1877 Cincinnati Reds season

1877 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Avenue Grounds (since 1876)
Cincinnati (since 1876)
Other information
Manager(s)	Lip Pike, Bob Addy, Jack Manning
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The 1877 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth and last in the National League with a record of 15–42, 25½ games behind the Boston Red Caps.

Regular season

Lip Pike

After finishing dead last in the National League in the 1876 season, the Reds attempted to improve their club by signing Lip Pike, who spent the previous season with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Pike was also named the manager of the team. Some other off-season additions included Bob Addy, who spent the previous season with the Chicago White Stockings, Jack Manning of the Boston Red Caps, and a couple of new pitchers with Candy Cummings, who had a 16–8 record with a 1.67 ERA with the Hartford Dark Blues joining the team, as well as Bobby Mathews, who had a 21–34 record with New York Mutuals in 1876.

Charley Jones had another solid season for the Reds, hitting .310 with two homers and a team high 36 RBI. Manning had solid year, hitting .317, as he had a team high 80 hits while tying Jones with a team high 36 RBI. Pike hit .298 with a teah high four home runs, and added 23 RBI. On the mound, rookie Bobby Mitchell came up late in the season, and was very impressive, leading Cincinnati with six victories with a team best 3.51 in twelve games.

Season summary

The Reds got off to another terrible start, as they had a 3–11 start to the season, and Pike stepped down as the manager. Bob Addy took over as player manager; however, he too saw very few wins as Cincinnati went 5–19 during his managerial stint. Jack Manning then finished the year as player-manager, going 7–12, as the Reds had a 15–42 record, once again finishing in the National League cellar, 25.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Red Caps	42	18	--	.700
Louisville Grays	35	25	7	.583
Brooklyn Hartfords	31	27	10	.534
St. Louis Brown Stockings	28	32	14	.467
Chicago White Stockings	26	33	15.5	.441
Cincinnati Reds	15	42	25.5	.263

Record vs. opponents

1877 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	LOU	STL
Boston	—	7–5–1	10–2	11–1	8–4	6–6
Brooklyn	5–7–1	—	8–4	7–3	6–6–1	5–7
Chicago	2–10	4–8	—	8–3–1	4–8	8–4
Cincinnati	1–11	3–7	3–8–1	—	5–7	3–9
Louisville	4–8	6–6–1	8–4	7–5	—	10–2
St. Louis	6–6	7–5	4–8	9–3	2–10	—

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	Scott Hastings	20	71	10	.141	0	3
1B	Charlie Gould	24	91	25	.275	0	13
2B	Lip Pike	58	262	78	.298	4	23
3B	Will Foley	56	216	41	.190	0	18
SS	Jack Manning	57	252	80	.317	0	36
OF	Bob Addy	57	245	68	.278	0	31
OF	Charley Jones	55	232	72	.310	2	36
OF	Ned Cuthbert	12	56	10	.179	0	2

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
Amos Booth	44	157	27	.172	0	13
Levi Meyerle	27	107	35	.327	0	15
Jimmy Hallinan	16	73	27	.370	0	7
George Miller	11	37	6	.162	0	3
Harry Smith	10	36	9	.250	0	3
Nat Hicks	8	32	6	.188	0	3
Chub Sullivan	8	32	8	.250	0	4
Johnny Ryan	6	26	4	.154	0	2
Henry Kessler	6	20	2	.100	0	0
Billy Redmond	3	12	3	.250	0	3

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
Candy Cummings	19	155.2	5	14	4.34	11
Bobby Mathews	15	129.1	3	12	4.04	9
Bobby Mitchell	12	100	6	5	3.51	41

Other 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
Amos Booth	12	86	1	7	3.56	18
Jack Manning	10	44	0	4	6.95	6