The 1877 Major League baseball season was contested from April 30 through October 6, 1877, and saw the Boston Red Caps as the pennant winner of the second season of the National League.
Over the off-season, in December 1876, two teams were formally kicked out of the league for failing to fulfill their schedules: New York Mutuals and Philadelphia Athletics, contracting the league from eight to six teams.
Opening Day took place on April 30 featuring a game between the Boston Red Caps and Brooklyn Hartfords.
The final day of the season was on October 6, featuring four teams.
[2] The 1877 season saw the following rule changes: An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at