# 1876 Boston Red Caps season

The 1876 Boston Red Caps season was the sixth season of the franchise. With the dissolution of the National Association, the Boston team joined the brand new National League. The team name was changed from the Boston Red Stockings to the Boston Red Caps to avoid confusion with the new Cincinnati Red Stockings team. Some of the players from the previous year's team defected to other ballclubs, so the team finished further down in the standings this season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago | 52 | 14 | .788 | — | 25‍–‍6 | 27‍–‍8 |
| Hartford | 47 | 21 | .691 | 6 | 23‍–‍9 | 24‍–‍12 |
| St. Louis | 45 | 19 | .703 | 6 | 24‍–‍6 | 21‍–‍13 |
| Boston | 39 | 31 | .557 | 15 | 19‍–‍17 | 20‍–‍14 |
| Louisville | 30 | 36 | .455 | 22 | 15‍–‍16 | 15‍–‍20 |
| Mutual | 21 | 35 | .375 | 26 | 13‍–‍20 | 8‍–‍15 |
| Athletic | 14 | 45 | .237 | 34½ | 10‍–‍24 | 4‍–‍21 |
| Cincinnati | 9 | 56 | .138 | 42½ | 6‍–‍24 | 3‍–‍32 |

### Record vs. opponents

1876 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | CIN | HAR | LOU | NY | PHI | STL |
| Boston | — | 1–9 | 10–0 | 2–8 | 5–5 | 8–2 | 9–1 | 4–6 |
| Chicago | 9–1 | — | 10–0 | 6–4 | 9–1 | 7–1 | 7–1 | 4–6 |
| Cincinnati | 0–10 | 0–10 | — | 1–9 | 2–8 | 1–7 | 3–5 | 2–7 |
| Hartford | 8–2 | 4–6 | 9–1 | — | 9–1–1 | 4–4 | 9–1 | 4–6 |
| Louisville | 5–5 | 1–9 | 8–2 | 1–9–1 | — | 5–3–1 | 6–2–1 | 4–6 |
| New York | 2–8 | 1–7 | 7–1 | 4–4 | 3–5–1 | — | 3–4 | 1–6 |
| Philadelphia | 1–9 | 1–7 | 5–3 | 1–9 | 2–6–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–8 |
| St. Louis | 6–4 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 8–0 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Lew Brown | 45 | 195 | 41 | .210 | 2 | 21 |
| 1B | Tim Murnane | 69 | 308 | 87 | .282 | 2 | 34 |
| 2B | John Morrill | 66 | 278 | 73 | .263 | 0 | 26 |
| 3B | Harry Schafer | 70 | 286 | 72 | .252 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | George Wright | 70 | 335 | 100 | .299 | 1 | 34 |
| OF | Jim O'Rourke | 70 | 312 | 102 | .327 | 2 | 43 |
| OF | Jack Manning | 70 | 288 | 76 | .264 | 2 | 25 |
| OF | Andy Leonard | 64 | 303 | 85 | .281 | 0 | 27 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Frank Whitney | 34 | 139 | 33 | .237 | 0 | 15 |
| Tim McGinley | 9 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Wright | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Parks | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wright | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Joe Borden | 29 | 218.1 | 11 | 12 | 2.89 | 34 |
| Foghorn Bradley | 22 | 173.1 | 9 | 10 | 2.49 | 16 |
| Dick McBride | 4 | 33.0 | 0 | 4 | 2.73 | 2 |
| Tricky Nichols | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 |

#### Other 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 |
| Jack Manning | 34 | 197.1 | 18 | 5 | 2.14 | 24 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| George Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |