1871 Rockford Forest Citys season

The Rockford Forest Citys played their first and only season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished ninth in the league with a record of 4–21. They folded after the season.

1871 Rockford Forest Citys
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
ManagersScott Hastings
     

Regular season
Cabinet card of the 1871 Rockford Forest Citys

Rockford finished with 4 wins and 21 losses, 15½ games behind the champion Philadelphia Athletics club and good for last place. Player-manager Scott Hastings was found to have violated the "60 day rule" implemented by the league—if a player switched teams during the season, the team had to bench him for 60 days before he could play. Hastings had jumped from a Louisiana team to the Forest Citys in the spring and immediately begun playing for Rockford. This complaint was brought before the league, and the Forest Citys were forced to forfeit 4 of their wins.

The star of the team was Cap Anson, who hit .325 for the Forest Citys and would go on to become the player-manager of the Chicago White Stockings for over 20 seasons. Anson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1939.

Season standings
Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD PCT GB
1 Philadelphia Athletics (C) 28 21 7 0 376 266 +110 .750 —
2 Chicago White Stockings 28 19 9 0 302 241 +61 .679 2
3 Boston Red Stockings 31 20 10 1 401 303 +98 .661 2
4 Washington Olympics 32 15 15 2 310 303 +7 .500 7
5 New York Mutuals 33 16 17 0 302 313 −11 .485 7.5
6 Troy Haymakers 29 13 15 1 351 362 −11 .466 8
7 Fort Wayne Kekiongas 19 7 12 0 137 243 −106 .368 9.5
8 Cleveland Forest Citys 29 10 19 0 249 341 −92 .345 11.5
9 Rockford Forest Citys 25 4 21 0 231 287 −56 .160 15.5
Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents
1871 National Association Records

Sources:
Team BOS CHI CLE FW NY PHI ROC TRO WSH
Boston —1–33–12–02–23–13–03–23–1–1
Chicago 3–1—2–12–03–12–33–01–13–2
Cleveland 1–31–2—0–33–20–33–12–20–3
Fort Wayne 0–20–23–0—1–20–21–11–11–2
New York 2–21–32–32–1—2–33–11–33–1
Philadelphia 1–33–23–02–03–2—3–03–03–0
Rockford 0–30–31–31–11–30–3—1–20–3
Troy 2–31–12–21–13–10–32–1—2–3–1
Washington 1–3–12–33–02–11–30–33–03–2–1—

Roster
1871 Rockford Forest Citys
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CScott Hastings2511830.254020
1BDenny Mack2512230.246017
2BBob Addy2511832.271013
SSChick Fulmer166317.27003
3BCap Anson2512039.325016
OFGeorge Bird2510628.264013
OFRalph Ham2511328.248012
OFGat Stires2511030.273224

Other batters

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
Pony Sager83911.28205
Al Barker141.25002

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cherokee Fisher24213.04164.3515

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Denny Mack313.0013.461

References


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