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1872
Season Recap
St. Louis Brown Stockings and the Boston Red Stockings win their division and meet in the World Series.
No one hit .400.
The best triple slash goes to Dickie Flowers (CIN): .377/.392/.553
World Series
Game 1: St. Louis 12, Boston 8
Game 2: Boston 12, St. Louis 9
Game 3: St Louis 12, Boston 11 (Boston scores 4 in the top of the 9th, but couldn't plate the tying run).
Game 4: Boston 14, St. Louis 3
Game 5: Boston 18, St. Louis 3
Game 6: Boston 10, St. Louis 9 (STL scores 4 in the top of the 9th, but couldn't plate the tying run). Boston wins their first championship!
Offseason
Rookie of the year: NL- Candy Cummings, SP, CIN; AL- Fraley Rogers, RF, BAL
MVP (Most Valuable Pitcher): NL- Dick McBride, SP, BOS (1871, 1872); AL- Al Spalding, SP, BAL (1871, 1872)
MVH (Most Valuable Hitter): NL- Dickie Flowers, SS, CIN (1872); AL- George Hall, CF, STL (1872)
Chicago White Stockings take Hugh Campbell with the #1 overall pick.
8/18/1872: Harry Wright announces retirement. Opening day 1872, Wright is still playing.
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