1873 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1873 throughout the world.

List of years in baseball

Champions

National Association final standings
National Association
RankClubWinsLossesWin %  GB
1stBoston 43 16 .729 –
2ndPhiladelphia 36 17 .679 4.0
3rdLord Baltimore 33 22 .600 8
4thAthletic (Philadelphia) 28 23 .549 11.0
5thMutual (New York) 29 24 .547 11.0
6thAtlantic (Brooklyn) 17 37 .315 23.5
7thWashington 8 31 .205 25.0
8thResolute (Elizabeth, NJ) 2 21 .087 23.0
9thMaryland (Baltimore) 0 5 .000 16

Statistical leaders
Lip Pike
National Association
TypeNameStat
AVGRoss Barnes BOS.425
HRLip Pike BAL4
RBIDeacon White BOS66
WinsAlbert Spalding BOS41
ERACherokee Fisher ATH1.81
StrikeoutsBobby Mathews NYU75

Notable seasons

Events

January–March
  • March 3 – For the first time, the NA adopts a standardized ball to be used in all league games.

April–June
  • May 14 – Nearly 5,000 fans watch the upstart Philadelphia Club defeat the established Athletics 5–4 in 13 innings. Only once before, in 1865, had that many innings been played in one game.
  • June 7 – Mutual and Philadelphia combine for 40 errors. The Philadelphias, aided by the Mutuals' 26 miscues, win 12–10.
  • June 11 – 10,000 fans are in attendance see Philadelphia score 5 runs in the 7th inning to defeat Athletic 7–5.

July–September
  • July 4 – Leading 11–3 over Resolute of Elizabeth, the Bostons score 21 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning for a 32–3 victory. The home-ahead rule would not be instituted for 6 more years.
  • July 22 – Tom Barlow of Atlantic lays down 6 bunts, all for hits, in a game against Lord Baltimore.
  • July 24 – Bob Ferguson of the Atlantic is the umpire in a game between Mutual of New York and Lord Baltimore which ends with the Mutuals scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th for an 11–10 victory. Ferguson and Mutual's Nat Hicks get into an altercation with Ferguson breaking Hicks' arm by hitting him with a bat. Ferguson requires a police escort to leave the field and Hicks will be out for 2 months due to the incident.
  • August 16 – Boston defeats Philadelphia 11–8 in Chicago in front of several thousand fans. After the game, it is announced that Chicago has signed several players in hopes of placing a team in the NA for the 1874 season.

October–December
  • October 16 – Lord Baltimore turns a triple play in a losing cause against Philadelphia.
  • October 22 – Boston wins the pennant for the 2nd year in a row. They clinch on the same date as they had in 1872.
  • November 6 – A crosstown benefit game is played between the Philadelphia and Athletic Clubs under a proposed rule of 10 men on the field and 10 innings for a game. The extra player is placed on the infield as a right shortstop and with most observers feeling the extra player unnecessary, the rule is never implemented.

Births

Deaths
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References
  • Levine, Peter (1985). A.G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503552-6
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