1871 re-imagined

[RMc]

In Hoboken, four star pitchers were inducted into the Shrine of the Eternals: the White Stockings' Tommy Bond, Frank Buttery of Rockford, Bobby Mathews of Athletic and Washington's hometown hero, Bill Stearns of the Olympic Club.




PROMOTED AND RELEGATED:

NL to AA: Buffalo, Philadelphia A's, Washington Olympics
AA to NL: Detroit Tigers, Kansas City, New York Mutuals

[Lord Byron]

These are some good updates.

BTW, do you have a database for this?

[RMc]

Sorry about the delay, BTW.

I've got my original "sweetened" 1871 database, with the original 115 players plus the "extra" 121 players (including Jim Creighton, just because I could). I also have my complete NABBP list of players/teams from 1857 to 1870. I suppose I could make an 1871 quickstart, too, if I could figure out how...

[RMc]

In the immortal words of a cartoon rabbit who's still decades away from his film debut, "Nyyyaaaahh...could be!" The Craws laid waste to the National League in 1902, outpacing the Red Stockings by fifteen games. With a lineup containing Honus Wganer, Bill Dahlen and Charlie Ferguson (who also did an excellent job on the mound), Pittsburgh won 112 games and earned a first-round bye in the Centennial Cup Playoffs.

In the Association, Buffalo and the National club earned promotion to the NL, as did the Chicago Colts, after a 8-3 playoff win over Athletic.



In the Reserve League, Altoona (the Crawfords' farm club) won the West, while GNYBC's reserve side in Worcester, Mass. clinched the Eastern pennant. Altoona won the American Cup in six games.

[RMc]

In the first quarterfinal, the KC Cowboys slipped past the Giants in three straight, winning each game by one run:

Kansas City 7, NY Giants 6 (13 innings; KCC: LaChance 3 RBI)
Kansas City 1, NY Giants 0 (KCC: Hahn no-hitter for 8 2/3 innings)
Kansas City 7, NY Giants 6 (KCC: Bresnahan 3 hits)


The Greater New York Baseball Club kept the Big Apple in the playoffs by downing Minneapolis in a wild, four-game series that saw 61 runners cross home plate:

GNYBC 13, Minneapolis 8 (GNY: Nance triple, 5 RBI)
GNYBC 6, Minneapolis 2 (GNY: Corbett 6-hitter)
Minneapolis 8, GNYBC 6 (MIN: Parent go-ahead double in 9th)
GNYBC 11, Minneapolis 7 (GNY: Seybold 3 hits, 3 RBI)


Finally, in a battle of old-line franchises in Cincinnati and Boston (where the Red Stockings almost moved to in 1871), the Reds took down the Tri Mountains in four games:

Cincinnati 8, Bos Tri Mts 4 (CIN: Sanders 3-run HR in 6-run 9th)
Cincinnati 4, Bos Tri Mts 0 (CIN: Young, 8-hit shutout)
Bos Tri Mts 8, Cincinnati 5 (BOS: Beaumont 4 hits, 3 RBI)
Cincinnati 13, Bos Tri Mts 4 (CIN: Visner triple, 4 RBI)