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Major League Baseball team season
1876 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkAvenue Grounds
CityCincinnati, Ohio
ManagersCharlie Gould
Seasons 1877 →

The 1876 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's first season of existence, having been formed as part of the brand new National League in 1876. This team was not related (except by name) to the previous Cincinnati Red Stockings National Association team, which had folded in 1870.

Regular season

One bright spot for the Reds was the play of Charley Jones, who led the club with a batting average of .286, had the second highest home run total in the league with four, and was among the league leaders in doubles and slugging percentage.

Season summary

The Reds played their first ever game on April 25, 1876, defeating the St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–1 at Avenue Grounds. Wins would be few and far between for the Reds, as after putting up a solid 3–2 record in their opening five games, the Reds would go on an eleven-game losing streak to fall to 3–13. After defeating the Hartford Dark Blues 8–2 to end their losing streak, the Reds would then have a thirteen-game losing streak, and saw their record fall to 4–26. By the time the season was finished, Cincinnati had the worst record in the National League, as they ended the season with a 9–56 record, 42.5 games behind the first place Chicago White Stockings.

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago 52 14 .788 — 25‍–‍6 27‍–‍8
Hartford 47 21 .691 6 23‍–‍9 24‍–‍12
St. Louis 45 19 .703 6 24‍–‍6 21‍–‍13
Boston 39 31 .557 15 19‍–‍17 20‍–‍14
Louisville 30 36 .455 22 15‍–‍16 15‍–‍20
Mutual 21 35 .375 26 13‍–‍20 8‍–‍15
Athletic 14 45 .237 34½ 10‍–‍24 4‍–‍21
Cincinnati 9 56 .138 42½ 6‍–‍24 3‍–‍32

Record vs. opponents

1876 National League record
Sources:
Team BOS CHI CIN HAR LOU NY PHI STL
Boston — 1–9 10–0 2–8 5–5 8–2 9–1 4–6
Chicago 9–1 — 10–0 6–4 9–1 7–1 7–1 4–6
Cincinnati 0–10 0–10 — 1–9 2–8 1–7 3–5 2–7
Hartford 8–2 4–6 9–1 — 9–1–1 4–4 9–1 4–6
Louisville 5–5 1–9 8–2 1–9–1 — 5–3–1 6–2–1 4–6
New York 2–8 1–7 7–1 4–4 3–5–1 — 3–4 1–6
Philadelphia 1–9 1–7 5–3 1–9 2–6–1 4–3 — 0–8
St. Louis 6–4 6–4 7–2 6–4 6–4 6–1 8–0 —


