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{{Year in baseball |
this year = 1872 |
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== Champions ==
* [[National Association]]: [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]]
== National Association final standings ==
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|- align="center" style="font-size: larger;"
| colspan=5 | '''[[National Association]]'''
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| '''Rank''' || '''Club''' || '''Wins''' || '''Losses''' || '''Win %''' || '''GB'''
|- align="center" style="vertical-align: middle;" style="background:lightblue;"
|- align="center" style="vertical-align: middle;" style="background:lightblue;"
|-
|-
| 1st || [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]]
| 39
| 8
| .830
| --
|-
| 2nd || [[Baltimore Canaries|Baltimore Lord Baltimores]]
| 35
| 19
| .648
| 7.5
|-
| 3rd || [[New York Mutuals]]
| 34
| 20
| .630
| 8.5
|-
| 4th || [[Athletic of Philadelphia|Philadelphia Athletics]]
| 30
| 14
| .682
| 7.5
|-
| 5th || [[Troy Haymakers]]
| 15
| 10
| .600
| 13.0
|-
| 6th || [[Brooklyn Atlantics]]
| 9
| 28
| .243
| 25.0
|-
| 7th || [[Cleveland Forest Citys]]
| 6
| 16
| .273
| 20.5
|-
| 8th || [[Middletown Mansfields]]
| 5
| 19
| .208
| 22.5
|-
| 9th || [[Eckford of Brooklyn|Brooklyn Eckfords]]
| 3
| 26
| .103
| 27.0
|-
| 10th || [[Washington Olympics]]
| 2
| 7
| .222
| 18.0
|-
| 11th || [[Washington Nationals (NA)|Washington Nationals]]
| 0
| 11
| .000
| 21.0
|}
==Statistical leaders==
{| cellpadding="1" width="450px" style="font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"
|- align="center" style="font-size: larger;"
| colspan=3 | '''[[National Association of Professional Base Ball Players|National Association]]'''
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Stat''' ||
|- align="center" style="vertical-align: middle;" style="background:lightblue;"
|-
| [[Batting average|AVG]] || [[Ross Barnes]] [[Atlanta Braves|BOS]] || .432 ||
|-
| [[Home run|HR]] || [[Lip Pike]] [[Baltimore Canaries|BAL]] || 6 ||
|-
| [[Run batted in|RBI]] || [[Lip Pike]] [[Baltimore Canaries|BAL]] || 60 ||
|-
| [[Win (baseball)|Wins]] || [[Albert Spalding]] [[Atlanta Braves|BOS]] || 38 ||
|-
| [[Earned run average|ERA]] || [[Albert Spalding]] [[Atlanta Braves|BOS]] || 1.98 ||
|-
| [[Strikeout]]s || [[Bobby Mathews]] [[Baltimore Canaries|BAL]] || 55 ||
|}
== Notable seasons ==
== Events ==
=== January-March ===
* [[March 4]] - At its annual convention being held in [[Cleveland]], the NA adopts a rule change to allow the use of the wrist in the pitching delivery.
=== April-June ===
* [[April 22]] - [[Candy Cummings]] makes his debut with the [[New York Mutuals]].
* [[April 26]] - "Orator" [[Jim O'Rourke (baseball player)|Jim O'Rourke]] makes his debut with the [[Middletown Mansfields]].
* [[May 24]] - The [[Washington Olympics]] play their last game before dropping out of the NA. Poor talent and financial difficulties combine to do in the Olympics.
* [[May 29]] - Despite not having a team in the league in 1872, the city of [[Chicago]] hosts its first NA game since the [[Great Chicago Fire]] as the [[Baltimore Canaries]] defeat the [[Cleveland Forest Citys]] in front of 4,000 fans.
* [[June 26]] - The [[Washington Nationals (NA)|Washington Nationals]], with an 0-11 record, disband after losing 9-1 to the [[Baltimore Canaries]].
=== July-September ===
* [[July 6]] - Sporting a 22-1 record, [[Harry Wright]] takes the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]] on vacation to an island in [[Boston Harbor]].
* [[July 9]] - The [[Eckford of Brooklyn|Brooklyn Eckfords]] commit 13 errors in their 15-3 loss to the [[Troy Haymakers]]. It is the fewest errors committed by the 0-11 Eckfords in a game thus far this season.
* [[July 23]] - Despite a winning record, the [[Troy Haymakers]] disband due to financial problems. Half of the Haymaker's roster will move to the [[Eckford of Brooklyn|Brooklyn Eckfords]], which saves them from dropping out of the NA.
* [[July 26]] - In an emergency meeting, the NA revises their scheduling requirements from 5 to 9 games versus each opponent competing for the championship. This is in response to the number of teams that have disbanded and comes 3 days after the first-division [[Troy Haymakers]] had called it quits.
* [[August 13]] - The [[Middletown Mansfields]] announce that they have disbanded the club and drop out of the NA.
* [[August 19]] - The [[Cleveland Forest Citys]] disband their club after a loss to the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]]. This drops the number of teams still playing in the NA to 6.
* [[September 1]] - [[Al Thake]], left-fielder batting .295 for the [[Brooklyn Atlantics]], drowns in New York harbor after falling from a fishing boat. Thake is the first active major league ballplayer to die. (But Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in winter.)
=== October-December ===
* [[October 22]] - The [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]] clinch the pennant with a 4-3 win over the [[Eckford of Brooklyn|Brooklyn Eckfords]].
== Births ==
* [[January 2]] - [[Pop Rising]]
* [[January 12]] - [[Togie Pittinger]]
* [[February 3]] - [[Lou Criger]]
* [[March 3]] - [[Willie Keeler]]
* [[March 24]] - [[Kip Selbach]]
* [[May 10]] - [[Klondike Douglass]]
* [[May 23]] - [[Deacon Phillippe]]
* [[August 6]] - [[Sam Mertes]]
* [[August 15]] - [[John Warner (baseball)|John Warner]]
* [[September 5]] - [[Al Orth]]
* [[September 25]] - [[Fred Odwell]]
* [[October 3]] - [[Fred Clarke]]
* [[October 6]] - [[Jack Dunn]]
* [[December 5]] - [[Pink Hawley]]
* [[December 9]] - [[Cy Seymour]]
* [[December 25]] - [[Ted Lewis (baseball player)|Ted Lewis]]
== Deaths ==
* [[March 17]] - [[Elmer White]], 22, right fielder who batted .257 with the [[1871 in baseball|1871]] [[Cleveland Forest Citys]].
* [[September 1]] - [[Al Thake]], 22, left fielder batting .295 with the [[Brooklyn Atlantics]].
== References ==
{{refbegin}}
* Ryczek, William J. (1992). ''Blackguards and Red Stockings; A History of Baseball's National Association 1871-1875''. Wallingford, CT: Colebrook Press ISBN 0-9673718-0-5
* Nemec, David (1997). ''The Great Encyclopedia of 19th-Century Major League Baseball''. New York: Donald I. Fine Books ISBN 1-55611-500-8
{{refend}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NA_1872.shtml/ 1872 season at baseball-reference.com]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/ Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com]
* [http://retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet.org]
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