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MISCELLANEOUS

SEASON RECORDS

• Salem pitchers set a new record for fewest Bases on Balls in a season with 31.
• George Layman (Frontier) set a new record for Complete Games in a season with 37.
• George Layman set a new record for Innings Pitched in a season with 379.0


NEW YORK LEAGUE LEADERS

• Average: .427 by Chester Alexander (2B, N.Y.A.C.)
• On-Base: .446 by Wilbur Graff (1B, Mutual)
• Slugging: .543 by Chester Alexander
• OPS: .984 by Chester Alexander
• Hits: 137 by Troy Oberst (LF, Metropolitan)
• Extra-Base Hits: 34 by Earl Crosby (LF, Bedford)
• Doubles: 28 by Ellis Terrien (3B, Star)
• Triples: 14 by Lucuis Roberts (LF, Syracuse)
• Home Runs: 4 by Felix Brand (LF, Utica) & Earl Seals (SS, Marathon)
• Runs Batted In: 77 by Nicholas Hardingham (CF, Union)
• Runs: 98 by Alfred Span (CF, Mutual)
• Stolen Bases: 52 by Manuel Romeiras (CF, Harlem)
• Total Bases: 173 by Troy Oberst
• Bases on Balls: 42 by James Heilman (RF, Utica)
• Win Prob. Added: 6.60 by Chester Alexander
• Batsman WAR: 4.1 by Alfred Span

• Wins: 29 by George Layman (Mercury)
• Losses: 26 by Columbus German (Binghamton)
• ERA (150+ IP): 2.37 by Augustus Cook (Eckford)
• Innings: 379.2 by George Layman
• Complete Games: 37 by George Layman
• Shutouts: 3 by three different pitchers
• BB/9 (150+ IP): 0.3 by Augustus Cook
• Strikeouts: 53 by Richard Frazee (Syracuse)
• K/9 (150+ IP): 1.6 by Richard Frazee
• K/BB (150+ IP): 3.1 by Charles Rhodes (Frontier)
• WHIP (150+ IP): 1.12 by Frank Bell (Marathon)
• Pitcher WAR: 7.2 by Charles Rhodes
• Pitcher rWAR: 10.0 by Frank Bell


NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE LEADERS

• Average: .433 by Elijah Hill (1B, Green Mtn.)
• On-Base: .456 by Elijah Hill
• Slugging: .556 by Herb Verrett (CF, Maryland)
• OPS: .974 by Elijah Hill
• Hits: 125 by Ned Morganti (CF, Quaker St.)
• Extra-Base Hits: 44 by Herb Verrett
• Doubles: 31 by Herb Verrett
• Triples: 13 by William White (LF, Lancastra B.)
• Home Runs: 3 by William Harmon (2B, Sportsman’s)
• Runs Batted In: 87 by Ned Morganti
• Runs: 84 by Luc Billon (LF, Quaker St.)
• Stolen Bases: 53 by Steffen Strandlund (RF, Lake Erie)
• Total Bases: 178 by Herb Verrett
• Bases on Balls: 28 by Gregersen Rohrmann (RF, Pioneer)
• Win Prob. Added: 5.33 by Herb Verrett
• Batsman WAR: 3.7 by Ned Morganti

• Wins: 30 by Earl Henry (Susquehanna)
• Losses: 24 by Marshall Yarber (Olympic)
• ERA (150+ IP): 2.01 by Earl Henry
• Innings: 372.2 by Tynan Steward (Reading A.C.)
• Complete Games: 34 by William Jones (Cantabrigians)
• Shutouts: 3 by three different pitchers
• BB/9 (150+ IP): 0.4 by three different pitchers
• Strikeouts: 53 by Washington Kihlstedt (Sportsman’s)
• K/9 (150+ IP): 1.5 by Washington Kihlstedt
• K/BB (150+ IP): 2.4 by Washington Kihlstedt
• WHIP (150+ IP): 1.14 by Ross Gill (Quaker St.)
• Pitcher WAR: 7.4 by Robert Dressen (Salem)
• Pitcher rWAR: 11.4 by Ross Gill


ACHIEVEMENTS & NOTABLE EVENTS

• May 1: James Claus (Lancastra B.) opens the season with five hits & six RBI at Susquehanna.
• May 25: Union sets a NYL record & ties the NBBO record for Runs in their 30-3 home win against Baltic.
• June 6: Jonathan Batts (Reading) has five Hits & seven RBI against Sportsman’s.
• June 14: Ned Morganti (Quaker St.) hits two HR and finishes 4/6 with five runs & six RBI against Tiger S.C.
• July 11: Joseph Gant (Susquehanna) pitches the fifth No-Hitter in NBBO history; the first in five years.
• July 14: Herb Verrett (MLD) hits the NBBO’s 2nd Cycle in two days in the same venue.
• July 17: NEL wins the All-Star Game 12-7 at the Philadelphia Cricket Grounds (QS). Elijah Hill (1B, GM) is MVP.

• Three players hit .400 or better, down from a record six in each of the previous two seasons.
• There were five six-hit games in 1871.
• The longest Hitting Streak this season was 37 games by Dave Dawson (QUI), which ended on July 20th.
• Nobody hit 5+ Home Runs in 1872. Four players hit that many the previous season.
• Three players had 75+ RBI in 1872, the same amount as in 1871.
• After three straight seasons in which two pitchers had 30+ wins, only Earl Henry (SUS) had won 30+ games in 1872.
• Three pitchers finished the season with 25+ Wins.