The following are the baseball events of the year 1875 throughout the world.

Champions

National Association final standings

National Association W L T GB Pct.
Boston Red Stockings7183.884
Philadelphia Athletics5320415.0.714
Hartford Dark Blues5428318.5.659
St. Louis Brown Stockings3929226.5.571
Philadelphia White Stockings3731228.5.542
Chicago White Stockings3037235.0.449
New York Mutuals3038335.5.443
New Haven Elm Citys74048.0.149
Washington Nationals52340.5.179
St. Louis Red Stockings41537.0.211
Philadelphia Centennials21236.5.143
Brooklyn Atlantics24251.5.045
Keokuk Westerns11237.0.077

Statistical leaders

National Association
TypeNameStat
AVGDeacon White BOS.367
HRJim O'Rourke BOS6
RBICal McVey BOS87
WinsAl Spalding BOS54
ERAAl Spalding BOS1.59
StrikeoutsCandy Cummings HAR82

Notable seasons

  • Boston Red Stockings pitcher Al Spalding has a record of 54–5 and leads the NA in wins. His 570.2 innings pitched ranks second in the league. He has 75 strikeouts, a 1.59 earned run average, and a 136 ERA+. At the plate, he has a .312 batting average and a 134 OPS+.[1][2]
  • Boston Red Stockings first baseman Cal McVey leads the NA with 87 runs batted in and a .873 OPS. His 138 hits and 192 OPS+ both rank second in the league. He has a .355 batting average and 89 runs scored.[3][4]

Events

January–March

April–June

  • May 3 – The Hartfords are caught using an illegal bat which had been whittled nearly flat on one side and painted black to conceal the altering. The bat is thrown out and Hartford goes on to win the game.
  • May 5 – National of Washington gives up 20+ runs for the 5th consecutive game.
  • May 11 – The Red Stockings of St. Louis fall to the Chicagos 1–0, the lowest scoring game ever at the time.
  • May 21 – Only 10 days after it happened for the first time, the NA sees its second 1–0 game as Candy Cummings of Hartford outduels Bobby Mathews of Mutual.
  • May 22 – Pud Galvin makes his debut with the St. Louis Club. Galvin will only pitch in 8 games for St. Louis and will not be seen in the major leagues again until 1879.
  • June 11 – George Hall of the Philadelphia Athletics, who will finish 2nd in the league with 4, homers in consecutive at-bats.

July–September

October–December

  • October 10 – At a meeting of Chicago Base Ball Club stockholders, William Hulbert uses a proxy from the widow of the deceased George Gage to declare himself President of the team. He names Albert Spalding as Secretary.
  • October 30 – Boston defeats Hartford 7–4 in what proves to be the final game in the history of the NA. The Bostons claim the last 4 pennants in increasingly dominating fashion after the Athletics win the inaugural flag in 1871.

Births

Notes

1 – Some sources show 1864
2 – Some sources show November 13
3 – Some sources show 1877

Deaths

  • February 14 – Charlie Hodes, 26?, catcher/utility player from 1871 to 1874.
  • July 22 – Eb Smith, 28, umpire for one game during the 1872 National Association season.

References

  1. "1875 National Association Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. "Al Spalding Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. "1875 National Association Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. "Cal McVey Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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