Game log

Legend
Reds Win Reds Loss Game Postponed
1876 Game Log: 9–56 (Home: 6–24; Away: 3–32)
April: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 April 25 Brown Stockings 2–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 1–0 W1
2 April 27 Brown Stockings 5–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–0 W2
3 April 29 White Stockings 5–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–1 L1
May: 1–12 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–10)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
4 May 2 White Stockings 9–15 Avenue Grounds N/A 2–2 L2
5 May 4 Grays 3–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–2 W1
6 May 6 Grays 8–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 3–3 L1
7 May 10 @ White Stockings 0–6 23rd Street Grounds 5,000 3–4 L2
8 May 11 @ White Stockings 5–9 23rd Street Grounds 3,000 3–5 L3
9 May 13 @ Brown Stockings 0–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–6 L4
10 May 16 @ Brown Stockings 1–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 3–7 L5
11 May 18 @ Grays 3–9 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 3–8 L6
12 May 20 @ Grays 1–3 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 3–9 L7
13 May 23 @ Red Caps 0–8 South End Grounds N/A 3–10 L8
14 May 25 @ Red Caps 0–4 South End Grounds N/A 3–11 L9
15 May 27 @ Red Caps 5–8 South End Grounds N/A 3–12 L10
16 May 30 @ Dark Blues 0–6 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 3–13 L11
June: 1–12 (Home: 0–5; Away: 1–7)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
17 June 1 @ Dark Blues 8–2 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 4–13 W1
18 June 3 @ Dark Blues 2–7 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 4–14 L1
19 June 6 @ Mutuals 0–2 Union Grounds N/A 4–15 L2
20 June 8 @ Mutuals 5–21 Union Grounds N/A 4–16 L3
21 June 10 @ Mutuals 0–1 Union Grounds N/A 4–17 L4
22 June 14 @ Athletics 5–20 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 4–18 L5
23 June 15 @ Athletics 6–11 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 4–19 L6
24 June 17 @ Athletics 15–23 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 4–20 L7
25 June 20 Red Caps 7–14 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–21 L8
26 June 22 Red Caps 5–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–22 L9
27 June 24 Red Caps 7–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–23 L10
28 June 27 Dark Blues 2–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–24 L11
29 June 27 Dark Blues 6–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–25 L12
July: 2–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 0–6)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
30 July 4 Athletics 3–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 4–26 L13
31 July 6 Athletics 5–2 Avenue Grounds N/A 5–26 W1
32 July 8 Athletics 7–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–26 W2
33 July 11 Mutuals 2–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–27 L1
34 July 13 Mutuals 6–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–28 L2
35 July 15 Mutuals 6–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–29 L3
36 July 18 @ Brown Stockings 1–5 Sportsman's Park N/A 6–30 L4
37 July 20 @ Brown Stockings 1–9 Sportsman's Park N/A 6–31 L5
38 July 22 @ Brown Stockings 1–5 Sportsman's Park N/A 6–32 L6
39 July 25 @ White Stockings 3–23 23rd Street Grounds N/A 6–33 L7
40 July 27 @ White Stockings 3–17 23rd Street Grounds N/A 6–34 L8
41 July 29 @ White Stockings 2–9 23rd Street Grounds N/A 6–35 L9
August: 1–10 (Home: 1–7; Away: 0–3)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
42 August 1 Brown Stockings 3–19 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–36 L10
43 August 3 Brown Stockings 0–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–37 L11
44 August 8 White Stockings 3–13 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–38 L12
45 August 10 White Stockings 0–6 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–39 L13
46 August 12 White Stockings 0–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–40 L14
47 August 15 @ Grays 5–17 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 6–41 L15
48 August 18 @ Grays 1–4 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 6–42 L16
49 August 19 @ Grays 3–6 Louisville Baseball Park N/A 6–43 L17
50 August 22 Grays 0–8 Avenue Grounds N/A 6–44 L18
51 August 25 Grays 3–1 Avenue Grounds N/A 7–44 W1
52 August 26 Grays 2–3 Avenue Grounds N/A 7–45 L1
September: 2–8 (Home: 0–2; Away: 2–6)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
53 September 5 @ Red Caps 4–17 South End Grounds N/A 7–46 L2
54 September 6 @ Red Caps 3–7 South End Grounds N/A 7–47 L3
55 September 9 (1) @ Dark Blues 4–14 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 7–48 L4
56 September 9 (2) @ Dark Blues 4–8 Hartford Ball Club Grounds N/A 7–49 L5
57 September 12 @ Athletics 3–12 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 7–50 L6
58 September 13 @ Athletics 15–13 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 8–50 W1
59 September 15 @ Mutuals 1–2 Union Grounds N/A 8–51 L1
60 September 16 @ Mutuals 9–6 Union Grounds N/A 9–51 W1
61 September 27 Red Caps 3–5 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–52 L1
62 September 28 Red Caps 7–10 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–53 L2
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
63 October 6 Dark Blues 4–7 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–54 L3
64 October 7 Dark Blues 6–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–55 L4
65 October 9 Dark Blues 0–11 Avenue Grounds N/A 9–56 L5

Roster

1876 Cincinnati Reds
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 Dave Pierson 57 233 55 .236 0 13
1B Charlie Gould 61 258 65 .252 0 11
2B Charlie Sweasy 56 225 46 .204 0 10
3B Will Foley 58 221 50 .226 0 9
SS Henry Kessler 59 248 64 .258 0 11
OF Charley Jones 64 276 79 .286 4 38
OF Redleg Snyder 55 205 31 .151 0 12
OF Bobby Clack 32 118 19 .161 0 5

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
Amos Booth 63 272 71 .261 0 14
Sam Field 4 14 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
Dory Dean 30 262.2 4 26 3.73 22
Cherokee Fisher 28 229.1 4 20 3.02 29
Dale Williams 9 83.0 1 8 4.23 9
Dave Pierson 1 0.0 0 1 inf 0

Other 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
Amos Booth 3 9.2 0 1 9.31 0

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
Charlie Gould 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Bobby Clack 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

References

  1. 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference
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