1877 Louisville Grays season

1877 Louisville Grays
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Owner(s) Walter N. Haldeman, Charles Chase
Manager(s) Jack Chapman
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The 1877 Louisville Grays were the victim of Major League Baseball's first gambling scandal. Pitcher Jim Devlin, outfielder George Hall, utility player Al Nichols and shortstop Bill Craver were accused of throwing games at the end of the season. All four were banned from baseball for life. The team was unable to continue and folded after the season.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Caps 42 18 0.700 27–5 15–13
Louisville Grays 35 25 0.583 7 20–9 15–16
Brooklyn Hartfords 31 27 0.534 10 19–8 12–19
St. Louis Brown Stockings 28 32 0.467 14 20–10 8–22
Chicago White Stockings 26 33 0.441 15½ 17–12 9–21
Cincinnati Reds 15 42 0.263 25½ 12–18 3–24

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League Records

Sources:

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

Roster

1877 Louisville Grays
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Snyder, PopPop Snyder 61 248 64 .258 2 28
1B Latham, JuiceJuice Latham 59 278 81 .291 0 22
2B Gerhardt, JoeJoe Gerhardt 59 250 76 .304 1 35
3B Hague, BillBill Hague 59 263 70 .266 1 24
SS Craver, BillBill Craver 57 238 63 .265 0 29
OF Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall 61 269 87 .323 0 26
OF Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer 61 260 74 .285 3 34
OF Crowley, BillBill Crowley 61 238 67 .282 1 23

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
Nichols, AlAl Nichols 6 19 4 .211 0 0
Lafferty, FlipFlip Lafferty 4 17 1 .059 0 0
Haldeman, JohnJohn Haldeman 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Little, HarryHarry Little 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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
Devlin, JimJim Devlin 61 559 35 25 2.25 141

References


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