1872 Season
Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 1st, 1872: The season is about to start, so it's time for Baseball America to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 21-year-old starting pitcher Cy Bentley of the St. Louis Brown Stockings is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) SP Cy Bentley, 21, St. Louis Brown Stockings
2) C Jim O'Rourke, 21, Brooklyn Atlantics
3) LF John Clapp, 20, Boston Red Stockings
4) 1B Paul Hines, 17, Baltimore Canaries
5) MR Candy Cummings, 23, Cleveland Forest Citys
6) 3B Bill Boyd, 19, Philadelphia Athletics
7) SS Denny Clare, 19, Chicago White Stockings
8) SS Candy Nelson, 22, Cleveland Forest Citys
9) RF Jim Clinton, 21, Brooklyn Atlantics
10) CF Jim Holdsworth, 21, Chicago White Stockings
Monday April 1st 1872
St Louis at Philadelphia for a four game series.
St Louis 9 Philadelphia 8 (10)
Joe Bestick singles home Doug Allison for the Brown Stockings win. Lip Pike goes 4-6 for the Athletics.
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Canaries Pitching Ravaged by Norton
Wednesday, April 3rd, 1872: It was a big day for Frank Norton of the Cleveland Forest Citys. He led his club to a 27-2 victory over the Baltimore Canaries today at Newington Park. The 26-year-old third baseman smoked Canaries pitching for 5 hits in 6 at-bats.
Friday April 5th 1872
Philadelphia 15 St Louis 4
Rookie Dave Lenz goes 4-6 and scores four times and Pony Sager drives in three as the Athletics roll over St Louis.
Barlow on Fire: 5-6 for Cincinnati
Sunday, April 7th, 1872: It was a hits blitz for Tom Barlow at 23rd Street Grounds. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop tore into Chicago for 5 hits in 6 at-bats to pace the Reds to a 9-7 victory and wrote his name into the baseball record book.
Thursday April 11th 1872
Philadelphia 9 St Louis 0
Rynie Wolters shuts out the Brown Stockings on nine hits. Lip Pike drives in three and Ross Barnes collects three hits.
Saturday April 13th 1872
Philadelphia 9 St Louis 5
Lip Pike has three hits and John McMullen wins his second game of the season.
Wednesday April 17th 1872
Baltimore at Philadelphia for a three game series. Both are tied for first place with a 3-1 record.
Philadelphia 7 Baltimore 2
Lip Pike drives in a pair and Rookie Dave Lenz has two hits.
Hall 5-7 for Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 17th, 1872: During a player's career, there are days that stand out and this day was definitely special! George Hall went 5 for 7 against the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I and the Reds picked up a 25-5 victory.
Tuesday April 23rd 1872
Philadelphia 7 Baltimore 6
Rookie Bill Boyd singles in Joe Battin in the bottom of the ninth for the Athletics win. Ross Barnes had three hits and now is batting .483.
Wednesday April 24th 1872
Philadelphia 28 Baltimore 14
Mullen Batters Baltimore Big Time
Wednesday, April 24th, 1872: After the Philadelphia 28-14 victory over Baltimore and his 5-hit day right fielder Martin Mullen told BNN beat writers, "It really doesn't matter whether it's sandlot ball, high school or college ball, two hits in a game are very good... three or four hits even better... 5 or more are out of sight... and if it is in pro ball... it is really something special."
Barnes Goes on Rampage Against Canaries
Wednesday, April 24th, 1872: All game long Philadelphia's Ross Barnes was rattling the walls at Jefferson Street Grounds and banging out base hits against the Baltimore Canaries. When the dust finally settled on the diamond, he had a 5-hit day and the Athletics had a 28-14 victory.
Sunday April 28th 1872
Philadelphia travels to Cleveland for a three game series.
Philadelphia 18 Cleveland 12
Lip Pike, Joe Battin, and Pony Sager each collect three hits, and Rookie Dave Lenz drives in three for Philadelphia's seventh straight win.
Start Goes 5-5 Against Boston
Tuesday, April 30th, 1872: The Chicago White Stockings upended the Boston Red Stockings at 23rd Street Grounds today in large part to first baseman Joe Start, who had a smashing day with the bat -- he racked up 5 hits in 5 at-bats -- and help propel the White Stockings to a 10-4 victory.
Standings May 1st 1872
| American League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 7 | 1 | .875 | - |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.0 |
| Cleveland Forest Citys | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.0 |
| Baltimore Canaries | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.0 |
| National League Standings |
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | - |
| Boston Red Stockings | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.0 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.0 |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.0 |
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Philadelphia players Ross Barnes, Rynie Wolters, and Martin Mullen each collect April awards.
