1876 Boston Red Caps Roster by Baseball Almanac

1876 Boston Red Caps Roster

The 1876 Boston Red Caps team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1876 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1876 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1876 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1876 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1876 Boston Red Caps primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"When the National League replaced the NA in 1876, four of Boston's best players, including Spalding and Barnes, deserted the club for Chicago." - Total Baseball (2001)


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Joe Borden

5-09

140

Right

1854-05-09

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Foghorn Bradley

6-00

175

Right

1855-07-01

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Dick McBride

5-09

150

Right

Unknown

1847-06-14

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Tricky Nichols

5-07½

150

Right

1850-07-26

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Lew Brown

5-10½

185

Right

1858-02-01

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John Morrill

5-10½

155

Right

1855-02-19

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Tim Murnane

5-09½

172

Right

Left

1851-06-04

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Harry Schafer

5-09

143

Right

1846-08-14

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George Wright

5-09½

150

Right

1847-01-28

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Sam Wright

5-07½

146

Right

1848-11-25

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Andy Leonard

5-07

168

Right

1846-06-01

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Jack Manning

5-08½

158

Right

1853-12-20

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Tim McGinley

5-09½

155

Unknown

1854-00-00

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Jim O'Rourke

5-08

185

Right

1850-09-01

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Bill Parks

5-08

150

Right

1849-06-04

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Frank Whitney

5-07½

152

Right

1856-02-18

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Harry Wright

5-09½

157

Right

1835-01-10

The 1876 Boston Red Caps played 70 games during the regular season, won 39 games, lost 31 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at South End Grounds I (Park Factors: 102/98) where 51,000 fans witnessed their 1876 Red Caps finish the season with a .557 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1876 Boston Red Caps Opening Day starters list, a 1876 Boston Red Caps salary list, a 1876 Boston Red Caps uniform number breakdown and a 1876 Boston Red Caps primary starters list:

1876 Boston Red Caps
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1876 Boston Red Caps
Most Games by Position
C Lew Brown (45)
1B Tim Murnane (65)
2B John Morrill (37)
3B Harry Schafer (70)
SS George Wright (68)
LF Andy Leonard (35)
CF Tim McGinley (6)
RF Jack Manning (55)

SP Joe Borden
SP Foghorn Bradley

CL Jack Manning

1876 Boston Red Caps
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1876 Boston Red Caps
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1876 Boston Red Caps Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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