# 1876 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1876 Chicago White Stockings season was the fifth season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the first in the National League and the third at 23rd Street Grounds. The White Stockings, as one of the founding members of the new National League, won the NL's initial championship during this season with a record of 52–14.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | Deacon White | 66 | 303 | 104 | .343 | 1 | 60 |
| 1B | Cal McVey | 63 | 308 | 107 | .347 | 1 | 53 |
| 2B | Ross Barnes | 66 | 322 | 138 | .429 | 1 | 59 |
| 3B | Cap Anson | 66 | 309 | 110 | .356 | 2 | 59 |
| SS | John Peters | 66 | 316 | 111 | .351 | 1 | 47 |
| OF | Paul Hines | 64 | 305 | 101 | .331 | 2 | 59 |
| OF | John Glenn | 66 | 276 | 84 | .304 | 0 | 32 |
| OF | Bob Addy | 32 | 142 | 40 | .282 | 0 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Oscar Bielaski | 32 | 139 | 29 | .209 | 0 | 10 |
| Fred Andrus | 8 | 36 | 11 | .306 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Albert Spalding | 61 | 528.2 | 47 | 12 | 1.75 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Cal McVey | 11 | 59.1 | 5 | 2 | 1.52 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Deacon White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Ross Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 0 |
| John Peters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |