# 1876 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1876 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's first season of existence, having been formed as part of the brand new National League in 1876. This team was not related (except by name) to the previous Cincinnati Red Stockings National Association team, which had folded in 1870.

## Regular season

One bright spot for the Reds was the play of Charley Jones, who led the club with a batting average of .286, had the second highest home run total in the league with four, and was among the league leaders in doubles and slugging percentage.

### Season summary

The Reds played their first ever game on April 25, 1876, defeating the St. Louis Brown Stockings 2–1 at Avenue Grounds. Wins would be few and far between for the Reds, as after putting up a solid 3–2 record in their opening five games, the Reds would go on an eleven-game losing streak to fall to 3–13. After defeating the Hartford Dark Blues 8–2 to end their losing streak, the Reds would then have a thirteen-game losing streak, and saw their record fall to 4–26. By the time the season was finished, Cincinnati had the worst record in the National League, as they ended the season with a 9–56 record, 42.5 games behind the first place Chicago White Stockings.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 52 | 14 | .788 | — | 25‍–‍6 | 27‍–‍8 |
| Hartford Dark Blues | 47 | 21 | .691 | 6 | 23‍–‍9 | 24‍–‍12 |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 45 | 19 | .703 | 6 | 24‍–‍6 | 21‍–‍13 |
| Boston Red Caps | 39 | 31 | .557 | 15 | 19‍–‍17 | 20‍–‍14 |
| Louisville Grays | 30 | 36 | .455 | 22 | 15‍–‍16 | 15‍–‍20 |
| New York Mutuals | 21 | 35 | .375 | 26 | 13‍–‍20 | 8‍–‍15 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 45 | .237 | 34½ | 10‍–‍24 | 4‍–‍21 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 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 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Reds Win | Reds Loss | Game Postponed |
1876 Game Log: 9–56 (Home: 6–24; Away: 3–32) :
April: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 25Brown Stockings2–1Avenue GroundsN/A1–0W1
2April 27Brown Stockings5–2Avenue GroundsN/A2–0W2
3April 29White Stockings5–11Avenue GroundsN/A2–1L1 :
May: 1–12 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–10)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
4May 2White Stockings9–15Avenue GroundsN/A2–2L2
5May 4Grays3–2Avenue GroundsN/A3–2W1
6May 6Grays8–13Avenue GroundsN/A3–3L1
7May 10@ White Stockings0–623rd Street Grounds5,0003–4L2
8May 11@ White Stockings5–923rd Street Grounds3,0003–5L3
9May 13@ Brown Stockings0–11Sportsman's ParkN/A3–6L4
10May 16@ Brown Stockings1–11Sportsman's ParkN/A3–7L5
11May 18@ Grays3–9Louisville Baseball ParkN/A3–8L6
12May 20@ Grays1–3Louisville Baseball ParkN/A3–9L7
13May 23@ Red Caps0–8South End GroundsN/A3–10L8
14May 25@ Red Caps0–4South End GroundsN/A3–11L9
15May 27@ Red Caps5–8South End GroundsN/A3–12L10
16May 30@ Dark Blues0–6Hartford Ball Club GroundsN/A3–13L11 :
June: 1–12 (Home: 0–5; Away: 1–7)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
17June 1@ Dark Blues8–2Hartford Ball Club GroundsN/A4–13W1
18June 3@ Dark Blues2–7Hartford Ball Club GroundsN/A4–14L1
19June 6@ Mutuals0–2Union GroundsN/A4–15L2
20June 8@ Mutuals5–21Union GroundsN/A4–16L3
21June 10@ Mutuals0–1Union GroundsN/A4–17L4
22June 14@ Athletics5–20Jefferson Street GroundsN/A4–18L5
23June 15@ Athletics6–11Jefferson Street GroundsN/A4–19L6
24June 17@ Athletics15–23Jefferson Street GroundsN/A4–20L7
25June 20Red Caps7–14Avenue GroundsN/A4–21L8
26June 22Red Caps5–8Avenue GroundsN/A4–22L9
