1871 NA

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The 1871 season of the National Association was the first season of the league.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 Standings 3 League leaders 3.1 Batting 3.2 Pitching 4 Notable events

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Philadelphia Athletics	28	21	7	0	.750	-.-	376 (13.43)	266 (9.50)	0.320	0.344	0.435	4.95	0.845
2	Boston Red Stockings	31	20	10	1	.645	2.0	401 (12.94)	303 (9.77)	0.310	0.339	0.422	3.55	0.838
3	Chicago White Stockings	28	19	9	0	.679	2.0	302 (10.79)	241 (8.61)	0.270	0.305	0.374	2.76	0.829
4	New York Mutuals	33	16	17	0	.485	7.5	302 (9.15)	313 (9.48)	0.287	0.303	0.350	3.72	0.839
5	Washington Olympics	32	15	15	2	.469	7.0	310 (9.69)	303 (9.47)	0.277	0.302	0.369	4.37	0.850
6	Troy Haymakers	29	13	15	1	.448	8.0	351 (12.10)	362 (12.48)	0.308	0.334	0.417	5.51	0.845
7	Cleveland Forest Citys	29	10	19	0	.345	11.5	249 (8.59)	341 (11.76)	0.277	0.292	0.391	4.11	0.814
8	Fort Wayne Kekiongas	19	7	12	0	.368	9.5	137 (7.21)	243 (12.79)	0.239	0.271	0.294	5.17	0.803
9	Rockford Forest Citys	25	4	21	0	.160	15.5	231 (9.24)	287 (11.48)	0.264	0.291	0.364	4.30	0.821

[edit] League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

[edit] Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Dave Eggler Bob Ferguson John Hatfield Dickey Pearce Joe Start	New York Mutuals New York Mutuals New York Mutuals New York Mutuals New York Mutuals	33
At Bats	John Hatfield	New York Mutuals	168
Runs Scored	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	66
Hits	Cal McVey	Boston Red Stockings	66
Doubles	Cap Anson	Rockford Forest Citys	11
Triples	John Bass	Cleveland Forest Citys	10
Home Runs	Levi Meyerle Lip Pike Fred Treacey	Philadelphia Athletics Troy Haymakers Chicago White Stockings	4
Total Bases	Ross Barnes Levi Meyerle	Boston Red Stockings Philadelphia Athletics	91
Runs Batted In	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	44
Stolen Bases	Mike McGeary	Troy Haymakers	20
Caught Stealing	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	6
Walks	Ed Pinkham	Chicago White Stockings	18
Strikeouts	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	8
Batting Average	Levi Meyerle	Philadelphia Athletics	0.492
On-Base Percentage	Levi Meyerle	Philadelphia Athletics	0.500
Slugging Percentage	Levi Meyerle	Philadelphia Athletics	0.700
On-Base plus Slugging	Levi Meyerle	Philadelphia Athletics	1.200
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Levi Meyerle	Philadelphia Athletics	241

[edit] Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	19
Losses	Al Pratt	Cleveland Forest Citys	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill Stearns	Washington Olympics	1.000
Appearances	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	32
Games Started	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	32
Complete Games	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	31
Shutouts	Cherokee Fisher Bobby Mathews Al Spalding Rynie Wolters	Rockford Forest Citys Fort Wayne Kekiongas Boston Red Stockings New York Mutuals	1
Saves	Harry Wright	Boston Red Stockings	3
Innings Pitched	Rynie Wolters	New York Mutuals	283.0
Hits Allowed	John McMullin	Troy Haymakers	430
Home Runs Allowed	Al Pratt	Cleveland Forest Citys	9
Base-on-Balls Allowed	John McMullin	Troy Haymakers	75
Strikeouts	Al Pratt	Cleveland Forest Citys	34
Balks	Bobby Mathews	Fort Wayne Kekiongas	2
Runs Allowed	John McMullin	Troy Haymakers	362
Earned Runs Allowed	John McMullin	Troy Haymakers	153
Earned Run Average	George Zettlein	Chicago White Stockings	2.73
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	George Zettlein	Chicago White Stockings	1.342

[edit] Notable events

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