# 1877 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1877 Cincinnati Reds season was the team's second season in the National League. The team finished sixth and last in the league with a record of 15–42, 25½ games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.

## Regular season

After finishing dead last in the National League in the 1876 season, the Reds attempted to improve their club by signing Lip Pike, who spent the previous season with the St. Louis Brown Stockings. Pike was also named the manager of the team. Some other off-season additions included Bob Addy, who spent the previous season with the Chicago White Stockings, Jack Manning of the Boston Red Caps, and a couple of new pitchers: Candy Cummings, who had a 16–8 record with a 1.67 ERA with the Hartford Dark Blues, and Bobby Mathews, who had a 21–34 record with New York Mutuals in 1876.
The Reds got off to another terrible start, as they had a 3–11 start to the season, and Pike stepped down as the manager. The team was briefly disbanded by owner Josiah Keck, and although a group of eight businessmen stepped in to rescue the franchise, some Cincinnati players had been signed by other teams in the interim, and some newspapers subsequently refused to list the Red's results. Bob Addy took over as player manager; however, he too saw very few wins as Cincinnati went 5–19 during his managerial stint. Jack Manning then finished the year as player-manager, going 7–12, as the Reds had a 15–42 record and once again finished in the National League cellar, 25.5 games behind the first place Boston Red Caps.
Charley Jones had another solid season for the Reds, hitting .310 with two homers and a team high 36 RBI. Manning also had a solid year, hitting .317, as he had a team high 80 hits while tying Jones with a team high 36 RBI. Pike hit .298 with a team high four home runs, and added 23 RBI. On the mound, rookie Bobby Mitchell came up late in the season and was very impressive, leading Cincinnati with six victories and a team best 3.51 ERA in twelve games.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston | 42 | 18 | .700 | — | 27‍–‍5 | 15‍–‍13 |
| Louisville | 35 | 25 | .583 | 7 | 20‍–‍9 | 15‍–‍16 |
| Brooklyn Hartfords | 31 | 27 | .534 | 10 | 19‍–‍8 | 12‍–‍19 |
| St. Louis | 28 | 32 | .467 | 14 | 20‍–‍10 | 8‍–‍22 |
| Chicago | 26 | 33 | .441 | 15½ | 17‍–‍12 | 9‍–‍21 |
| Cincinnati | 15 | 42 | .263 | 25½ | 12‍–‍18 | 3‍–‍24 |

