|Number |Number | | | |of |of | |First | |Seasons|Games |Times | Base | Perc- Name. |played.|played.|at bat.| hits.| entage -----------------+-------+-------+-------+------+------- Dennis Brouthers | 9 | 845 | 3578 | 1267 | .354 Rodger Connor | 9 | 943 | 3870 | 1309 | .338 J. C. Howe | 9 | 827 | 3548 | 1067 | .300 Geo. A. Wood | 9 | 854 | 3677 | 1024 | .278 M. C. Dorgan | 9 | 660 | 2719 | 756 | .277 Thomas Burns | 9 | 900 | 3597 | 990 | .275 Edwin Hanlon | 9 | 893 | 3629 | 972 | .267 Jno. M. Ward | 9 | 1046 | 4403 | 1169 | .265 A. A. Irwin | 9 | 796 | 3136 | 796 | .254 Jno. Farrell | 9 | 729 | 3048 | 776 | .254 M. Welch | 9 | 491 | 1817 | 433 | .238 B. Gilligan | 9 | 510 | 1848 | 380 | .209 Jos. F. Galvin | 9 | 524 | 2000 | 418 | .208 Wm. Ewing | 8 | 640 | 2708 | 812 | .299 Fred Dunlap | 8 | 707 | 2972 | 867 | .292 P. Gillespie | 8 | 703 | 2907 | 817 | .278 Thomas York | 8 | 566 | 2291 | 617 | .269 Robert Ferguson | 8 | 538 | 2209 | 596 | .269 Jas. E. Whitney | 8 | 525 | 2085 | 555 | .266 Jeremiah Denny | 8 | 824 | 3308 | 881 | .266 Chas. Radbourn | 8 | 530 | 2092 | 517 | .247 George Shaffer | 7 | 521 | 2137 | 602 | .281 Sam W. Wise | 7 | 698 | 2826 | 785 | .277 Jno. E. Clapp | 7 | 398 | 1688 | 465 | .275 W. A. Purcell | 7 | 500 | 2136 | 559 | .261 J P. Cassidy | 7 | 416 | 1718 | 433 | .252 J. J. Gerhardt | 7 | 565 | 2182 | 489 | .224 Geo. E. Weidman | 7 | 338 | 1273 | 22* | .1*4 | | | | [A] | [A] [**Proofreaders note A: * Indecipherable number**] Of the above Gillespie, Dorgan, Clapp, York, Ferguson and Cassidy have retired from field service. One of the most interesting records of the games played in the professional arena during the past eighteen years of the existence, first of the old National Association from 1871 to 1875 inclusive, and then of the National League from 1876 to 1888 inclusive, is that of the contests each year between the rival Boston and Chicago clubs, the former winning the pennant in 1872, '73, '74, '75, '77 and '78, and also in 1883; while Chicago won it in 1876 and in 1880, '81, '82, '85 and '86. As a matter for interesting reference, we give below the full record of victories and defeats scored by the two clubs from 1871 to 1888 inclusive. The Chicago Club did not play in 1872 and 1873, having been burned out in the great fire of '71.