos Booth 44 157 27 .172 0 13
Levi Meyerle 27 107 35 .327 0 15
Jimmy Hallinan 16 73 27 .370 0 7
George Miller 11 37 6 .162 0 3
Harry Smith 10 36 9 .250 0 3
Nat Hicks 8 32 6 .188 0 3
Chub Sullivan 8 32 8 .250 0 4
Johnny Ryan 6 26 4 .154 0 2
Henry Kessler 6 20 2 .100 0 0
Billy Redmond 3 12 3 .250 0 3

Pitching

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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
Candy Cummings 19 155.2 5 14 4.34 11
Bobby Mathews 15 129.1 3 12 4.04 9
Bobby Mitchell 12 100.0 6 5 3.51 41

Other 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
Amos Booth 12 86.0 1 7 3.56 18
Jack Manning 10 44.0 0 4 6.95 6

References

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  1. ^ 1877 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Cincinnati Red Stockings Stats, Rosters, Schedules and Uniform Numbers by Baseball Almanac". Baseball Almanac. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
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