1875 Philadelphia White Stockings season
The Philadelphia White Stockings played in 1875 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. The press of that time generally referred to them as the Philadelphia Whites, or the Philadelphia Club.
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Managers | Mike McGeary, Bob Addy |
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The team finished fifth in the league in 1875, with a record of 37-31. Among their players that season was Tim Murnane, spelled "Murnan" by many newspapers (for example, "...yesterday the Whites won the toss and placed their men in position, with the Philadelphias represented by Murnan at the bat." ("Sporting News," Chicago Inter Ocean, June 23, 1875, p. 5).
The team and league folded at the conclusion of the season.
Regular season
Season standings
National Association | W | L | T | GB | Pct. |
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Boston Red Stockings | 71 | 8 | 3 | – | .884 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 20 | 4 | 15.0 | .714 |
Hartford Dark Blues | 54 | 28 | 3 | 18.5 | .659 |
St. Louis Brown Stockings | 39 | 29 | 2 | 26.5 | .571 |
Philadelphia White Stockings | 37 | 31 | 2 | 28.5 | .542 |
Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 37 | 2 | 35.0 | .449 |
New York Mutuals | 30 | 38 | 3 | 35.5 | .443 |
New Haven Elm Citys | 7 | 40 | – | 48.0 | .149 |
Washington Nationals | 5 | 23 | – | 40.5 | .179 |
St. Louis Red Stockings | 4 | 15 | – | 37.0 | .211 |
Philadelphia Centennials | 2 | 12 | – | 36.5 | .143 |
Brooklyn Atlantics | 2 | 42 | – | 51.5 | .045 |
Keokuk Westerns | 1 | 12 | – | 37.0 | .077 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | CHI | HAR | KEO | NH | NY | PHA | PHC | PWS | SLB | SLR | WSH | ||||
Boston | — | 6–0 | 8–2 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 10–0 | 8–2–2 | 4–0 | 6–0–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||||
Brooklyn | 0–6 | — | 0–2 | 0–10 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||
Chicago | 2–8 | 2–0 | — | 4–6–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–7–1 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 0–0 | ||||
Hartford | 1–9 | 10–0 | 6–4–1 | — | 0–0 | 8–1 | 8–2–2 | 4–3–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 5–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||||
Keokuk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | ||||
New Haven | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 0–0 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | ||||
New York | 0–10 | 7–0 | 3–3 | 2–8–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | 3–6 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||||
Philadelphia Athletics | 2–8–2 | 7–0 | 7–1–1 | 3–4–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 6–3 | — | 2–1 | 8–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | ||||
Philadelphia Centennials | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||
Philadelphia White Stockings | 0–6–1 | 7–0 | 7–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 2–8 | 3–0 | — | 5–5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||
St. Louis Brown Stockings | 2–7 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–0–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 5–5–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||||
St. Louis Red Stockings | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||||
Washington | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
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 |
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Pop Snyder | 66 | 263 | 64 | .243 | 1 | 25 |
Tim Murnane | 69 | 313 | 85 | .272 | 1 | 30 |
Levi Meyerle | 68 | 301 | 95 | .316 | 1 | 54 |
Chick Fulmer | 69 | 295 | 65 | .220 | 0 | 24 |
Mike McGeary | 68 | 310 | 90 | .290 | 0 | 37 |
Fred Treacey | 43 | 179 | 38 | .212 | 0 | 15 |
Bob Addy | 69 | 310 | 80 | .258 | 0 | 43 |
John McMullin | 54 | 222 | 57 | .257 | 2 | 19 |
Fergy Malone | 29 | 123 | 28 | .228 | 0 | 10 |
Orator Shafer | 19 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 0 | 6 |
Bill Crowley | 9 | 37 | 3 | .081 | 0 | 3 |
Bill Parks | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Cherokee Fisher | 41 | 358.0 | 22 | 19 | 1.99 | 18 |
George Zettlein | 21 | 181.1 | 12 | 8 | 2.08 | 13 |
Joe Borden | 7 | 66.0 | 2 | 4 | 1.50 | 9 |
Sam Weaver | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John McMullin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 0 |
Bill Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 0 |