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1876 Louisville Grays Season
The Louisville Grays were formed prior to the 1876 Major League Baseball season and joined the just formed National League as a charter member. They finished in fifth place in their debut season under manager Jack Chapman. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' 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'' References1876 Louisville Grays season at Baseball Reference Louisville Grays seasons Louisville Grays season Louisville Grays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Baseball Park
Louisville Baseball Park (or Grounds) was a baseball park located in Louisville, Kentucky. The park was home to the Louisville Grays of the National League from 1876 to 1877. The field was located within a large block bounded by 4th Street (east); Hill Street (south); 6th Street (west); and Magnolia Avenue (north). The block was across the street to the south of Central Park, which still exists, and was also adjacent to a field used by the amateur Louisville Eagles. A few years after the breakup of the club following the 1877 Louisville Grays scandal, the large block was redeveloped for other purposes. It was the home of the Southern Exposition The Southern Exposition was a five-year series of world's fairs held in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1883 to 1887 in what is now Louisville's Old Louisville neighborhood. The exposition, held for 100 days each year on immediately sout ... from 1883 through 1887. By the 1890s, the large block had been cut into lots and developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Gerhardt
John Joseph Gerhardt (February 14, 1855 – March 11, 1922) was an American professional baseball second baseman whose career spanned from 1873 to 1893. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 11 major league clubs. Early years Gerhardt was born in 1855 in Washington, D.C. His father, Joseph Gerhardt, was an immigrant from Prussia who was in the restaurant business and was a Colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His mother, Dorah, was an immigrant from the Hesse Cassel, which is now part of Germany. Professional baseball Gerhardt played five seasons in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Grays (1876–77), Eclipse (1883–84) and Colonels (1891), and five seasons in New York City for the Mutuals (1875), Giants (1885–87), Metropolitans (1887) and Gladiators (1890). Across all 15 major league seasons, he appeared in 1,078 games, 893 as a second baseman, 85 as a third baseman, 63 as a first baseman, and 33 as a shortstop. Gerhardt was a weak h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Grays Seasons
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhammad A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Ryan (baseball)
John Joseph Ryan (1853–1902) was an American outfielder from 1873 to 1877 in the National Association and the National League. After retiring from baseball, Ryan joined the Philadelphia Police Department The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD or Philly PD) is the law enforcement agency, police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police a ... in March 1891, becoming a well-liked and respected officer. Ryan suffered a fatal heart attack and died while on duty, after being kicked in the stomach while trying to arrest Charles Hemple, who started a fight in a pub. References External links 1853 births 1902 deaths Major League Baseball left fielders 19th-century baseball players Philadelphia White Stockings players Baltimore Canaries players New Haven Elm Citys players Louisville Grays players Cincinnati Reds (1876–1879) players Baseball players from Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Hastings (baseball)
Winfield Scott Hastings (August 10, 1847 – August 14, 1907) was a Major League Baseball player and manager in the late 19th century. Primarily a catcher and outfielder, Hastings also appeared as a first baseman, second baseman, and shortstop over the course of his career. Early life and amateur career Hastings was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, the son of a wagon maker. He was named after U.S. Army General Winfield Scott. Hastings enlisted in the 145th Illinois Infantry Regiment in 1864 at 18 years old. He was a member of the Rockford Forest Citys in , when he led amateur players in runs, hits, and scoring average, and he served as the Forest Citys team captain in 1869 and . Hastings is listed in the 1870 census working as a hotel clerk in Rockford. Professional career Rockford Forest Citys (1871) Prior to joining the 1871 Forest Citys, Hastings played for the independent Lone Star club of New Orleans, including in an exhibition game on April 16, against the Chicago White Stocki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Collins (baseball)
Daniel Thomas Collins (July 12, 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 21, 1883), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1874 to 1876. Collins had played for the Chicago White Stockings and the Louisville Grays. See also * List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders In baseball, the strikeout is a Baseball statistics, statistic used to evaluate pitchers. A pitcher earns a strikeout when he putout, puts out the Batting (baseball), batter he is facing by throwing a ball through the strike zone, "defined as that ... References Baseball Reference Chicago White Stockings players Louisville Grays players 1854 births 1883 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball outfielders 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Missouri {{US-baseball-pitcher-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Clinton
