1872 National Association

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The 1872 season of the National Association was the second season of the league.

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	Boston Red Stockings	48	39	8	1	.813	-.-	521 (10.85)	236 (4.92)	0.317	0.326	0.409	1.99	0.874
2	Baltimore Canaries	58	35	19	4	.603	7.5	617 (10.64)	434 (7.48)	0.290	0.297	0.370	3.02	0.829
3	New York Mutuals	56	34	20	2	.607	8.5	523 (9.34)	362 (6.46)	0.276	0.292	0.327	2.55	0.867
4	Philadelphia Athletics	47	30	14	3	.638	7.5	539 (11.47)	349 (7.43)	0.317	0.338	0.380	3.01	0.858
5	Troy Haymakers	25	15	10	0	.600	13.0	273 (10.92)	191 (7.64)	0.293	0.297	0.375	3.08	0.862
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	37	9	28	0	.243	25.0	237 (6.41)	473 (12.78)	0.252	0.262	0.297	5.06	0.810
7	Cleveland Forest Citys	22	6	16	0	.273	20.5	174 (7.91)	254 (11.55)	0.291	0.304	0.343	4.57	0.823
8	Middletown Mansfields	24	5	19	0	.208	22.5	220 (9.17)	348 (14.50)	0.301	0.304	0.350	5.97	0.806
9	Brooklyn Eckfords	29	3	26	0	.103	27.0	152 (5.24)	413 (14.24)	0.219	0.229	0.254	5.73	0.798
10	Washington Olympics	9	2	7	0	.222	18.0	54 (6.00)	140 (15.56)	0.256	0.264	0.306	6.38	0.786
11	Washington Nationals	11	0	11	0	.000	21.0	80 (7.27)	190 (17.27)	0.228	0.230	0.243	6.91	0.765

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Dave Eggler John Hatfield Nat Hicks Lip Pike John Radcliff	New York Mutuals New York Mutuals New York Mutuals Baltimore Canaries Baltimore Canaries	56
At Bats	John Radcliff	Baltimore Canaries	297
Runs Scored	Dave Eggler	New York Mutuals	94
Hits	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	99
Doubles	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	28
Triples	Charlie Gould	Boston Red Stockings	8
Home Runs	Lip Pike	Baltimore Canaries	6
Total Bases	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	134
Runs Batted In	Lip Pike	Baltimore Canaries	60
Stolen Bases	Dave Eggler	New York Mutuals	18
Caught Stealing	Mike McGeary	Philadelphia Athletics	8
Walks	Denny Mack	Philadelphia Athletics	23
Strikeouts	Candy Cummings	New York Mutuals	14
Batting Average	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	0.432
On-Base Percentage	Cap Anson	Philadelphia Athletics	0.455
Slugging Percentage	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	0.585
On-Base plus Slugging	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	1.039
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	210

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	38
Losses	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	28
Win-Loss Percentage	Cherokee Fisher	Baltimore Canaries	0.909
Appearances	Candy Cummings	New York Mutuals	55
Games Started	Candy Cummings	New York Mutuals	55
Complete Games	Candy Cummings	New York Mutuals	53
Shutouts	Candy Cummings Al Spalding	New York Mutuals Boston Red Stockings	3
Saves	Cherokee Fisher Harry Wright	Baltimore Canaries Boston Red Stockings	1
Innings Pitched	Candy Cummings	New York Mutuals	497.0
Hits Allowed	Candy Cummings	New York Mutuals	600
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	6
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bobby Mathews	Baltimore Canaries	52
Strikeouts	Bobby Mathews	Baltimore Canaries	55
Balks	Jim Britt Al Spalding	Brooklyn Atlantics Boston Red Stockings	1
Runs Allowed	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	473
Earned Runs Allowed	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	189
Earned Run Average	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	1.98
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cherokee Fisher	Baltimore Canaries	0.906