1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
League	National League
Ballpark	Eastern Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
President	Charles Byrne
Managers	Dave Foutz
← 1895 1897 →

The 1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms finished the season tied for ninth place in the crowded National League race.

Offseason

• November 18, 1895: Tommy McCarthy was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Boston Beaneaters.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburgh	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Roster

1896 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers Bert Abbey Dan Daub Ad Gumbert George Harper Brickyard Kennedy Harley Payne Ed Stein		Catchers Buster Burrell John Grim Infielders Frank Bonner Tommy Corcoran Tom Daly Candy LaChance Billy Shindle George Shoch		Outfielders John Anderson Dave Foutz Mike Griffin Fielder Jones Tommy McCarthy		Manager Dave Foutz

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	John Grim	81	281	32	75	.267	2	35	7
1B	Candy LaChance	89	348	60	99	.284	7	58	17
2B	Tom Daly	67	224	43	63	.281	3	29	19
3B	Billy Shindle	131	516	75	144	.279	1	61	24
SS	Tommy Corcoran	132	532	63	154	.289	3	73	16
OF	Mike Griffin	122	493	101	152	.308	4	51	23
OF	Fielder Jones	104	395	82	140	.354	3	46	18
OF	Tommy McCarthy	104	377	62	94	.249	3	47	22

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
John Anderson	108	430	70	135	.314	1	55	37
George Shoch	76	250	36	73	.292	1	28	11
Buster Burrell	62	206	19	62	.301	0	23	1
Frank Bonner	9	34	8	6	.176	0	5	1
Dave Foutz	2	8	0	2	.250	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Brickyard Kennedy	42	38	305.2	17	20	4.42	130	76	28
Harley Payne	34	28	241.2	14	16	3.39	58	52	24
Dan Daub	32	24	225.0	12	11	3.60	63	53	18
Bert Abbey	25	18	164.1	8	8	5.15	48	37	12
George Harper	16	11	86.0	4	8	5.55	39	22	11
Ad Gumbert	5	4	31.0	0	4	3.77	11	3	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Ed Stein	17	10	90.1	3	6	4.88	51	16	6

Notes

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet