In 1873, the team finished the season in fourth place with 29 wins and 24 losses, eleven games behind pennant-winning Boston Red Stockings.
Infielders Starting pitcher Bobby Mathews went 29-23 as a starter with 47 complete games.
Candy Cummings was the NA's best pitcher in 1872, but decided to go to the Baltimore Canaries, Mathews' former team.
And fill-in he did, coming in 3rd in wins, 5th in winning percentage, 3rd in complete games, 1st in strikeouts, 3rd in games pitched, 2nd in base-runners per 9 innings pitched, 4th in innings pitched, 2nd in opponents' average, 2nd in opponents' on-base percentage, 2nd in earned run average, 2nd in adjusted earned run average, first in adjusted starter runs, and second in pitcher wins; placing higher than Cummings in all but one of those categories.
Count Gedney, left fielder: Batted .267 with a home run and 24 RBIs in all 53 games for the Mutuals.
When Mathews wasn't pitching, he would play in right field for reliever Phonney Martin.
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.