1877 in Sports - Baseball

Baseball

National championship

  • National League champions – Boston Red Caps

Events

  • Star pitcher Jim Devlin and three other Louisville Grays are permanently expelled from the National League for arranging with gamblers to lose games. (Louisville finishes seven games behind Boston.)

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