James Lawrence Clinton (August 10, 1850 – September 3, 1921), nicknamed "Big Jim", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in three major leagues. He also managed the Brooklyn Eckfords for a short time in 1872, losing all 11 games he managed. Following his playing career, Clinton managed minor league teams in Birmingham, Nashville, and Manchester and worked at a Brooklyn hotel. In 1896 he earned $10,000 from the sale of four lots in Oakland, California he had purchased with teammate John Farrow during their playing days. By 1920, Clinton was an inmate of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center The Kings Park Psychiatric Center, known by Kings Park locals as "The Psych Center", is a former state-run psychiatric hospital located in Kings Park, New York. It operated from 1885 until 1996, when the State of New York closed the facility, .... He died there on September 3, 1921. References External links * Baseball players from New York (state) Major Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bechtel
George A. Bechtel (September 2, 1848 – April 3, 1921?) was an American right fielder and pitcher in professional baseball's early history. He played in all five seasons of baseball's first all-professional league, the National Association, and later played in the first season of baseball's first major league, the National League, when the Association folded. He later became the first player in Major League history to be suspended for life for intentionally losing games for money. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bechtel began his professional career in for the Philadelphia Athletics, when they joined the new National Association. Bechtel had played for the Athletics in , and stayed with the team during its transformation from the previous version of the National Association. He batted .351 that season while playing in 20 of the team's 28 games, as the Athletics won the season's championship. Bechtel had also played for a couple of other Philadelphia teams during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Allison
Arthur Algernon Allison (January 29, 1849 – February 25, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player from 1871 to 1876, who played his career primarily as an outfielder. Allison is known for playing in the first professional baseball game on May 4, 1871 between the Cleveland Forest Citys and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas, as Cleveland's Center Fielder. Allison is also known as being the first ever strikeout recorded in major league history. Allison had a peak year during the 1873 season whilst playing for the Elizabeth Resolutes, where he had a career-high batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ... of .320. Despite Allison having the second highest batting average of the 1873 season, the Resolutes as a team would place second to last in the National Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Somerville
Edward G. Somerville (March 1, 1853 – October 1, 1877) was a Major League baseball player from 1875 to 1876. He played with the Philadelphia Centennials, New Haven Elm Citys, and Louisville Grays as an infielder. He had a .200 batting average for his career. He died at age 24 of alcohol consumption An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink, adult beverage, or a drink) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol that acts as a drug and is produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar. The cons .... References Sources 1853 births 1877 deaths Major League Baseball second basemen Philadelphia Centennials players New Haven Elm Citys players Louisville Grays players 19th-century baseball players London Tecumseh players Baseball players from Pennsylvania {{US-baseball-second-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hague
William L. Hague (1852 – November 21, 1898), born as ''William L. Haug'', was an American Major League Baseball player who played as a third baseman from 1875 to 1879, for three teams: the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National Association, the Louisville Grays and the Providence Grays, both of the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s .... References External links 1852 births 1898 deaths Major League Baseball third basemen St. Louis Brown Stockings (NA) players Louisville Grays players Providence Grays players 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Philadelphia {{baseball-third-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick Fulmer
Charles John "Chick" Fulmer (February 13, 1851 – February 15, 1940) was a Major League Baseball player who played shortstop from to . He played for the Rockford Forest Citys, New York Mutuals, Philadelphia White Stockings, Louisville Grays, Buffalo Bisons, Cincinnati Red Stockings, and St. Louis Browns. His brother, Washington Fulmer, also played a single game at the major league level. Early life Fulmer was born in Philadelphia, and he came from a family of soldiers. His father Michael was a major in the Union Army before becoming a butcher in Philadelphia. Fulmer's grandfather John fought in the American Revolution, and his great-grandfather Michael was involved in the French and Indian War. Fulmer tried to serve in the Civil War himself by joining the Southwark Guards, but he was 14 years old and he was sent home before he saw any battle. Career Fulmer made his major league debut for the Rockford Forest Citys in 1871, the first year that games were played in the National As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
