Major League Baseball Season Recap 1877 1877 Final Standings NL Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston NL Team 61 42 18 1 .700 – 419 263 Louisville Grays 61 35 25 1 .583 7.0 339 288 Hartfords of Brooklyn 60 31 27 2 .534 10.0 341 311 St. Louis Brown…
The signing of Ross Barnes by the IA champion Tecumseh club is announced. Word out of Barnes’ hometown of Rockford is that he agreed to terms back in February.
1877 – William Hulbert is reelected president of the National League. The Hartford Dark Blues are dropped from the league.
With their 19th victory in the last 20 games, the Red Caps, aka the Red Stockings, clinch the National League pennant, beating the Hartford Dark Blues, 13-2. James ‘Deacon’ White, the league’s leading hitter, paces Boston’s attack with a 4-for-4 performance.
Young Harry Stovey of the Athletics shuts out St. Louis‚ 6-0‚ on 2 hits. Stovey will become a star slugger‚ not pitcher‚ in the next decade.
A 2-out error by Ross Barnes opens the gates for a 4-run Hartford rally‚ giving the Dark Blues a 5-2 win over Chicago.
Chicago snaps Boston’s 12-game winning streak-6 of which came against Cincinnati-with an exciting 1-0 win behind George Bradley’s 3-hitter. Ross Barnes plays but shows “none of his old vim.”
1877 – Harry McCormick of the Syracuse Stars (League Alliance) pitches the earliest known minor league no hitter against Indianapolis.
1877 – After St. Louis C John Clapp has his cheek smashed by a foul tip‚ replacement Mike Dorgan goes behind the plate wearing a mask. Though used earlier in the International Association‚ this is perhaps the first use of a catcher’s mask in an official National League game.
On July 13, 1877, Cal McVey took the mound and started a game for Chicago. George Bradley, who started the previous day, finally received a well-earned rest as he had pitched the previous eighty-nine consecutive games.