Chicago White Stockings

The White Stockings played in the National Association's first season in 1871 and were in contention for the pennant when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the Union Base-Ball Grounds, their equipment and their uniforms in October. They finished the season in borrowed kit and then did not field a team in 1872 or 1873.

The club returned in 1874 and played through 1875, and the archive holds three seasons at 77-77 under this name. Jimmy Wood managed for most of it, at 59-59. Home was the Union Base-Ball Grounds and then the 23rd Street Grounds.

The National Association is not counted as a major league by Major League Baseball, so these seasons sit outside the career totals on this site, and the club's players are recorded but not credited. The club joined the National League at its founding in 1876 and is the ancestor of the Chicago Cubs.