1871 Washington Olympics season

The Washington Olympics played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished fourth in the league with a record of 15–15.

1871 Washington Olympics
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Olympics Grounds (since 1871) Washington, D.C. (since 1871)
Other information
Managers	Nick Young
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Regular season

 

Cabinet card of the 1871 Washington Olympics

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Philadelphia Athletics (C)	28	21	7	0	376	266	+110	.750	—
2	Chicago White Stockings	28	19	9	0	302	241	+61	.679	2
3	Boston Red Stockings	31	20	10	1	401	303	+98	.661	2
4	Washington Olympics	32	15	15	2	310	303	+7	.500	7
5	New York Mutuals	33	16	17	0	302	313	−11	.485	7.5
6	Troy Haymakers	29	13	15	1	351	362	−11	.466	8
7	Fort Wayne Kekiongas	19	7	12	0	137	243	−106	.368	9.5
8	Cleveland Forest Citys	29	10	19	0	249	341	−92	.345	11.5
9	Rockford Forest Citys	25	4	21	0	231	287	−56	.160	15.5

Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

1871 National Association Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	FW	NY	PHI	ROC	TRO	WSH
Boston	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1–1
Chicago	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Cleveland	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–3
Fort Wayne	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
New York	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	3–0	3–0
Rockford	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–3
Troy	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–3–1
Washington	1–3–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0	3–2–1	—

Roster

1871 Washington Olympics
Roster
Pitchers Asa Brainard Bill Stearns		Catchers Doug Allison Infielders Davy Force Andy Leonard Everett Mills Frank Norton Charlie Sweasy Fred Waterman Warren White		Outfielders Tommy Beals Harry Berthrong Henry Burroughs John Glenn George Hall		Manager Nick Young

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Doug Allison	27	133	44	.331	2	27
1B	Everett Mills	32	157	43	.274	1	24
2B	Andy Leonard	31	148	43	.291	0	30
SS	Davy Force	32	162	45	.278	0	29
3B	Fred Waterman	32	158	50	.316	0	17
OF	John Glenn	26	120	37	.308	0	21
OF	George Hall	32	136	40	.294	2	17
OF	Harry Berthrong	17	73	17	.233	0	8

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Henry Burroughs	12	63	15	.238	1	14
Tommy Beals	10	36	7	.194	0	1
Charlie Sweasy	5	19	4	.211	0	4
Warren White	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Frank Norton	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Asa Brainard	30	264.0	12	15	4.50	13
Bill Stearns	2	18.0	2	0	2.50	0

References

• 1871 Washington Olympics season at Baseball Reference