The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, November 5, 1875:
RED STOCKING CLUB ASSERTS SUPREMACY
With the addition of two top-notch players in third baseman John Mahoney and pitcher Walker Rhoades, the Red Stockings of Boston dominated (nearly) all opposition this season in the Association, and are crowned World's Champions. The Boston club finished with 59 victories, twelve more than their nearest competitor - Mutual of New York - could muster. The only team to post a winning ledger against the Red Stockings was the Brown Stocking Club of St. Louis which won 5 of their 9 meetings. Boston was even-up against Brooklyn (3-3) and New York (5-5) on the year. Against every other club, they were superior - including a 10-0 slate against the White Stockings of Chicago and 9-1 against their nearest geographical competition - the Dark Blue Club of Hartford (CT).
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Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10
Boston Red Stockings 59 23 .720 - 56-26 3 23-14 36-9 3-0 10-4 W6 8-2
New York Mutuals 47 24 .662 6.5 45-26 2 27-9 20-15 2-3 15-9 W1 7-3
Chicago White Stockings 41 28 .594 11.5 38-31 3 21-12 20-16 5-4 11-10 W1 5-5
Philadelphia Athletics 43 34 .558 13.5 41-36 2 21-17 22-17 5-3 13-8 W1 2-8
Philadelphia White Stockings 37 33 .529 16.0 39-31 -2 14-19 23-14 1-1 12-11 L1 2-8
Hartford Dark Blues 43 43 .500 18.0 45-41 -2 19-20 24-23 1-3 8-13 L3 4-6
Brooklyn Atlantics 20 24 .455 20.0 20-24 0 12-15 8-9 3-5 8-8 L1 5-5
Keokuk Westerns 4 9 .308 20.5 3-10 1 3-5 1-4 1-1 1-1 L2 4-6
Philadelphia Centennials 3 11 .214 22.0 5-9 -2 0-7 3-4 0-1 0-4 L7 3-7
St. Louis Brown Stockings 5 14 .263 22.5 6-13 -1 3-11 2-3 0-1 2-2 W2 2-8
St. Louis Red Stockings 27 43 .386 26.0 27-43 0 13-21 14-22 6-4 11-14 L2 4-6
Washington Nationals 4 24 .143 28.0 5-23 -1 1-11 3-13 0-2 0-3 L2 2-8
New Haven Elm Citys 12 35 .255 29.5 16-31 -4 7-20 5-15 2-1 4-8 L1 3-7
CAMPBELL CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, DOMINATE
Clifford Campbell, the Canadian 'Scot' continues to improve his play each season and this year was clearly the best batsman in the Association. Campbell recorded 107 hits in 287 times at the bat, for a batting average of .373 (which was NOT tops in the Association, but was near the top). He clouted six four-baggers, 9 three-baggers and 16 two-baggers as well and tallied 68 runs for his club.
CLIFFORD CAMPBELL
RHOADES IS TOP HURLER
The Boston Red Stocking Club got value for its investment in Walker "Book" Rhoades this season. Rhoades, signed away from the Athletic Club of Philadelphia during the winter, won 49 games against just 16 losses and saw his "earned run average" decline from 2.5 runs to just 2.22 runs. He allowed less than one hit per inning pitched and was easily tops in victories in the circuit.
WALKER RHOADES