The Base Ball Intelligencer, Troy, NY, November 10, 1877:
ST. PAUL CLUB CAPTURE 'ALLIANCE' CROWN
The Red Cap club of St. Paul, Minnesota racked up forty-one victories in League Alliance play this season, to stake claim to the Alliance crown. The Red Caps victory tally was eleven more than the next-best total, which belonged to the Chelseas of Brooklyn. Athletic, the former National League club, played a mere twenty-three games in the Alliance, but won 17 of them. It's unclear whither the Philadelphia club will go from here as it is unlikely that the club will gain readmittance to the fraternity of National League clubs. For their part, the Red Caps are also unlikely to enter the League itself next season - and it is entirely possible that no one will - though they are satisfied with the championship of the League Alliance. The Red Caps were led by Rick Barney, the erstwhile Hartford chucker who left for a more secure financial situation following the Dark Blues' 1876 title. Barney was 31-7 for St. Paul with a miniscule 1.37 earned run average, demonstrating for any doubters that he has not lost the skill that made him a top-level hurler in the National League.
RICK BARNEY
League Alliance Standings
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10
St. Paul Red Caps 41 19 .683 - 38-22 3 25-5 16-14 2-5 12-6 L1 6-4
Brooklyn Chelseas 30 25 .545 8.5 31-24 -1 16-13 14-12 5-0 9-5 L3 4-6
Chicago Fairbanks 29 24 .547 8.5 28-25 1 21-10 8-14 3-3 10-10 W2 8-2
Memphis Red Stockings 27 30 .474 12.5 23-34 4 14-13 13-17 1-1 14-5 L1 4-6
Indianapolis Hoosiers 18 21 .462 12.5 24-15 -6 9-9 9-12 0-1 1-7 W1 2-8
Philadelphia Athletics 17 6 .739 5.5 18-5 -1 7-1 10-5 0-0 3-3 L1 6-4
Milwaukee Grays 17 35 .327 20.0 19-33 -2 8-19 9-16 1-1 5-12 W2 6-4
Minneapolis Blue Stockings 17 36 .321 20.5 20-33 -3 9-19 8-17 1-2 2-7 W1 3-7
Janesville Volunteers 3 3 .500 11.0 4-2 -1 0-1 3-2 0-0 0-1 L1 3-3
TOP BAT FOR NON-LEAGUE PLAY GOES TO MEMPHIS MASTER
The top Bat award for play in non-National League contests for 1877 - a brand-new accolade from Harry Chadwick - goes to Elliot Sayers of the Memphis Red Stocking Club. Though Memphis managed to win just 27 of their 57 contests this year, Sayers was a consistent and dangerous force in their batting rotation. For the season he hit .306 with 18 two-baggers, a trio of three-baggers and scored 33 runs.
ELLIOT SAYERS
CUBAN HURLER IS TOP MAN IN NON-LEAGUE ACTION
Cavetano Blanco, who earned his daily bread chucking in the National Association before that organization fell apart with the formation of the National League, continues to prove himself a top-notch spinner of the sphere. Blanco plies his trade these days here in New York, for the Star Club of Syracuse. He earned Chadwick's nod as the best non-league hurler with another outstanding campaign with a 38-10 ledger and stingy 2.10 ERA. The Stars were the 2nd-best club in the New York State Association, finishing with 37 victories, second to the Flour City club of Rochester, which garnered 42 wins.
CAVETANO BLANCO
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10
Rochester Flour Citys 42 25 .627 5.5 40-27 2 22-12 20-13 3-1 7-7 L2 8-2
Syracuse Stars 39 11 .780 - 38-12 1 19-6 20-5 3-0 8-2 W2 9-1
Buffalo Bisons 38 12 .760 1.0 35-15 3 19-6 19-6 0-2 8-6 W6 7-3
Binghamton Crickets 26 24 .520 13.0 26-24 0 12-13 14-11 2-4 5-4 W4 6-4
Auburn Franklins 15 35 .300 24.0 15-35 0 9-16 6-19 2-4 8-11 L6 2-8
GUELPH TOPS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
The Maple Leaf Club of Guelph, Ontario won sixteen contests this year (losing nine) to lay claim to the championship of the International Association. Guelph was led by the play of the outstanding Alamazoo Pons, who continues to shine north of the border. This season Pons batted .374 in 115 times at the plate and clubbed 11 doubles and 5 triples.
ALAMAZOO PONS
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10
Guelph Maple Leafs 16 9 .640 - 16-9 0 8-4 8-5 0-0 3-3 L2 6-4
London Tecumsehs 12 8 .600 1.5 11-9 1 5-4 7-4 1-1 1-3 W2 6-4
Columbus Buckeyes 11 13 .458 4.5 11-13 0 5-7 6-6 0-2 6-4 W4 4-6
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 7 16 .304 8.0 8-15 -1 4-7 3-9 0-0 1-2 L8 4-6
CASCADE 'BLOOMS' TO NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION TITLE
Bret Bloom of the Cascade Club of Fall River, Mass. led his team to the best win total in the NEA this year. A long-time member of the famed Red Stocking club who spent the last two seasons with Athletic, Bloom returned to New England with Fall River and recorded a .365 average for the Cascades. Fall River won 26 games in a tight New England race, just one more than Providence - a club that is expected (hoping?) to jump to the National League next season. Fall River? Too small for the League.
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Streak Last10
Fall River Cascades 26 24 .520 - 28-22 -2 14-11 12-13 1-0 5-4 W1 4-6
Providence Rhode Islands 25 25 .500 1.0 24-26 1 17-8 8-17 5-1 9-8 L1 5-5
Manchester Reds 23 44 .343 11.5 23-44 0 13-22 10-22 3-5 10-15 L1 7-3
Lowell Ladies Men 22 28 .440 4.0 19-31 3 10-15 12-13 0-0 10-5 L2 2-8
Lynn Live Oaks 16 44 .267 15.0 16-44 0 11-19 5-25 2-2 6-13 W1 3-7