1873 Season

9 teams competing in 2 leagues

The 1873 Major League Baseball season was played by 9 teams. Lip Pike led with 4 home runs, Deacon White led with 77 RBI, and Ross Barnes led with 138 hits. This page carries the 1873 standings, league leaders, and a link to every team's season.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
Win% (Winning Percentage):
Wins divided by games decided.
GB (Games Back):
How far a team trailed the division or league leader.

Data updated

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1873 Home Run Leaders

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Batting average and OPS list qualified hitters only: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 164 plate appearances at 53 team games. Home runs, RBI, hits, runs and stolen bases are counting totals and list every player.

Batting Average qualified

1 Ross Barnes .431 2 Cap Anson .398 3 Deacon White .392 4 George Wright .387 5 Cal McVey .380

OPS qualified

1 Ross Barnes 1.080 2 George Wright .914 3 Deacon White .900 4 Cal McVey .879 5 Cap Anson .858

Home Runs all players

1 Lip Pike 4 2 Levi Meyerle 3 3 George Wright 3 4 Ross Barnes 2 5 Jack Burdock 2

RBI all players

1 Deacon White 77 2 Al Spalding 71 3 Ross Barnes 60 4 Andy Leonard 60 5 Levi Meyerle 59

Hits all players

1 Ross Barnes 138 2 George Wright 125 3 Deacon White 122 4 Al Spalding 106 5 Cap Anson 101

Runs all players

1 Ross Barnes 125 2 George Wright 99 3 Al Spalding 83 4 Dave Eggler 82 5 Andy Leonard 81

Stolen Bases all players

1 Ross Barnes 43 2 Andy Leonard 27 3 Deacon White 19 4 Ned Cuthbert 14 5 Harry Schafer 14
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1873 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA and WHIP list qualified pitchers only: 1 inning pitched per team game — 53 innings at 53 team games. Wins, strikeouts and saves are counting totals and list every pitcher.

ERA qualified

1 Cherokee Fisher 1.81 2 Bobby Mathews 2.58 3 Candy Cummings 2.80 4 George Zettlein 2.86 5 Hugh Campbell 2.95

WHIP qualified

1 Cherokee Fisher 1.19 2 Bobby Mathews 1.24 3 Dick McBride 1.31 4 Candy Cummings 1.33 5 Al Spalding 1.37

Wins all pitchers

1 Al Spalding 41 2 George Zettlein 36 3 Bobby Mathews 29 4 Candy Cummings 28 5 Dick McBride 24

Strikeouts all pitchers

1 Bobby Mathews 79 2 Al Spalding 50 3 Candy Cummings 34 4 George Zettlein 29 5 Dick McBride 25

Saves all pitchers

1 Harry Wright 4 2 Al Spalding 3 3 Cherokee Fisher 2 4 George Bechtel 0 5 Asa Brainard 0
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The 1873 season in brief

Lip Pike led the majors with 4 home runs, ahead of Levi Meyerle with 3. The qualified batting-average board starts with Ross Barnes at .431, with Cap Anson next at .398. That 1873 rate board needs 164 plate appearances (53 team games times the per-game rule). The batting tiles keep returning to Ross Barnes, first in batting average, OPS, hits, runs, and stolen bases. Cherokee Fisher's 1.81 ERA led the qualified pitchers; Bobby Mathews followed at 2.58. 1873's pitching counting leaders: Al Spalding in wins (41) and Bobby Mathews in strikeouts (79). Ross Barnes had the most stolen bases, 43. Beyond the top five in each tile, the 1873 leaders page ranks the whole 1873 field.

1873 MLB Season: Frequently Asked Questions

How many teams played in 1873?
9 teams played in the 1873 major league season.
Who led MLB in home runs in 1873?
Lip Pike led with 4 home runs in 1873.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1873?
Deacon White led with 77 RBI in 1873.
Who led MLB in hits in 1873?
Ross Barnes led with 138 hits in 1873.
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