1887 Philadelphia Athletics season

1887 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
ManagersFrank Bancroft, Charlie Mason

The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics had a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.

Regular season

1887 Philadelphia Athletics team photograph

Season standings

American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 95 40 .704 — 58‍–‍15 37‍–‍25
Cincinnati Red Stockings 81 54 .600 14 46‍–‍27 35‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles 77 58 .570 18 42‍–‍21 35‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels 76 60 .559 19½ 45‍–‍23 31‍–‍37
64 69 .481 30 41‍–‍28 23‍–‍41
Brooklyn Grays 60 74 .448 34½ 36‍–‍37 24‍–‍37
New York Metropolitans 44 89 .331 50 26‍–‍33 18‍–‍56
Cleveland Blues 39 92 .298 54 22‍–‍36 17‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BRO CIN CLE LOU NYP PHI STL
Baltimore — 10–9–1 11–9 17–3 7–11–1 15–4–2 14–6 3–16–2
Brooklyn 9–10–1 — 7–13 13–6–1 8–12 9–9 10–8–2 4–16
Cincinnati 9–11 13–7 — 11–6 8–12 17–3–1 11–9 12–6
Cleveland 3–17 6–13–1 6–11 — 8–11–1 11–8 4–14 1–18
Louisville 11–7–1 12–8 12–8 11–8–1 — 12–8 11–8–1 7–13
New York 4–15–2 9–9 3–17–1 8–11 8–12 — 7–11–1 5–14–1
6–14 8–10–2 9–11 14–4 8–11–1 11–7–1 — 8–12
St. Louis 16–3–2 16–4 6–12 18–1 13–7 14–5–1 12–8 —


Roster

1887 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Wilbert Robinson 68 264 60 .227 1 24
1B Jocko Milligan 95 377 114 .302 2 50
2B Lou Bierbauer 126 530 144 .272 1 82
SS Chippy McGarr 137 536 158 .295 1 63
3B Denny Lyons 137 570 209 .367 6 102
OF Harry Stovey 124 497 142 .286 4 77
OF Tom Poorman 135 585 155 .265 4 61
OF Henry Larkin 126 497 154 .310 3 88

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Fred Mann 55 229 63 .275 0 32
George Townsend 31 109 21 .193 0 14
Ed Flanagan 19 80 20 .250 1 10
Chief Roseman 21 73 16 .219 0 8
Ed Greer 3 11 2 .182 0 0
Jim Roxburgh 2 8 1 .125 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Seward 55 470.2 25 25 4.13 155
Gus Weyhing 55 466.1 26 28 4.27 193
Al Atkinson 15 124.2 6 8 5.92 34
Bobby Mathews 7 58.0 3 4 6.67 9
Bill Hart 3 26.0 1 2 4.50 4
Ledell Titcomb 3 24.0 1 2 6.75 16
Billy Taylor 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 0
Frank Chapman 1 5.0 0 0 7.20 4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tommy Casey 1 0 0 0 18.00 0
Lou Bierbauer 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Tom Poorman 1 0 0 0 40.50 1

References


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