Question: In what place did the team , Hartford Dark Blues , finish the season the year Candy Cummins and Dick Higham played together ?

text: Hartford Dark Blues all-time roster
List of players
Pitcher Tommy Bond Second baseman Jack Burdock Right fielder John Cassidy Manager and third baseman Bob Ferguson
The Hartford Dark Blues were a Major League Baseball club in the 1870s, based in Hartford, Connecticut for three seasons and in Brooklyn, New York for one. Hartford was a member of the National Association (NA), 1874-1875 and a founding member of the National League (NL) in 1876, when it played home games at the Hartford Ball Club Grounds. During 1877 the team played home games at the Union Grounds in Brooklyn and was sometimes called the Brooklyn Hartfords. The team's owner, Morgan Bulkeley, who later became the first president of the NL in 1876, established the franchise in 1874; he gave the on-field captain duties to Lip Pike, who was also the starting center fielder. Among the other players signed by Hartford were pitcher Cherokee Fisher, who had led the NA in earned run average the two previous seasons, second baseman Bob Addy, and Scott Hastings. After placing seventh among the league's eight teams, the team's roster was purged and captain duties were handed over to third baseman Bob Ferguson, who stayed in the role for the remaining three seasons of the franchise's existence. The change in personnel, which included the pitching additions of future Hall of Famer Candy Cummings and Tommy Bond, improved the team's results. With the team's pitching rotation stable, and the hitting of Tom Carey, Tom York, Dick Higham, and Jack Burdock, the franchise enjoyed second-place finishes in 1875 and 1876. Following the departure of their pitching stars, Cummings and Bond, the team had to rely on Terry Larkin in 1877, who shouldered most of the pitching duties. The Dark Blues finished in third place, despite the hitting of John Cassidy, who batted .378. When Bulkeley moved his team to Brooklyn in 1877, he expected that he would make a better profit than he had in Hartford. The larger population of Brooklyn did not, however, respond in kind, and the Hartfords' fan base did not increase.
Player Position Seasons Notes
Bob Addy 2B 1874 Addy played in 50 games for one season in Hartford , and batted .239 in 213 at bats
Art Allison RF 1875 Allison finished the season with Hartford after having played with Washington Nationals . He was the brother of teammate Doug Allison
Doug Allison C 1875 - 1877 Allison was the team 's catcher for their final three seasons . He was the brother of teammate Art Allison
Tom Barlow SS 1874 Barlow , who had previously been the catcher for the Brooklyn Atlantics , was the team 's shortstop for one season
Billy Barnie RF 1874 Barnie 's only season with the Dark Blues was the only season in which he played more than 19 games
John Bass LF 1877 Bass ' last season at the major league level , he played in one game for the Brooklyn Hartfords
Tommy Bond SP 1875 - 1876 Bond won 19 and 31 games respectively in his two-season tenure with the Dark Blues
Bill Boyd 3B 1874 Boyd played 26 games at third base for the Dark Blues
Steve Brady 3B / OF 1874 Brady split his playing time between third base and the outfield , batting .314 in 27 games
Josh Bunce LF 1877 Bunce 's entire major league career consisted of a single game
Jack Burdock 2B 1875 - 1877 Burdock was the franchise 's second baseman for their final three seasons . He led all NA second baseman with a .895 fielding percentage in 1875
Tom Carey SS 1875 - 1877 Carey was a steady veteran player during his three seasons with the Dark Blues , leading all shortstops in games played each season ; his total of 86 led the NA in 1875
John Cassidy RF 1876 - 1877 Cassidy played in 12 games for the 1876 team , but followed it with a full season in 1877 and batted .378
Candy Cummings SP 1875 - 1876 Cummings is credited as the inventor of the curveball . He played two seasons in Hartford , and won 35 games for the 1875 team
Jack Farrell CF 1874 In three games , Farrell batted .385 in 13 at bats
Bob Ferguson 3B 1875 - 1877 Ferguson played third base and was player-manager for the franchise 's final three seasons
Cherokee Fisher SP / RF 1874 In his only season with Hartford , Fisher had a win-loss record of 13-23
Bill Harbridge C / OF / IF 1875 - 1877 Harbridge was a utility player for his first three seasons in majors , which were the last three for the Hartford franchise
Scott Hastings C / OF 1874 Hastings was a utility player during his only season in Hartford , and had a .324 batting average
Dick Higham RF / C 1876 In his only season in Hartford , Higham had a .327 batting average , and led the NL with 21 doubles