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1875 Hartford Dark Blues season

In their second season in the National Association, the 1875 Hartford Dark Blues finished in third place. They were managed by starting third baseman Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.

1875 Hartford Dark Blues
LeagueNational Association of Professional Base Ball Players
BallparkHartford Ball Club Grounds
CityHartford, Connecticut
Record54–28–3 (.653)
League place3rd
OwnerMorgan Bulkeley
ManagerBob Ferguson
← 1874
1876 →

The Dark Blues, with future Hall of Famer Candy Cummings, had the best pitching staff in baseball. Cummings won 35 games, and the 19-year-old Tommy Bond finished second in league ERA at 1.56.

Following the season, they were one of the NA teams chosen to join the new National League.

Regular season

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The 1875 Hartford Dark Blues

Season standings

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National Association W L T Pct. GB
Boston Red Stockings 71 8 3 .884 —
Philadelphia Athletics 53 20 4 .714 15
Hartford Dark Blues 54 28 3 .653 18½
St. Louis Brown Stockings 39 29 2 .571 26½
Philadelphia White Stockings 37 31 2 .543 28½
Chicago White Stockings 30 37 2 .449 35
New York Mutuals 30 38 3 .444 35½
New Haven Elm Citys 7 40 — .149 48
Washington Nationals 5 23 — .179 40½
St. Louis Red Stockings 4 15 — .211 37
Philadelphia Centennials 2 12 — .143 36½
Brooklyn Atlantics 2 42 — .045 51½
Keokuk Westerns 1 12 — .077 37

Record vs. opponents

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1875 National Association Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI HAR KEO NH NY PHA PHC PWS SLB SLR WSH
Boston —6–08–29–11–05–110–08–2–24–06–0–17–21–06–0
Brooklyn 0–6—0–20–100–02–10–70–70–00–70–20–00–0
Chicago 2–82–0—4–6–14–02–13–31–7–10–03–75–54–00–0
Hartford 1–910–06–4–1—0–08–18–2–24–3–11–04–45–53–04–0
Keokuk 0–10–00–40–0—0–00–10–00–00–00–41–20–0
New Haven 1–51–21–21–80–0—1–50–70–10–41–20–01–4
New York 0–107–03–32–8–21–05–1—3–62–05–20–8–12–00–0
Philadelphia Athletics 2–8–27–07–1–13–4–10–07–06–3—2–18–26–10–05–0
Philadelphia Centennials 0–40–00–00–10–01–00–21–2—0–30–00–00–0
Philadelphia White Stockings 0–6–17–07–34–40–04–02–52–83–0—5–5–11–02–0
St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–72–05–55–54–02–18–0–11–60–05–5–1—2–03–0
St. Louis Red Stockings 0–10–00–40–32–10–00–20–00–00–10–2—2–1
Washington 0–60–00–00–40–04–10–00–50–00–20–31–2—

Roster

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CDoug Allison6126967.249021
1BEverett Mills8034289.260148
2BJack Burdock74350103.294035
3BBob Ferguson8536688.240043
SSTom Carey86382101.264038
OFJack Remsen8635896.268034
OFTom York86375111.296037
OFArt Allison4017542.240119

Other batters

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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
Bill Harbridge5320850.240026
Paddy Quinn5133.23101
Steve Brady140.00000
Charley Jones140.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Candy Cummings48417.035121.608
Tommy Bond40352.019161.568

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bob Ferguson100018.000

League leaders

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Tommy Bond

  • #2 in NA in ERA (1.56)

Candy Cummings

  • #3 in NA in wins (35)
  • #3 in NA in ERA (1.60)

References

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