### Record vs. opponents

1877 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | LOU | STL |
| Boston | — | 7–5–1 | 10–2 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 6–6 |
| Brooklyn | 5–7–1 | — | 8–4 | 7–3 | 6–6–1 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 8–3–1 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| Cincinnati | 1–11 | 3–7 | 3–8–1 | — | 5–7 | 3–9 |
| Louisville | 4–8 | 6–6–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 10–2 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 2–10 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Reds Win | Reds Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1877 Game Log: 15–42 (Home: 12–18; Away: 3–24) :
May: 3–7 (Home: 2–6; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
–May 3GraysPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 14
–May 5GraysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: June 16
1May 10@ Grays15–9Louisville Baseball ParkN/A1–0W1
2May 12@ Grays8–12Louisville Baseball ParkN/A1–1L1
3May 14Grays6–24Avenue GroundsN/A1–2L2
4May 17Red Caps0–5Avenue GroundsN/A1–3L3
5May 19Red Caps2–6Avenue GroundsN/A1–4L4
6May 22Hartfords4–6Avenue GroundsN/A1–5L5
7May 23Hartfords4–5Avenue GroundsN/A1–6L6
8May 26White Stockings7–12Avenue GroundsN/A1–7L7
9May 30White Stockings5–4Avenue GroundsN/A2–7W1
10May 31Brown Stockings12–7Avenue GroundsN/A3–7W2 :
June: 0–7 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
11June 2Brown Stockings2–10Avenue GroundsN/A3–8L1
12June 5@ White Stockings5–1223rd Street GroundsN/A3–9L2
13June 7@ White Stockings6–1123rd Street GroundsN/A3–10L3
14June 9@ Brown Stockings2–13Sportsman's ParkN/A3–11L4
15June 11@ Brown Stockings2–11Sportsman's ParkN/A3–12L5
16June 14@ Grays3–10Louisville Baseball ParkN/A3–13L6
17June 16Grays4–8Avenue GroundsN/A3–14L7
–June 23@ Red CapsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 24
–June 26@ Red CapsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 3
–June 28@ HartfordsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 27 :
July: 5–6 (Home: 5–6; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
18July 3Grays3–6Avenue GroundsN/A3–15L8
19July 4Grays10–1Avenue GroundsN/A4–15W1
20July 6Red Caps5–10Avenue GroundsN/A4–16L1
21July 7Red Caps2–3Avenue GroundsN/A4–17L2
–July 10HartfordsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 11
22July 11Hartfords2–6Avenue GroundsN/A4–18L3
23July 12Hartfords9–15Avenue GroundsN/A4–19L4
24July 20Red Caps13–11Avenue GroundsN/A5–19W1
25July 21Red Caps5–7Avenue GroundsN/A5–20L1
26July 24Hartfords9–8Avenue GroundsN/A6–20W1
27July 25Hartfords5–1Avenue GroundsN/A7–20W2
28July 31White Stockings9–1Avenue GroundsN/A8–20W3 :
August: 1–14 (Home: 0–3; Away: 1–11)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
29August 2White Stockings1–15Avenue GroundsN/A8–21L1
30August 4Brown Stockings3–5Avenue GroundsN/A8–22L2
31August 6Brown Stockings2–8Avenue GroundsN/A8–23L3
32August 7@ White Stockings7–2123rd Street GroundsN/A8–24L4
33August 9@ White Stockings9–1323rd Street GroundsN/A8–25L5
34August 11@ Brown Stockings3–6Sportsman's ParkN/A8–26L6
35August 13@ Brown Stockings10–13Sportsman's ParkN/A8–27L7
36August 17@ Hartfords4–12Union GroundsN/A8–28L8
37August 18@ Hartfords5–8Union GroundsN/A8–29L9
38August 21@ Red Caps0–7South End GroundsN/A8–30L10
39August 23@ Red Caps4–10South End GroundsN/A8–31L11
40August 24@ Red Caps6–8South End GroundsN/A8–32L12
41August 27@ Hartfords1–5Union GroundsN/A8–33L13
42August 28@ Hartfords13–7Union GroundsN/A9–33W1
43August 30@ Red Caps2–9South End GroundsN/A9–34L1 :
September: 6–4 (Home: 6–1; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
44September 1@ Red Caps3–8South End GroundsN/A9–35L2
45September 3@ Red Caps0–14South End GroundsN/A9–36L3
46September 6Grays1–0Avenue GroundsN/A10–36W1
47September 7Grays2–3Avenue GroundsN/A10–37L1
48September 8Grays6–2Avenue GroundsN/A11–37W1
49September 13@ Grays7–4Louisville Baseball ParkN/A12–37W2
50September 14@ Grays6–12Louisville Baseball ParkN/A12–38L1
51September 24Brown Stockings5–1Avenue GroundsN/A13–38W1
52September 25Brown Stockings7–4Avenue GroundsN/A14–38W2
–September 27White StockingsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 28
53September 28White Stockings5–5Avenue GroundsN/A14–38W2
54September 29White Stockings9–8Avenue GroundsN/A15–38W3 :
October: 0–4 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
55October 1@ White Stockings3–1023rd Street GroundsN/A15–39L1
56October 2@ White Stockings1–1323rd Street GroundsN/A15–40L2
57October 5@ Brown Stockings2–11Sportman's ParkN/A15–41L3
58October 6@ Brown Stockings3–7Sportman's ParkN/A15–42L4 :

### 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 | Scott Hastings | 20 | 71 | 10 | .141 | 0 | 3 |
| 1B | Charlie Gould | 24 | 91 | 25 | .275 | 0 | 13 |
| 2B | Lip Pike | 58 | 262 | 78 | .298 | 4 | 23 |
| 3B | Will Foley | 56 | 216 | 41 | .190 | 0 | 18 |
| SS | Jack Manning | 57 | 252 | 80 | .317 | 0 | 36 |
| OF | Bob Addy | 57 | 245 | 68 | .278 | 0 | 31 |
| OF | Charley Jones | 55 | 232 | 72 | .310 | 2 | 36 |
| OF | Ned Cuthbert | 12 | 56 | 10 | .179 | 0 | 2 |

#### 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 | 44 | 157 | 27 | .172 | 0 | 13 |
| Levi Meyerle | 27 | 107 | 35 | .327 | 0 | 15 |
| Jimmy Hallinan | 16 | 73 | 27 | .370 | 0 | 7 |
| George Miller | 11 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 3 |
| Harry Smith | 10 | 36 | 9 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| Nat Hicks | 8 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 0 | 3 |
| Chub Sullivan | 8 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
| Johnny Ryan | 6 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 0 | 2 |
| Henry Kessler | 6 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Redmond | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Candy Cummings | 19 | 155.2 | 5 | 14 | 4.34 | 11 |
| Bobby Mathews | 15 | 129.1 | 3 | 12 | 4.04 | 9 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 12 | 100.0 | 6 | 5 | 3.51 | 41 |

#### 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 | 12 | 86.0 | 1 | 7 | 3.56 | 18 |
| Jack Manning | 10 | 44.0 | 0 | 4 | 6.95 | 6 |