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1871 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1871
misc	1871 National Association Champions
league	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
record
league_place	1st
managers	Dick McBride

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With the debut of the first professional baseball league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, the Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia was one of the first clubs to join.

The Athletics had been around since 1860 as an amateur club. Led by their captain and pitcher, Dick McBride, the team went 21–7 and won the first NA title during the 1871 season. Philadelphia's third baseman, Levi Meyerle, led the league with a .492 batting average.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1871 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	27	134	46	.343	1	33
1B	28	147	41	.279	0	16
2B	26	133	47	.353	0	34
SS	28	145	44	.303	0	22
3B	26	130	64	.492	4	40
OF	25	127	41	.323	0	23
OF	28	150	37	.247	3	30
OF	17	75	23	.307	0	13

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
20	94	33	.351	1	21
1	6	2	.333	0	1
1	4	0	.000	0	0
1	4	1	.250	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	25	222.0	18	5	4.58	15
	3	26.0	1	2	7.96	1

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	1	1.0	0	0	9.00	0

References

1871 Philadelphia Athletics season at Baseball Reference

1872

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