1872 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world.  

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1870s

1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875 1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870

Early Years

1869 • 1845-1868

See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1872 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

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Contents 1 Champions 2 National Association final standings 3 Events 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• National Association: Boston Red Stockings

[edit] National Association final standings

National Association
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Red Stockings	39	8	.830	--
Baltimore Lord Baltimores	35	19	.648	7.5
New York Mutuals	34	20	.630	8.5
Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	.682	7.5
Troy Haymakers	15	10	.600	13.0
Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	.243	25.0
Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	.273	20.5
Middletown Mansfields	5	19	.208	22.5
Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	.103	27.0
Washington Olympics	2	7	.222	18.0
Washington Nationals	0	11	.000	21.0

[edit] Events

• September 1 - Al Thake drowns in New York harbor after falling from a fishing boat, the first active major league ballplayer to die. (But Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in winter.)

[edit] Births

• February 3 - Lou Criger
• March 3 - Willie Keeler
• March 24 - Kip Selbach
• May 23 - Deacon Phillippe
• August 6 - Sam Mertes
• August 15 - John Warner
• September 5 - Al Orth
• October 3 - Fred Clarke
• October 6 - Jack Dunn
• December 5 - Pink Hawley
• December 9 - Cy Seymour
• December 25 - Ted Lewis (Williams College 1896)

[edit] Deaths

• March 17 - Elmer White, 22, right fielder who batted .257 with the 1871 Cleveland Forest Cities
• September 1 - Al Thake, 22, left fielder batting .295 with the Brooklyn Atlantics