# 1872 Brooklyn Atlantics season

The Brooklyn Atlantics played their first season of professional baseball in 1872 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players after many years as a successful amateur team. They finished sixth in the league with a record of 9–28.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | RF | RA | RD | GB |
| 1 | Boston Red Stockings (C) | 48 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 521 | 236 | +285 | — |
| 2 | Baltimore Canaries | 58 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 617 | 434 | +183 | 7.5 |
| 3 | New York Mutuals | 56 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 523 | 362 | +161 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Athletics | 47 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 539 | 349 | +190 | 7.5 |
| 5 | Troy Haymakers | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 273 | 191 | +82 | 13 |
| 6 | Brooklyn Atlantics | 37 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 237 | 473 | −236 | 25 |
| 7 | Cleveland Forest Citys | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 174 | 254 | −80 | 20.5 |
| 8 | Middletown Mansfields | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 220 | 348 | −128 | 22.5 |
| 9 | Brooklyn Eckfords | 29 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 152 | 413 | −261 | 27 |
| 10 | Washington Olympics | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 140 | −86 | 18 |
| 11 | Washington Nationals | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 80 | 190 | −110 | 21 |

### Record vs. opponents

1872 National Association Recordsvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BRA | BRE | CLE | MID | NY | PHI | TRO | WSN | WSO |
| Baltimore | — | 0–7 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–4–2 | 4–5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Boston | 7–0 | — | 7–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 4–4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 1–5 | 1–7 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Brooklyn Eckfords | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Cleveland | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Middletown | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| New York | 4–5–2 | 2–7 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 6–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Philadelphia | 5–4–2 | 4–4–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–6 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Troy | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Washington Nationals | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Washington Olympics | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

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 |
| Jack Burdock | 37 | 174 | 47 | .270 | 0 | 14 |
| Tom Barlow | 37 | 171 | 54 | .316 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack Remsen | 37 | 165 | 39 | .236 | 1 | 14 |
| Herman Dehlman | 37 | 164 | 37 | .226 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Ferguson | 37 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 0 | 19 |
| Al Thake | 18 | 78 | 23 | .295 | 0 | 15 |
| Jack McDonald | 15 | 62 | 16 | .258 | 0 | 4 |
| Eddie Booth | 15 | 62 | 19 | .306 | 0 | 7 |
| Jim Hall | 13 | 57 | 18 | .316 | 0 | 6 |
| Edward Beavens | 10 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
| John Barrett | 8 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Lowe | 7 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 3 |
| Herm Doscher | 6 | 24 | 9 | .375 | 0 | 5 |
| John Kenney | 5 | 19 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Oliver Brown | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Jackson | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Clare | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bass | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Herb Worth | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Higby | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Galvin | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Jim Britt | 37 | 336.0 | 9 | 28 | 4.53 | 13 |