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1872 Baseball Season 1872 Baseball Season
1871/1873
Team Name                        G    W    L   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Boston Red Stockings            48   39    8  .830     -   522  236
Baltimore Canaries              58   35   19  .648   7.5   618  434
New York Mutuals                56   34   20  .630   8.5   523  362
Philadelphia Athletics          47   30   14  .682   7.5   538  349
Troy Haymakers                  25   15   10  .600  13.0   273  191
Brooklyn Atlantics              37    9   28  .243  25.0   237  472
Cleveland Forest Citys          22    6   16  .273  20.5   174  254
Middletown Mansfields           24    5   19  .208  22.5   220  348
Brooklyn Eckfords               29    3   26  .103  27.0   152  413
Washington Olympics              9    2    7  .222  18.0    54  140
Washington Nationals            11    0   11  .000  21.0    80  192

Note: Prior to 1883, a club's standing was determined by the 
number of games won, not by its winning percentage.
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1872 Calendar of Baseball Events/Games

January

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
       1   2   3   4   5   6
   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
  21  22  23  24  25  26  27
  28  29  30  31   

February

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                   1   2   3
   4   5   6   7   8   9  10
  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
  25  26  27  28   

March

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                       1   2
   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
  17  18  19  20  21  22  23
  24  25  26  27  28  29  30
  31        

April

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
       1   2   3   4   5   6
   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
  21  22  23  24  25  26  27
  28  29  30      

May

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
               1   2   3   4
   5   6   7   8   9  10  11
  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
  19  20  21  22  23  24  25
  26  27  28  29  30  31    

June

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                           1
   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
  16  17  18  19  20  21  22
  23  24  25  26  27  28  29
  30                  

July

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       1   2   3   4   5   6
   7   8   9  10  11  12  13
  14  15  16  17  18  19  20
  21  22  23  24  25  26  27
  28  29  30  31     

August

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                   1   2   3
   4   5   6   7   8   9  10
  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
  25  26  27  28  29  30  31

September

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
  15  16  17  18  19  20  21
  22  23  24  25  26  27  28
  29  30    

October

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
           1   2   3   4   5
   6   7   8   9  10  11  12
  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
  20  21  22  23  24  25  26
  27  28  29  30  31   

November

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
                       1   2
   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
  17  18  19  20  21  22  23
  24  25  26  27  28  29  30

December

 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
  15  16  17  18  19  20  21
  22  23  24  25  26  27  28
  29  30  31         
1872 Calendar of Baseball Events/Games

References

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by John Thorn, et al.
2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia by Gary Gillette (Editor), Pete Palmer (Editor).

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