# 1875 New Haven Elm Citys season

The New Haven Elm Citys played in their first and only season in 1875 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eighth in the league with a record of 7-40. The team and league folded at the conclusion of the season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

| National Association | W | L | T | GB | Pct. |
| Boston Red Stockings | 71 | 8 | 3 | – | .884 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 20 | 4 | 15.0 | .714 |
| Hartford Dark Blues | 54 | 28 | 3 | 18.5 | .659 |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 39 | 29 | 2 | 26.5 | .571 |
| Philadelphia White Stockings | 37 | 31 | 2 | 28.5 | .542 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 30 | 37 | 2 | 35.0 | .449 |
| New York Mutuals | 30 | 38 | 3 | 35.5 | .443 |
| New Haven Elm Citys | 7 | 40 | – | 48.0 | .149 |
| Washington Nationals | 5 | 23 | – | 40.5 | .179 |
| St. Louis Red Stockings | 4 | 15 | – | 37.0 | .211 |
| Philadelphia Centennials | 2 | 12 | – | 36.5 | .143 |
| Brooklyn Atlantics | 2 | 42 | – | 51.5 | .045 |
| Keokuk Westerns | 1 | 12 | – | 37.0 | .077 |

### Record vs. opponents

1875 National Association Recordsvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | HAR | KEO | NH | NY | PHA | PHC | PWS | SLB | SLR | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–0 | 8–2 | 9–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 10–0 | 8–2–2 | 4–0 | 6–0–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Brooklyn | 0–6 | — | 0–2 | 0–10 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–7 | 0–7 | 0–0 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Chicago | 2–8 | 2–0 | — | 4–6–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–7–1 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Hartford | 1–9 | 10–0 | 6–4–1 | — | 0–0 | 8–1 | 8–2–2 | 4–3–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 5–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Keokuk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| New Haven | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–8 | 0–0 | — | 1–5 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| New York | 0–10 | 7–0 | 3–3 | 2–8–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — | 3–6 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 2–8–2 | 7–0 | 7–1–1 | 3–4–1 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 6–3 | — | 2–1 | 8–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Philadelphia Centennials | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Philadelphia White Stockings | 0–6–1 | 7–0 | 7–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 2–8 | 3–0 | — | 5–5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| St. Louis Brown Stockings | 2–7 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–0–1 | 1–6 | 0–0 | 5–5–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| St. Louis Red Stockings | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| Washington | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |

### 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 |
| Tim McGinley | 32 | 131 | 36 | .275 | 0 | 10 |
| Charlie Gould | 27 | 109 | 29 | .266 | 0 | 8 |
| Ed Somerville | 33 | 136 | 29 | .213 | 0 | 7 |
| Sam Wright | 33 | 127 | 24 | .189 | 0 | 5 |
| Harry Luff | 38 | 166 | 45 | .271 | 2 | 18 |
| Johnny Ryan | 37 | 146 | 23 | .158 | 0 | 8 |
| John McKelvey | 43 | 188 | 43 | .229 | 0 | 10 |
| Jim Tipper | 41 | 159 | 25 | .157 | 0 | 4 |
| Billy Geer | 37 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 0 | 9 |
| Jumbo Latham | 20 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 5 |
| Studs Bancker | 19 | 72 | 11 | .153 | 0 | 2 |
| George Trenwith | 6 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 3 |
| Charlie Pabor | 6 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 2 |
| John Cassidy | 6 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Keenan | 5 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| Sullivan | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Barlow | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Lester Dole | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| John Smith | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Rit Harrison | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Evans | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Booth | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Tricky Nichols | 34 | 288.0 | 4 | 29 | 2.38 | 48 |
| Harry Luff | 10 | 68.2 | 1 | 6 | 3.28 | 5 |
| Johnny Ryan | 10 | 59.1 | 1 | 5 | 3.19 | 1 |
| George Knight | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |