Events of Friday, May 5, 1871 (original) (raw)

Events of Friday, May 5, 1871

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Events of Friday, May 5, 1871

5-4-1871 5-6-1871

OLY n 6 4 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 - 18 14 10 BOS n 1 0 7 0 0 0 4 3 5 - 20 13 10 The home team batted first in the game.

BOX WP: Spalding (1-0) LP: Brainard (0-1)

Standings At Close of Play of May 5, 1871

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Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Boston Red Stockings 1 1 0 0 1.000 - 20 18 Ft. Wayne Kekiongas 1 1 0 0 1.000 - 2 0 Chicago White Stockings 0 0 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Athletics (Philadelphia) 0 0 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Mutuals (New York) 0 0 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Rockford Forest Citys 0 0 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Troy Haymakers 0 0 0 0 - 0.5 0 0 Cleveland Forest Citys 1 0 1 0 .000 1.0 0 2 Washington Olympics 1 0 1 0 .000 1.0 18 20

Note: Prior to 1883 in the NL, a club's standing was determined by the number of games won, not by its winning percentage.

ML League Leaders

Births on This Date

Debuts on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) OLY n Doug Allison (24) BOS n Ross Barnes (20) OLY n Henry Berthrong (27) BOS n Dave Birdsall (32) OLY n Asa Brainard (30) OLY n Henry Burroughs (26) BOS n Fred Cone (23) OLY n Davy Force (21) BOS n Charlie Gould (23) OLY n George Hall (22) OLY n Andy Leonard (24) BOS n Cal McVey (21) OLY n Everett Mills (26) OLY n Frank Norton (25) BOS n Harry Schafer (24) BOS n Al Spalding (20) OLY n Fred Waterman (26) BOS n George Wright (24) BOS n Harry Wright (36)

Last Games on This Date

Team Player Name (Age) OLY n Frank Norton (25)