1875 Varsity Team, Penn Baseball in the 1800s, University of Pennsylvania Archives

History \| Varsity Teams \| Major League Players \| More Sports \| More Penn in the 1800s

Penn Baseball in the 1800s
1874-1875 Varsity Team

Summary:
Penn scored a total of 134 runs (16.75 runs per game) while giving up 96 (12 runs per game). They ended the 8 game season with a 5-3 record.

The 1875 yearbook and the 1913 Athletic Association history of Penn athletics name seventeen undergraduates as members of this team.

Members:

William Darragh Kelly, '76
captain
Henry White Andrews, '76
Alexander William Biddle, '76
Charles Augustus Paul Borda '77
James Stratton Carpenter, '79
A. L. Church, '78
Edward Vincent d'Invilliers, '78
William Henry Hollis, '75
Ray Walker Jones, '77 and Law
William Darragh Kelly, '76
William Henry Patterson, '76
William Wagener Porter, '75
William Boyd Power, '77
Henry Foster Stewart, '79

Substitutes:

Charles Benson Wigton, '79
John Marie Chapron, '77
J. C. Patterson, '78

DATE	OPPONENT	LOCATION	RUNS		OUTCOME
DATE	OPPONENT	LOCATION	PENN	OPPONENT	OUTCOME
Sept. 30	Medicals	University Grounds	19	1	Win
Oct. 3	Medicals	University Grounds	21	8	Win
Oct. 5	Medicals	University Grounds	16	7	Win
Oct. 13	Swarthmore	Swarthmore	12	17	Loss
Oct. 15	Germantown Juniors	Young America Grounds	17	16	Win
Oct. 22	Swarthmore	Swarthmore	25	18	Win
Oct. 26	Germantown Juniors	Young America Grounds	11	13	Loss
Nov. 6	Picked 9 of Philadelphia	University Grounds	13	16	Loss

This page was created in August 2005 by University Archives Summer Research Fellow Michael T. Woods, under the supervision of Mary D. McConaghy. Mike is an undergraduate at Penn State University

SEARCH | HOME