1874 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1874

Champions

*National Association: Boston Red Stockings

National Association final standings

tatistical leaders

Notable seasons

Events

January-March

*January 29 - Albert Spalding arrives in England to set up a tour for the Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics to demonstrate American baseball to the English.

April-June

*May 5 - Tommy Bond makes his professional debut, throwing a 4-hitter and defeating the Baltimore Canaries.
*May 6 - Dick McBride of the Philadelphia Athletics throws a 1-hitter in a win against the Philadelphia White Stockings.
*May 13 - The Chicago White Stockings play the first professional game in Chicago by a Chicago team since the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The White Stockings win 4-0 over the Philadelphia Athletics before 4,000 fans.
*June 18 - Playing without suspended pitcher George Zettlein, The Chicago White Stockings are humiliated by the New York Mutuals 38-1. The Mutuals collect 33 hits, but are outdone by the White Stockings defensive miscues as they commit 36 errors in the game.

July-September

*July 10 - Jimmy Wood, player-manager for several teams in the NA, has his right leg amputated above the knee due to infection. Wood would be re-hired by the Chicago White Stockings to replace Fergy Malone and be on the bench managing 5 weeks after the amputation.
*July 16 - The Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics depart from Philadelphia for England for their baseball exhibition tour.
*September 9 - John Radcliff is dismissed from the Philadelphia White Stockings after umpire William McLean testified that Radcliff had offered him $175 to fix a game.
*September 9 - The Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics return from their England trip, arriving in New York.

October-December

*October 20 - The Boston Red Stockings win their 3rd consecutive pennant with a 14-7 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

Births

*January 14 - Jack Taylor
*January 22 - Jay Hughes
*February 1 - Harry Bemis
*February 22 - Bill Klem
*February 23 - Billy Lauder
*February 24 - Honus Wagner
*March 16 - Bill Duggleby
*March 18 - Nixey Callahan
*March 24 - Roy Thomas
*April 7 - John Ganzel
*June 5 - Jack Chesbro
*June 5 - Frank Huelsman
*June 20 - Win Mercer
*June 26 - Topsy Hartsel
*July 9 - Jack Powell
*July 14 - Jesse Tannehill
*September 5 - Nap Lajoie
*September 17 - Willie Sudhoff
*September 21 - Grant "Home Run" Johnson
*October 12 - Jimmy Burke
*October 19 - Tom McCreery
*October 31 - Harry Smith

Deaths

*April 9 - Charlie Mills, age unknown, catcher for the 1871 New York Mutuals.
*1874 - Seem Studley, age unknown, center fielder for the short-lived 1872 Washington Nationals.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NA_1874.shtml/ 1874 season at baseball-reference.com]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/ Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com]
* [http://retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet.org]