# 1876 Philadelphia Athletics season

After five seasons in the National Association, the 1876 Philadelphia Athletics finished the first season of the National League with a record of 14–45, good for 7th place. It would prove to be their only season in the league, as they were expelled from the league as punishment for refusing to make a late-season road trip.

## Regular season

* April 22, 1876: The Athletics played in the first game in National League history, losing to the Boston Red Caps, 7–6.

### 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 | Fergy Malone | 22 | 96 | 22 | .229 | 0 | 6 |
| 1B | Ezra Sutton | 54 | 236 | 70 | .297 | 1 | 31 |
| 2B | Wes Fisler | 59 | 278 | 80 | .288 | 1 | 30 |
| 3B | Levi Meyerle | 55 | 256 | 87 | .340 | 0 | 34 |
| SS | Davy Force | 60 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | George Hall | 60 | 268 | 98 | .366 | 5 | 45 |
| OF | Dave Eggler | 39 | 174 | 52 | .299 | 0 | 19 |
| OF | William Coon | 54 | 220 | 50 | .227 | 0 | 22 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Bill Fouser | 21 | 89 | 12 | .135 | 0 | 2 |
| Whitey Ritterson | 16 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
| Doc Bushong | 5 | 21 | 1 | .048 | 0 | 1 |
| John Curran | 3 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Paul | 3 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bergh | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nealy Phelps | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ward | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| John Mullen | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Warner | 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 |
| Lon Knight | 34 | 282.0 | 10 | 22 | 2.62 | 12 |
| George Zettlein | 28 | 234.0 | 4 | 20 | 3.88 | 10 |
| Levi Meyerle | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.00 | 0 |
| Flip Lafferty | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| William Coon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 0 |