Champions

* National Association: Boston Base Ball Club

Statistical leaders

National Association final standings

Notable seasons

*Boston Red Stockings pitcher

Al Spalding Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised ...

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+. *Boston Red Stockings first baseman

Cal McVey Calvin Alexander McVey (August 30, 1849 – August 20, 1926) was an American professional baseball player during the 1860s and 1870s. McVey's importance to the game stems from his play on two of the earliest professional baseball teams, the origi ...

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."Cal McVey Stats"
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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 William Arthur "Candy" Cummings (October 18, 1848 – May 17, 1924) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a pitcher in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, and National League. Cummings is widely cred ...

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outduels Bobby Mathews of Mutual. *May 22 –

Pud Galvin James Francis "Pud" Galvin (December 25, 1856 – March 7, 1902) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 19th century. He was MLB's first 300-game winner and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1965. Basebal ...

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

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, who will finish 2nd in the league with 4, homers in consecutive at-bats.

July–September

*July 20 –

Harry Wright William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an American professional baseball player, manager (baseball), manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played Center fielder, center field for baseball's first fu ...

learns that

Albert Spalding Albert Goodwill Spalding (September 2, 1849 – September 9, 1915) was an American pitcher, manager, and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of the Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised i ...

Deacon White James Laurie "Deacon" White (December 2, 1847 – July 7, 1939) was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era. The outstanding catcher of the 1870s during baseball ...

Ross Barnes Charles Roscoe Barnes (May 8, 1850 – February 5, 1915) was one of the stars of baseball's National Association (1871–1875) and the early National League (1876–1881), playing second base and shortstop. He played for the dominant Boston R ...

and

will jump to

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for the 1876 season. The

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reports that Wright will return to

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to start a new team. *July 21 –

Joe Start Joseph Start (October 14, 1842 – March 27, 1927), nicknamed "Old Reliable", was one of the most durable regulars of baseball's earliest era, and one of the top first baseman, first basemen of his time. He began his playing career in 1859, ...

of Mutual hits 3 home runs and a triple in a Mutuals victory. *July 28 – Joe Borden of

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pitched professional baseball's first no-hitter in defeating

4–0. *September 6 – The Bostons win their 4th pennant in a row roughly 6 weeks sooner than they had in the previous 3 seasons. Boston clinches with 16 games left to play in the schedule. *September 11 – The first professional women's game is played in

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on a half-sized field. The "Blondes" defeat the "Brunettes" 42–38. *September 24 – George Gage, President of the Chicago Base Ball Club, passes away after suffering a stroke.

William Hulbert William Ambrose Hulbert (October 23, 1832 – April 10, 1882) was an American professional baseball executive who was one of the founders of the National League, considered by many to be baseball's first major league, and was also the president ...

will take over the team and drive the final nail in the NA's coffin by starting the

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during the off-season. *September 25 –

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commits 10 errors at 2nd base for

in a loss.

October–December

*October 10 – At a meeting of Chicago Base Ball Club stockholders,

uses a proxy from the widow of the deceased George Gage to declare himself President of the team. He names

as Secretary. *October 30 –

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defeats

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

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win the inaugural flag in 1871.

Births

*1875 – Bill Magee *January 7 – Kitty Bransfield *January 20 – C. I. Taylor *January 20 – Ernie Courtney *January 24 – Bunk Congalton *February 1 – Billy Sullivan *February 18 – Walter Thornton *February 21 – Luther Taylor *February 25 – Johnny Kling *February 28 – George Gillpatrick *March 3- John Kerin *March 14 – Wilbur Murdoch *March 28 – Jimmy Barrett *March 28 – Harry Gleason *April 2 – Ed Siever *April 11 – Ossee Schreckengost *April 12 – Joe Corbett *April 13 –

Kid Elberfeld Norman Arthur "Kid" Elberfeld (April 13, 1875 – January 13, 1944) was an American professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1898), Cincinnati Reds (1899), Detroit Tigers (1901–190 ...

*May 29 – Dave Fultz *June 25 – Bill Phyle *August 6 – Brownie Foreman *August 21 –

Frank Isbell William Frank Isbell (August 21, 1875 – July 15, 1941) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, second baseman, and outfielder in the 1910s. Career Born in Delevan, New York, Isbell was nicknamed Bald Eagle due to his receding hai ...

*August 31 – Eddie Plank *September 4 –

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*November 25 – Freddy Parent *November 30 – Myron Grimshaw *December 2 – Mike Kelley *December 4 – Joe Corbett *December 17 – Jim McHale

Notes

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

External links

1875 season at Baseball-Reference.comCharlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.comRetrosheet.org
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