The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world.
Champions
National Association final standings
Statistical leaders
Notable seasons
- Boston Red Stockings pitcher Al Spalding has a record of 38–8 in 404.2 innings pitched and leads the NA in wins. He has a 1.85 earned run average and a 196 ERA+. At the plate, Spalding has a batting average of .354 and an OPS+ of 144.[1][2]
- Boston Red Stockings second baseman Ross Barnes, in 45 games played, leads the NA with 99 hits, a .430 batting average, a 1.034 OPS, and a 211 OPS+. He has 81 runs scored and 44 runs batted in.[3][4]
Events
January–March
- March 4 – At its annual convention being held in Cleveland, the NA adopts a rule change to allow the use of the wrist in the pitching delivery.
April–June
July–September
- July 6 – Sporting a 22–1 record, Harry Wright takes the Boston club on vacation to an island in Boston Harbor.
- July 9 – Eckford of Brooklyn commit 13 errors in their 15–3 loss to Union of Troy. It is the fewest errors committed by the 0–11 Eckfords in a game thus far this season.
- July 23 – Despite a winning record, the Union Club of Troy disbands due to financial problems. Half of the "Haymakers'" roster will move to Eckford of Brooklyn, which saves them from dropping out of the NA.
- July 26 – In an emergency meeting, the NA revises their scheduling requirements from 5 to 9 games versus each opponent competing for the championship. This is in response to the number of teams that have disbanded and comes 3 days after the first-division Union of Troy had called it quits.
- August 13 – The Mansfield Club of Middletown, CT announce that they have disbanded and drop out of the NA.
- August 19 – Forest City of Cleveland disband the club after a loss to Boston. This drops the number of teams still playing in the NA to 6.
- September 1 – Al Thake, left-fielder batting .295 for Atlantic, drowns in New York harbor after falling from a fishing boat. Thake is the first active major league ballplayer to die during a season. (Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in the previous offseason.)
October–December
Births
Deaths
Abbreviations
| Date
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Individual's death date
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| Name
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Individual's name
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| Age
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Age at death
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| Cause
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Cause of death
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| Cemetery
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Place individual is interred
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| City/State
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City and state of burial
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| Seasons
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Seasons in which individual appeared
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| Teams
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Teams the individual played for or managed
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References
General
- Ryczek, William J. (1992). Blackguards and Red Stockings; A History of Baseball's National Association 1871–1875. Wallingford, Connecticut: Colebrook Press ISBN 0-9673718-0-5
- Nemec, David (1997). The Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball. New York: Donald I. Fine Books ISBN 1-55611-500-8
Specific
- ^ "1872 National Association Pitching Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Al Spalding Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "1872 National Association Batting Leaders". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Ross Barnes Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "Elmer Smith". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ "Al Thake". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ "The Obit For Bub McAtee". The New York Times. thedeadballera.com. September 2, 1872. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
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