1872 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1872 throughout the world.

**This year in baseball**
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See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1872 in sports
Sources
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This article is currently under construction.

1 Champions
2 National Association final standings
3 Events
4 Births
5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

National Association: Boston Red Stockings

[edit] National Association final standings

National Association
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Red Stockings	39	8	.830	--
Baltimore Lord Baltimores	35	19	.648	7.5
New York Mutuals	34	20	.630	8.5
Philadelphia Athletics	30	14	.682	7.5
Troy Haymakers	15	10	.600	13.0
Brooklyn Atlantics	9	28	.243	25.0
Cleveland Forest Citys	6	16	.273	20.5
Middletown Mansfields	5	19	.208	22.5
Brooklyn Eckfords	3	26	.103	27.0
Washington Olympics	2	7	.222	18.0
Washington Nationals	0	11	.000	21.0

[edit] Events

September 1 - Al Thake drowns in New York harbor after falling from a fishing boat, the first active major league ballplayer to die. (But Elmer White, active in 1871, had died in winter.)

[edit] Births

February 3 - Lou Criger
March 3 - Willie Keeler
March 24 - Kip Selbach
May 23 - Deacon Phillippe
August 6 - Sam Mertes
August 15 - John Warner
September 5 - Al Orth
October 3 - Fred Clarke
October 6 - Jack Dunn
December 5 - Pink Hawley
December 9 - Cy Seymour
December 25 - Ted Lewis (Williams College 1896)

[edit] Deaths

March 17 - Elmer White, 22, right fielder who batted .257 with the 1871 Cleveland Forest Cities
September 1 - Al Thake, 22, left fielder batting .295 with the Brooklyn Atlantics

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