1872 Washington Nationals season

1872 Washington Nationals
Ballpark	National Grounds[1][2]
City	Washington D.C.
Managers	Joe Miller
Seasons

The Washington Nationals played their first and only season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eleventh in the league with a record of 0-11.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Records Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Team	BAL	BOS	BRA	BRE	CLE	MID	NY	PHI	TRO	WSN	WSO
Baltimore	—	0–7	5–1	5–1	4–1	4–0	5–4–2	4–5–2	3–0	3–0	2–0
Boston	7–0	—	7–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	7–2	4–4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Brooklyn Atlantics	1–5	1–7	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–6	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–0
Brooklyn Eckfords	1–5	0–3	2–2	—	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–5	0–3	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	1–4	0–4	1–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Middletown	0–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0
New York	4–5–2	2–7	6–2	5–0	2–1	4–0	—	6–3	3–2	1–0	1–0
Philadelphia	5–4–2	4–4–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–6	—	2–0	1–0	1–0
Troy	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–0
Washington Nationals	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–2
Washington Olympics	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	—

Roster

1872 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Bill Stearns Catchers Bill Lennon		Infielders Jacob Doyle Paul Hines Holly Hollingshead Joe Miller Spencer Warren White		Outfielders Oscar Bielaski Dennis Coughlin John Glenn Ed Mincher Sy Studley Bill Yeatman		Managers Joe Miller

Player stats

Batting

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 Lennon	11	54	11	.204	0	6
Paul Hines	11	49	11	.224	0	5
Holly Hollingshead	9	44	14	.318	0	6
Jacob Doyle	9	41	11	.268	0	9
Warren White	10	45	12	.267	0	4
Ed Mincher	11	53	5	.094	0	4
Sy Studley	5	21	2	.095	0	2
Oscar Bielaski	10	46	8	.174	0	3
Dennis Coughlin	8	37	11	.297	0	7
Bill Yeatman	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Joe Miller	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Spencer	1	4	0	.000	0	0
John Glenn	1	4	2	.500	0	0

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
Bill Stearns	11	99	0	11	6.18	2

References

• 1872 Washington Nationals season at Baseball Reference