27June 24Red Caps7–8Avenue GroundsN/A4–23L10
28June 27Dark Blues2–5Avenue GroundsN/A4–24L11
29June 27Dark Blues6–13Avenue GroundsN/A4–25L12 :
July: 2–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 0–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
30July 4Athletics3–6Avenue GroundsN/A4–26L13
31July 6Athletics5–2Avenue GroundsN/A5–26W1
32July 8Athletics7–5Avenue GroundsN/A6–26W2
33July 11Mutuals2–8Avenue GroundsN/A6–27L1
34July 13Mutuals6–13Avenue GroundsN/A6–28L2
35July 15Mutuals6–8Avenue GroundsN/A6–29L3
36July 18@ Brown Stockings1–5Sportsman's ParkN/A6–30L4
37July 20@ Brown Stockings1–9Sportsman's ParkN/A6–31L5
38July 22@ Brown Stockings1–5Sportsman's ParkN/A6–32L6
39July 25@ White Stockings3–2323rd Street GroundsN/A6–33L7
40July 27@ White Stockings3–1723rd Street GroundsN/A6–34L8
41July 29@ White Stockings2–923rd Street GroundsN/A6–35L9 :
August: 1–10 (Home: 1–7; Away: 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
42August 1Brown Stockings3–19Avenue GroundsN/A6–36L10
43August 3Brown Stockings0–10Avenue GroundsN/A6–37L11
44August 8White Stockings3–13Avenue GroundsN/A6–38L12
45August 10White Stockings0–6Avenue GroundsN/A6–39L13
46August 12White Stockings0–5Avenue GroundsN/A6–40L14
47August 15@ Grays5–17Louisville Baseball ParkN/A6–41L15
48August 18@ Grays1–4Louisville Baseball ParkN/A6–42L16
49August 19@ Grays3–6Louisville Baseball ParkN/A6–43L17
50August 22Grays0–8Avenue GroundsN/A6–44L18
51August 25Grays3–1Avenue GroundsN/A7–44W1
52August 26Grays2–3Avenue GroundsN/A7–45L1 :
September: 2–8 (Home: 0–2; Away: 2–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
53September 5@ Red Caps4–17South End GroundsN/A7–46L2
54September 6@ Red Caps3–7South End GroundsN/A7–47L3
55September 9 (1)@ Dark Blues4–14Hartford Ball Club GroundsN/A7–48L4
56September 9 (2)@ Dark Blues4–8Hartford Ball Club GroundsN/A7–49L5
57September 12@ Athletics3–12Jefferson Street GroundsN/A7–50L6
58September 13@ Athletics15–13Jefferson Street GroundsN/A8–50W1
59September 15@ Mutuals1–2Union GroundsN/A8–51L1
60September 16@ Mutuals9–6Union GroundsN/A9–51W1
61September 27Red Caps3–5Avenue GroundsN/A9–52L1
62September 28Red Caps7–10Avenue GroundsN/A9–53L2 :
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
63October 6Dark Blues4–7Avenue GroundsN/A9–54L3
64October 7Dark Blues6–11Avenue GroundsN/A9–55L4
65October 9Dark Blues0–11Avenue GroundsN/A9–56L5 :

### 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 | Dave Pierson | 57 | 233 | 55 | .236 | 0 | 13 |
| 1B | Charlie Gould | 61 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 0 | 11 |
| 2B | Charlie Sweasy | 56 | 225 | 46 | .204 | 0 | 10 |
| 3B | Will Foley | 58 | 221 | 50 | .226 | 0 | 9 |
| SS | Henry Kessler | 59 | 248 | 64 | .258 | 0 | 11 |
| OF | Charley Jones | 64 | 276 | 79 | .286 | 4 | 38 |
| OF | Redleg Snyder | 55 | 205 | 31 | .151 | 0 | 12 |
| OF | Bobby Clack | 32 | 118 | 19 | .161 | 0 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Amos Booth | 63 | 272 | 71 | .261 | 0 | 14 |
| Sam Field | 4 | 14 | 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 |
| Dory Dean | 30 | 262.2 | 4 | 26 | 3.73 | 22 |
| Cherokee Fisher | 28 | 229.1 | 4 | 20 | 3.02 | 29 |
| Dale Williams | 9 | 83.0 | 1 | 8 | 4.23 | 9 |
| Dave Pierson | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | inf | 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 |
| Amos Booth | 3 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.31 | 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 |
| Charlie Gould | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bobby Clack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |