September 1, 1875
The Philadelphia Athletics beat up on the Brown Stockings and Chicago to take a commanding 7-game lead in the NA. Starting pitcher Joe Gotcher is one win away from tying Jack Anderson’s single season record of 29 wins set last season, making him a good bet to become the first 30-game winner in baseball history.
The Athletics rise was helped in part by Brooklyn and the Philadelphia White Stockings splitting a pair of games towards the end of the month, but ultimate, no matter what the Atlantics did this month, they simply didn’t have enough games scheduled to overcome the dominating fashion in which the Athletics have been winning.
Near the bottom, Boston showed a little life by inching closer towards a .500 record, while the Elm Citys continued to fall farther behind.
In Other News
August 26: Atlantics catcher Mike Stanley extended his hitting streak to 35 games after going 3-5 against the Philadelphia White Stockings. Stanley is now one game shy of Retherford’s record.
Standings
Code:
W L PCT GB
Philadelphia Athletics 40 17 .702 -
Brooklyn Atlantics 22 13 .629 7.0
Washington Nationals 17 11 .607 8.5
Philadelphia White Stockings 27 25 .519 10.5
Chicago White Stockings 25 24 .510 11.0
New York Mutuals 27 26 .509 11.0
St. Louis Red Stockings 8 11 .421 13.0
Hartford Dark Blues 27 31 .466 13.5
Boston Red Stockings 28 33 .459 14.0
St. Louis Brown Stockings 22 27 .449 14.0
Philadelphia Centennials 4 10 .286 14.5
Keokuk Westerns 3 10 .231 15.0
New Haven Elm Citys 14 26 .350 17.5
League Leaders
Average
.369 Mike Stanley (ATL)
.348 Jim Shemo (PHA)
.333 Bill Devos (CEN)
Total Bases
111 Jim Shemo (PHA)
109 Charlie Rossi (BOS)
107 Jim Linhart (HR)
Stolen Bases
13 John Nero (NY)
13 Sam Shokes (NY)
12 John Gano (PWS)
ERA
1.43 Charlie Barta (WAS)
1.47 Frank Reimann (NY)
1.67 Joe Gotcher (PHA)
Wins
28 Joe Gotcher (PHA)
18 Jack Anderson (BAL)
17 Pete Cannon (SBS), Frank Reimann (NY)
Strikeouts
27 Frank Reimann (NY)
22 John Fortenberry (PWS)
21 Fred Ross (BOS)