1873 National Association

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The 1873 season of the National Association was the third 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	60	43	16	1	.717	-.-	739 (12.32)	460 (7.67)	0.338	0.352	0.435	2.59	0.837
2	Philadelphia Whites	53	36	17	0	.679	4.0	526 (9.92)	396 (7.47)	0.277	0.296	0.341	2.77	0.847
3	Baltimore Canaries	57	34	22	1	.596	7.5	644 (11.30)	451 (7.91)	0.316	0.327	0.407	3.01	0.855
4	New York Mutuals	53	29	24	0	.547	11.0	424 (8.00)	385 (7.26)	0.281	0.294	0.355	2.62	0.821
5	Philadelphia Athletics	52	28	23	1	.538	11.0	474 (9.12)	403 (7.75)	0.301	0.312	0.360	3.03	0.842
6	Brooklyn Atlantics	55	17	37	1	.309	23.5	366 (6.65)	549 (9.98)	0.266	0.283	0.326	3.98	0.820
7	Washington Blue Legs	39	8	31	0	.205	25.0	283 (7.26)	485 (12.44)	0.261	0.270	0.328	4.71	0.840
8	Elizabeth Resolutes	23	2	21	0	.087	23.0	98 (4.26)	299 (13.00)	0.235	0.242	0.278	3.22	0.787
9	Baltimore Marylands	6	0	6	0	.000	16.5	26 (4.33)	152 (25.33)	0.156	0.156	0.180	8.00	0.768

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ross Barnes Harry Schafer Al Spalding Deacon White	Boston Red Stockings Boston Red Stockings Boston Red Stockings Boston Red Stockings	60
At Bats	George Wright	Boston Red Stockings	325
Runs Scored	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	125
Hits	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	137
Doubles	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	29
Triples	Everett Mills	Baltimore Canaries	9
Home Runs	Lip Pike	Baltimore Canaries	4
Total Bases	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	188
Runs Batted In	Deacon White	Boston Red Stockings	66
Stolen Bases	Ross Barnes Ned Cuthbert	Boston Red Stockings Philadelphia Whites	13
Caught Stealing	Andy Leonard Mike McGeary	Boston Red Stockings Philadelphia Athletics	6
Walks	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	18
Strikeouts	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	14
Batting Average	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	0.425
On-Base Percentage	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	0.456
Slugging Percentage	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	0.584
On-Base plus Slugging	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	1.040
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ross Barnes	Boston Red Stockings	197

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	41
Losses	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	36
Win-Loss Percentage	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	0.745
Appearances	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	60
Games Started	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	55
Complete Games	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	51
Shutouts	Dick McBride	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Saves	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	2
Innings Pitched	Al Spalding	Boston Red Stockings	497.2
Hits Allowed	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	696
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Stearns	Washington Blue Legs	8
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	62
Strikeouts	Bobby Mathews	New York Mutuals	75
Balks	Harry Wright	Boston Red Stockings	1
Runs Allowed	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	519
Earned Runs Allowed	Jim Britt	Brooklyn Atlantics	208
Earned Run Average	Cherokee Fisher	Philadelphia Athletics	1.81
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cherokee Fisher	Philadelphia Athletics	1.186