October 1, 1874
The Red Stockings and Athletics returned to the NA on September 10th and immediately began heading in opposite directions from when they left. Boston won both of the meetings between the two teams, then went on to go 8-5 for the month and move up to 4th in the standings. The Athletics dropped several games against Chicago, going 3-7 on the month and falling all the way to 5 games back. Chicago took advantage, moving to 3.5 games ahead of the Atlantics in sole possession of first place. The other White Stockings lost all 6 of their games in September.
In Other News
Sep 9: Boston and Philadelphia return from their trip to England.
Sep 30: Baltimore beats Hartford 10-9 to win their league worst 10th game of the season.
Standings
Code:
W L PCT GB
Chicago White Stockings 37 20 .649 -
Brooklyn Atlantics 27 17 .614 3.5
Philadelphia Athletics 25 18 .581 5.0
Boston Red Stockings 26 23 .531 7.0
New York Mutuals 26 27 .491 9.0
Philadelphia White Stockings 19 27 .413 12.5
Hartford Dark Blues 15 24 .385 13.0
Baltimore Canaries 10 29 .256 18.0
League Leaders
Average
.380 Bob Polansky (ATL)
.362 Fred Mannion (BOS)
.345 John Nero (NY)
Total Bases
116 Tom Hedgepeth (NY)
112 John Nero (NY)
106 Fred Mannion (BOS)
Stolen Bases
20 John Nero (NY)
11 Sam Shokes (NY)
10 Tom Gerheauser (CHW)
ERA
1.57 Al Allen (NY)
1.97 Will Svoboda (BOS)
2.11 Jack Anderson (ATL)
Wins
26 Mart Lemelle (CHW)
23 Jack Anderson (ATL)
19 Will Svoboda (BOS)
Strikeouts
20 Jack Anderson (ATL)
12 Al Allen (NY)
11 Jack Due (BAL)