# 1876 New York Mutuals season

After five seasons in the National Association, the 1876 New York Mutuals finished with a record of 21–35, good for 6th place in the National League. 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 during the 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 | Nat Hicks | 45 | 188 | 44 | .234 | 0 | 15 |
| 1B | Joe Start | 56 | 264 | 73 | .277 | 0 | 21 |
| 2B | Bill Craver | 56 | 246 | 55 | .224 | 0 | 22 |
| 3B | Al Nichols | 57 | 212 | 38 | .179 | 0 | 9 |
| SS | Jimmy Hallinan | 54 | 240 | 67 | .279 | 2 | 36 |
| OF | Fred Treacey | 57 | 256 | 54 | .211 | 0 | 18 |
| OF | Eddie Booth | 57 | 228 | 49 | .215 | 0 | 7 |
| OF | Jim Holdsworth | 52 | 241 | 64 | .266 | 0 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| John Hayes | 5 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| George Bechtel | 2 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Shanley | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| John Maloney | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Treacey | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| George Fair | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hatfield | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| George Heubel | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John McGuinness | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy West | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Davy Force | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nealy Phelps | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| George Seward | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Valentine | 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 |
| Bobby Mathews | 56 | 516.0 | 21 | 34 | 2.86 | 37 |
| Terry Larkin | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 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 |
| Eddie Booth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |